David Ozer, the former CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE)’s Landmark Studio Group, has been appointed as president of a new New York-based production and distribution firm backed by US screen manufacturer Ballantyne Strong. Strong Studios, which will operate as part of the company’s Strong Entertainment division, will develop and produce original […]
US-based Sonar Entertainment has appointed former BBC Studios and MGM executives to work across the company’s production and business affairs divisions. Matt Loze will serve as exec VP of development and production, leading Sonar’s scripted division and overseeing its slate of current productions as well as the development of new content and first-look deals. Prior […]
US producer and distributor Sonar has inked a first-look deal with Monkeypaw Productions. The deal gives Sonar the option to work with Monkeypaw on upcoming TV and digital projects, and to distribute its content internationally. Monkeypaw is the US producer set up by comedian, actor and director Jordan Peele in 2012. It made the Key […]
As the global media superpowers march into ever more sectors, A-list actors, musicians, fashion gurus and novelists are taking control of television projects. Jesse Whittock reports on the rise of the celebrity superproducer. In the past, the glamorous worlds of film, sport, pop music and fashion looked down their noses at TV from behind the […]
Comic book publisher IDW has created a new TV division and agreed a deal with talent agency-come-producer, and The Walking Dead exec producers, Circle of Confusion. IDW has brought on industry veteran and former Sonar, Starz and DIC executive David Ozer (pictured) to run the new IDW Entertainment unit. The publisher said that it will […]
