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David Zaslav ’s compensation for 2022 totaled nearly $39.3 million, hefty but well down from the previous year when the figure was swelled to $246 million by a large option grant. According to the company’s proxy filed with the SEC today, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery , which merged a year ago, had a base salary of $3 million, stock and option awards of, respectively, $1.2 million and $1.4 million, and non-equity incentive plan compensation (like a cash bonus) of $21 million. WBD also set May 8 for its annual meeting of shareholders. The proxy lists the salaries of the top five highest-paid executives. CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels package rose to $13.5 million from $11.3 million; Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell’s total compensation of $13.7 million was up from $12.6 million; Jean-Briac Perettte, CEO of global streaming and games, saw pay of $14 million from $13.4 million; and International president Gerhard Zeiler’s pay was $10 million. Zaslav … [Read more...] about WBD CEO David Zaslav Sees $39 Million Pay Package In 2022

The Downtown Albuquerque Railyards will serve as the headquarters for the New Mexico Media Academy , a collaborative workforce development program equipping NM residents with the skills they need to build successful film and TV careers, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Wednesday. The training hub formerly known as the Next Generation Media Academy will be constructed in the Boiler Room location of the Railyards which have long been a production hotspot, featuring onscreen in projects ranging from Breaking Bad to The Avengers . A companion campus, serving Southern New Mexico, will be built in Las Cruces. Both locations will offer industry-standard, hands-on, and craft-specific workforce training and job competencies for the film, television and digital media industry, with a spotlight on such emerging focus areas as virtual and extended reality and volumetric production. And facilities will therefore feature not only classrooms, offices, lab, post-production and flex … [Read more...] about New Mexico Media Academy Sets Albuquerque Headquarters, Names Chad Burris Executive Director

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winning co-director/co-scribe/producer of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , Rodney Rothman , and former MGM exec Adam Rosenberg , have inked a first look deal with Sony Pictures to develop, produce, write, and direct feature films through their company, Modern Magic . Under their deal with the studio, Rothman and Rosenberg are developing a feature film based on an original idea by Emmy Award winner Quinta Brunson ( Abbott Elementary ), with Emmy Award nominee Jonathan Krisel ( Portlandia ) attached to direct. “Rodney Rothman is the ultimate paradox, wickedly funny yet also highly capable of the most sophisticated, heartfelt storytelling. He is an extraordinary talent and we are thrilled to expand our relationship with him. He and his producing partner Adam Rosenberg have a great plan for their new company now solidified in this new first-look deal,” said Sanford Panitch, President, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. Said Rothman, … [Read more...] about Rodney Rothman & Adam Rosenberg’s Modern Magic Signs First Look Deal With Sony; Quinta Brunson Pic In The Works

EXCLUSIVE : A hot project just got hotter. Emmy-nominated Korean actress and model Hoyeon , who made waves with Netflix’s Squid Game , is set to make her feature debut in director Na Hong-Jin ’s Korean thriller Hope , which we revealed earlier today . She joins Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender. This is the first project from acclaimed Korean director Na since 2016 hit The Wailing , and it’ll mark Hoyeon’s first starring role in a Korean project since she made her screen debut in Squid Game . The largely Korean-language film will follow the residents of Hopo Port, where a mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote harbor town. Before long, the residents find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against something they have never encountered before. Hoyeon will play a policewoman. Additional casting and pre-production is underway for a shoot later this year in Korea. We understand husband and wife … [Read more...] about ‘Squid Game’ Star Hoyeon Joins Michael Fassbender & Alicia Vikander In Korean Thriller ‘Hope’

EXCLUSIVE : Sony ‘s Screen Gems is in very early development on a Paradise Court film based on the horror comic book series from Zenescope Entertainment, and has enlisted Assemble Media to produce it, Deadline has learned. Created by Zenescope’s CEO Joe Brusha, Paradise Court takes its name from a luxurious and exclusive gated community where beneath an idyllic facade lies a deadly secret — all the residents are serial killers with unique proclivities and manicured lawns cut as sharp as the knives in their kitchens. The project was brought to Screen Gems by Jack Heller and Assemble Media. Assemble principal Heller will produce, with the company’s VP of Development & Production Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen to exec produce alongside Zenescope co-founders Brusha and Ralph Tedesco. Screen Gems’ Executive Vice President of Production Scott Strauss will oversee the project for the studio. Assemble Media is a production and IP creation company with projects … [Read more...] about ‘Paradise Court’ Horror Film Based On Zenescope Comics In Works From Screen Gems, Assemble Media

EXCLUSIVE: Tony winner David Alan Grier is set as a lead opposite Wendy McLendon-Covey in NBC comedy pilot St. Denis Medical . Written by the Superstore and American Auto duo of Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin and to be directed by Superstore’ s Ruben Fleischer, St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. Grier will play Ron, a defeated divorcee and Emergency Department doctor who has accepted that the thrill is gone. Ledgin executive produces St Denis Medical , as is Spitzer under his Universal TV-based production banner Spitzer Holding Company. Simon Heuer, Head of TV Development at Spitzer Holding Company, also executive produces. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio. RELATED: 2023 NBC Pilots & Series Orders Grier recently costarred in FX’s The Patient … [Read more...] about David Alan Grier Joins Wendy McLendon-Covey In ‘St. Denis Medical’ NBC Comedy Pilot

EXCLUSIVE : UTA has signed rising Australian actor Luke Bracey for representation in all areas. Bracey most recently starred alongside Austin Butler and Tom Hanks in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis , an acclaimed Warner Bros. drama on the life, relationships, work and legacy of the King of Rock and Roll. The actor played talent manager Jerry Schilling in the film, which proved to be one of the great success stories of 2022. Pic opened at #1 at the box office last June following its world premiere at Cannes and went on to gross over $288M worldwide, garnering eight Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, among many other accolades. Bracey prior to Elvis starred opposite Emma Roberts in Netflix’s rom-com Holidate , which topped charts in its first month on the streamer in the fall of 2020. He also starred alongside Andrew Garfield and Vince Vaughn in Mel Gibson’s Academy Award-nominated WWII drama Hacksaw Ridge and appeared in Lionsgate’s 2015 remake of the … [Read more...] about UTA Signs ‘Elvis’ Actor Luke Bracey