Bruce Rosenblum, the Disney-ABC Television Group president of business operations, is to depart the company after two years in the role. Rosenblum will depart from his role in May. He will also step down from his seat of the Hulu board. In his role with Disney, Rosenblum most recently took operational overview of a new […]
Veteran executive Bruce Rosenblum has joined The Walt Disney Company as part of a “major reorganisation” of the Disney-ABC Television Group. The former Warner Bros. Television and Legendary Television and Digital Media chief has been named president, business operations at Disney-ABC. The role is a new one aimed at bolstering revenues. Rosenblum will have direct […]
Legendary Entertainment has brought in producer Mary Parent to run its film and TV operations, as television and digital chief Bruce Rosenblum exits. Parent has been named vice-chair, worldwide production at the US studio, which was recently acquired by China’s Dalian Wanda Group. He hire comes after the exit of Legendary’s president and chief creative […]
Chinese conglom Dalian Wanda Group is reported to have taken a majority stake in US studio Legendary Entertainment. Reuters quoted an unnamed source who claimed the deal, which values Legendary at between US$3 billion and US$4 billion, had been done. Dalian Wanda already owns North America’s second-largest movie theatre chain AMC Entertainment, but this would […]
Former Sony TV sales boss Michael Grindon tells Jesse Whittock how Legendary Television’s emerging international sales division can offer an alternative to the Hollywood studios. Despite being the LA production studio behind The Hangover movie franchise, Legendary Entertainment’s push into television has been anything but lethargic. Less than a year since former Sony Pictures Television […]
Independent US studio Legendary Entertainment has expanded its TV operation to Asia and recruited influential Korean content exec Alex Oe to run the new operation, TBI can reveal. Oe has joined Legendary from Korean content group CJ E&M and will work in a new Seoul-based office. While at the producer, channel operator and distributor he […]
US studio Legendary Television has appointed a WME talent agent as its president of scripted. Veteran literary agent Lauren Heller Whitney will take up the post at the Hollywood studio after Legendary president Bruce Rosenblum carried out a long search. Previous top scripted executive Peter Johnson, who is executive VP, has extended his contract until […]
Japanese media and communications conglomerate SoftBank will invest US$250 million in US producer and distributor Legendary Entertainment and the pair will launch a new joint venture. The new JV will exploit Legendary’s TV and film content in China and India. Legendary has been beefing up its TV operation in recent months and its boss, the […]
The digital arm of US feature film producer Legendary has acquired Geek & Sundry, the YouTube channel operator that counts Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Felicia Day among its founders. The acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, also see Legendary and Day enter an agreement to work together on new drama, unscripted and digital series. Day […]
The digital arm of US feature film producer Legendary has acquired Geek & Sundry, the YouTube channel operator that counts Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Felicia Day among its founders. The acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, also see Legendary and Day enter an agreement to work together on new drama, unscripted and digital series. Day […]
