There’s a change at the top of Skydance Television.
Netflix’s VP of Spectacle and Event Television Matt Thunell, who has been responsible for series including Stranger Things, is replacing Bill Bost.
Thunell becomes President of Skydance Television with Bost leaving to form his own production shingle with an overall deal at the company.
It comes weeks after Skydance Media completed a 400M strategic investment, led by Kkr, which values the company at over 4B.
Bost was in the role for two and a half years, replacing Marcy Ross, who launched the television arm of David Ellison‘s film production and financing company.
Bost’s departure comes after wrapping the seventh and final season of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie – the streamer’s longest running series. He is thought to want to be more closely involved with the creative process.
He has spent 12 years at the company, starting out...
Netflix’s VP of Spectacle and Event Television Matt Thunell, who has been responsible for series including Stranger Things, is replacing Bill Bost.
Thunell becomes President of Skydance Television with Bost leaving to form his own production shingle with an overall deal at the company.
It comes weeks after Skydance Media completed a 400M strategic investment, led by Kkr, which values the company at over 4B.
Bost was in the role for two and a half years, replacing Marcy Ross, who launched the television arm of David Ellison‘s film production and financing company.
Bost’s departure comes after wrapping the seventh and final season of Netflix’s Grace and Frankie – the streamer’s longest running series. He is thought to want to be more closely involved with the creative process.
He has spent 12 years at the company, starting out...
- 11/8/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
International sales exec follows Bill Block out of the sales, financing and production company behind District 9, Fury and W.
John Friedberg, evp of international sales and distribution at Qed International, is the latest high profile exec to exit the La-based production, financing and sales distribution company.
He joined the business in 2006 and his responsibilities crossed into all areas of the company.
In 2011, Friedberg was promoted to vp of international sales and was involved in sales and distribution on films including Sabotage, directed by David Ayer and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; Fading Gigolo, directed by John Turturro and starring Turturro and Woody Allen; and Alex Cross, directed by Rob Cohen and starring Tyler Perry.
He took on his most recent role in 2013 and handled international sales on David Ayer’s tank thriller Fury, starring Brad Pitt, which reportedly carried a $68m production budget and has grossed more than $211m worldwide.
Friedberg was also instrumental in bringing equity to [link...
John Friedberg, evp of international sales and distribution at Qed International, is the latest high profile exec to exit the La-based production, financing and sales distribution company.
He joined the business in 2006 and his responsibilities crossed into all areas of the company.
In 2011, Friedberg was promoted to vp of international sales and was involved in sales and distribution on films including Sabotage, directed by David Ayer and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; Fading Gigolo, directed by John Turturro and starring Turturro and Woody Allen; and Alex Cross, directed by Rob Cohen and starring Tyler Perry.
He took on his most recent role in 2013 and handled international sales on David Ayer’s tank thriller Fury, starring Brad Pitt, which reportedly carried a $68m production budget and has grossed more than $211m worldwide.
Friedberg was also instrumental in bringing equity to [link...
- 3/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The 2014 RopeofSilicon Movie Awards It's hard to believe I've been doing my own brand of "awards" for seven years now. Perhaps because film awards seem to have grown increasingly irrelevant, but when you watch as many movies as I do per year it is nice to sit back and remember the finer moments of the past year, especially when we're stuck in the doldrums of the early year releases, dealing with the likes of Jupiter Ascending, Taken 3, Blackhat and Seventh Son. So, as we are now only a few weeks away from the 87th Annual Academy Awards, it's time to hand out the 2014 RopeofSilicon Movie Awards, looking back on a year that turned out to be much better than it initially appeared it may be. A hard question I'm trying to answer is just what kind of year in movies was 2014c Like previous years, blockbusters came and went.
- 2/9/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Brad Pitt's Fury was able to usurp first place from Gone Girl this weekend, though it was a closer race than anticipated.Meanwhile, Birdman opened at four locations in New York and Los Angeles and scored one of the best per-theater averages ever for a live-action movie.Opening at 3,173 theaters, Fury rolled in to first place this weekend with $23.7 million. This debut is in the same general ballpark as movies like Captain Phillips ($25.7 million), Act of Valor ($24.5 million) and The Monuments Men ($22 million). That's a fine range to be in, though it's a bit disappointing considering how far off it is from recent R-rated thrillers Gone Girl ($37.5 million) and The Equalizer ($34.1 million).Sony's marketing played up Fury's intense tank-on-tank action, which made it a strong option among male moviegoers. Unfortunately, the movie never really connected with women, who wound up accounting for just 40 percent of the audience on opening weekend.
- 10/19/2014
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Guardians of the Galaxy was back on top of the international box office this weekend; the movie added $23.1 million for a new total of $405 million. Most of that came from China, where Guardians eased 28 percent to $22.3 million. Reports that bad subtitles were causing poor word-of-mouth seem to be unfounded. To date, Guardians has earned $69 million in China, and has a legitimate shot at ultimately reaching $100 million.The 10th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has now grossed $733 million worldwide, which is ahead of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. With Italy on the way next weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy is guaranteed to ultimately move up to second place for the year ahead of Maleficent ($757 million).Dracula Untold continued to do solid business overseas. Playing in 55 markets, the movie added $22.5 million for a new total of $95.7 million. In its second frame in Russia, it added $4.4 million for a total of $16.7 million.
- 10/19/2014
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
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