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EXCLUSIVE: Veteran creative executive Kevin Plunkett has joined Wolf Entertainment as EVP Development. Reporting to the company’s COO Peter Jankowski, he will oversee scripted development, working closely with the executive teams at Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, where the company is based…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios is hatching big plans to match its international originals with major brands after handing new roles to Ludovic Attal and Ned Mitchell. Prime Video’s Head of International Originals James Farrell outlined the move in a note to staff seen by Deadline, with Attal taking on…

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Saunders and his Footprint Features have brought on Kyle Fong as the company’s Director of Development. Fong joins from Blue Marble Pictures, where he served as Director, Content Development & Strategy, working on the Peabody Award-winning Apple TV+ drama series Pachinko, based on…

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime executive Nate Moore will depart Marvel Studios and transition to producing [outside of Marvel] in early 2025. “Nate is a fantastic executive and colleague as well as a wonderful friend to all of us here at Marvel Studios,” Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige and Louis D’Esposito said…

Hugh Marks has been named as Managing Director of the ABC in Australia. The seasoned executive has been unanimously appointed to the role by the ABC board following an “extensive and international search.” This also makes him Editor-in-Chief, ultimately responsible for the broadcaster’s…

Earlier this year, Ted Sarandos backed a winner in new Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, and now the Netflix co-CEO is heading to Florida to make friends in even higher places. One day after Donald Trump bragged in a Mar-a-Lago press conference that “everybody wants to be my…

EXCLUSIVE: The Network has brought on veteran producer Hilary Shor as Head of Production at the streaming platform. Shor, who has worked on numerous acclaimed films, including most recently Lee Daniels’ The Deliverance and The United States vs. Billie Holiday, with “her deep relationships with…

EXCLUSIVE: AI film and animation studio Asteria has added filmmaker Paul Trillo as a strategic partner. In the post, he will lead Asteria’s artist-focused approach to incorporating AI into the creative process. Asteria owns documentary outfit XTR and FAST channel Documentary+. It recently…

EXCLUSIVE: Production services firm In Plain Sight Group (IPS) has expanded its management team and opened a trio of European production centers. Jen Han has joined LA-headquartered IPS’s executive team from sports, entertainment and travel logistics biz Road Rebel, where she was Managing Director in…

Industry vets Lloyd Braun, Sarah Bremner and Noah Oppenheim have announced the launch of Prologue Entertainment, an independent production studio. The indie studio, with financial backing from Jeff Zucker and RedBird Capital, will develop and produce premium scripted series and film content…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran VFX executive Christina Wise has joined Tippett Studio, the animation and visual effects production company of Oscar-winning filmmaker Phil Tippett, as Vice President of Business Development. Reporting to Tippett CEO Gary Mundell, Wise’s duties will include feature film development…

Nexstar Media Group, which has been trimming staff at The CW in recent months, plans to expand those belt-tightening efforts by cutting 2% of its total workforce. The reductions are centered on the company’s local station portfolio, which is the largest in the U.S. The 2% equates to about 260…