Netflix Fills Out Animation Executive Roster In Wake Of Mike Moon Departure
Billy Wee joins from HBO Max while Jermaine Turner gets promoted and Maggie Malone is appointed vp of animation film.
Comings and goings at studios and networks in the animation industry.
Billy Wee joins from HBO Max while Jermaine Turner gets promoted and Maggie Malone is appointed vp of animation film.
Wade will oversee numerous Fox businesses, including animation studio Bento Box Entertainment.
In a companywide townhall on Wednesday, the embattled CEO assured employees that, despite rumors, there are no plans for a WBD sale.
Moon’s credits include ‘Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,’ ‘Into the Spider-Verse,’ and Netflix’s upcoming special ‘Entergalactic.’
Abbate’s departure comes as Warner Bros. Discover CEO David Zaslav reorganizes the company’s film divisions.
‘Tangled: The Series’ co-creator Chris Sonnenburg will lead Daily Wire’s animation ambitions.
During Moon’s tenure, the streamer produced adult shows including Inside Job, Human Resources, and Midnight Gospel.
Disney Television Animation promoted Bensimon and Mejia to vice president of Current Series.
In an internal office letter, Netflix VP global film Scot Stuber and VP studio operations Amy Reinhard outlined an executive shakeup.
Hulu looks keen on expanding its adult animation efforts after appointing Parker to the newly-created position.
As Disney extends Chapek’s contract, we revisit the good, the bad, and the ugly of his time at the helm.
The BBC sees another high-level departure as it shakes things up to become a digital-first broadcaster.
She spent more than two decades at Pixar working closely with directors from original concept through final draft.
Longtime Funimation COO Rahul Purini will take over as head of Sony’s recently-merged anime conglomerate.
Although the company works entirely in the cloud, it is opening a new studio hub in Berlin.
Collins has been promoted to senior vice president of development, while Shi joins the Pixar “braintrust” as a new vice president of creative.
The startup works with celebrities to create animated characters that live on social media.
Toliver will be responsible for two or three animated features per year.
Nickelodeon especially has grown fast in the pandemic.
“We’ve been collecting very deep, rich data for a long time from our parks,” says the CEO.