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League of Legends and Valorant publisher Riot Games continues to bolster its entertainment division as former Netflix executive Brian Wright joins the studio as Chief Content Officer.
Wright will report to Riot Games’ Global President of Entertainment Shauna Spenley, who also recently hired Frank Zhu as Managing Director of China Entertainment.
Wright will be responsible for developing programming strategies for original film, television and animation for Riot Entertainment. He will work with Spenley and the company’s global leadership team to bring the gaming and entertainment industries together and identify talent and creators to expand the brand’s IP. Creative, production and business affairs will all report to Wright.
Riot Games has already taken the plunge into the TV and film world, with the League of Legends animated series Arcane set to debut on Netflix later this year. Last month, Paramount+ ordered Players, a mockumentary-style series that follows a fictional...
Wright will report to Riot Games’ Global President of Entertainment Shauna Spenley, who also recently hired Frank Zhu as Managing Director of China Entertainment.
Wright will be responsible for developing programming strategies for original film, television and animation for Riot Entertainment. He will work with Spenley and the company’s global leadership team to bring the gaming and entertainment industries together and identify talent and creators to expand the brand’s IP. Creative, production and business affairs will all report to Wright.
Riot Games has already taken the plunge into the TV and film world, with the League of Legends animated series Arcane set to debut on Netflix later this year. Last month, Paramount+ ordered Players, a mockumentary-style series that follows a fictional...
- 9/2/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
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Pearl Studio alum Frank Zhu has joined Riot Games as the League of Legends and Valorant publisher’s Managing Director of China Entertainment.
“I’m very excited to join the Riot Games family,” Zhu said. “I look forward to working with Riot Games China and global teams, and helping grow the best-in-class entertainment company in the 21st century.”
Riot Games’ Global President of Entertainment Shauna Spenley, to whom Zhu will report, announced the hiring on Tuesday.
In his role, Zhu will collaborate with Spenley and Vice President and head of Riot Games China to help define the overall strategy for Riot Entertainment in China. He will also help assemble a roster of talent for Riot to create content that resonates with both players and Chinese audiences. He will also work to build ties with Riot’s critical partners in China to develop and launch entertainment product.
Spenley said: “We are...
“I’m very excited to join the Riot Games family,” Zhu said. “I look forward to working with Riot Games China and global teams, and helping grow the best-in-class entertainment company in the 21st century.”
Riot Games’ Global President of Entertainment Shauna Spenley, to whom Zhu will report, announced the hiring on Tuesday.
In his role, Zhu will collaborate with Spenley and Vice President and head of Riot Games China to help define the overall strategy for Riot Entertainment in China. He will also help assemble a roster of talent for Riot to create content that resonates with both players and Chinese audiences. He will also work to build ties with Riot’s critical partners in China to develop and launch entertainment product.
Spenley said: “We are...
- 8/31/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
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Gregg Sulkin, star of Hulu’s Marvel series Runaways, has signed with APA for representation.
His other TV credits include MTV comedy Faking It, appearing alongside Selena Gomez on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, and recurring roles on Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars and ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey.
Sulkin also guest-starred on ABC Family’s Young & Hungry and the CBS comedy Life In Pieces.
On the movie front, Sulkin appeared in and associate produced This Is the Year, directed by his Wizards of Waverly Place co-star David Henrie, and Frank Zhu’s comedy Oh Boy!
Additional film credits include starring in Vertical Entertainment’s Status Update, opposite Olivia Holt and ...
His other TV credits include MTV comedy Faking It, appearing alongside Selena Gomez on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, and recurring roles on Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars and ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey.
Sulkin also guest-starred on ABC Family’s Young & Hungry and the CBS comedy Life In Pieces.
On the movie front, Sulkin appeared in and associate produced This Is the Year, directed by his Wizards of Waverly Place co-star David Henrie, and Frank Zhu’s comedy Oh Boy!
Additional film credits include starring in Vertical Entertainment’s Status Update, opposite Olivia Holt and ...
- 1/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Gregg Sulkin, star of Hulu’s Marvel series Runaways, has signed with APA for representation.
His other TV credits include MTV comedy Faking It, appearing alongside Selena Gomez on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, and recurring roles on Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars and ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey.
Sulkin also guest-starred on ABC Family’s Young & Hungry and the CBS comedy Life In Pieces.
On the movie front, Sulkin appeared in and associate produced This Is the Year, directed by his Wizards of Waverly Place co-star David Henrie, and Frank Zhu’s comedy Oh Boy!
Additional film credits include starring in Vertical Entertainment’s Status Update, opposite Olivia Holt and ...
His other TV credits include MTV comedy Faking It, appearing alongside Selena Gomez on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place, and recurring roles on Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars and ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey.
Sulkin also guest-starred on ABC Family’s Young & Hungry and the CBS comedy Life In Pieces.
On the movie front, Sulkin appeared in and associate produced This Is the Year, directed by his Wizards of Waverly Place co-star David Henrie, and Frank Zhu’s comedy Oh Boy!
Additional film credits include starring in Vertical Entertainment’s Status Update, opposite Olivia Holt and ...
- 1/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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A young girl embarks on a quest to find a goddess in Over the Moon, a new animated film out October 23rd via Netflix.
The trailer stars Fei Fei (voiced by Cathy Ang), who is fascinated with Chang’e, the Chinese Moon goddess, who waits for her true love on the moon. Fei Fei is told during a family dinner that the goddess isn’t real, but she sets out to find her anyway. With her pet rabbit in tow, she blasts off in a rocket ship and encounters magical...
The trailer stars Fei Fei (voiced by Cathy Ang), who is fascinated with Chang’e, the Chinese Moon goddess, who waits for her true love on the moon. Fei Fei is told during a family dinner that the goddess isn’t real, but she sets out to find her anyway. With her pet rabbit in tow, she blasts off in a rocket ship and encounters magical...
- 9/22/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
“Abominable,” the animated family film from DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios, earned $650,000 in box office previews on Thursday from 2,950 screens. It opens on 4,242 screens this weekend.
“Abominable” is the sole new wide release this weekend and could contend for the number one movie in America depending on how “Downton Abbey” performs in its second weekend. Universal is handling domestic distribution, and both the studio and independent trackers are projecting an opening between $17-20 million for the film.
That would put it close to films like “The Lego Ninjago Movie,” which also opened to $20.4 million in Sept. 2017, and DreamWorks’ “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie,” which made $23 million. Those films though skipped preview screenings. The previous DreamWorks release, this spring’s “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” raked in $3 million in Thursday previews behind a $55 million opening weekend.
Also Read: 'Abominable' Film Review: Familiarity Doesn't Stop the...
“Abominable” is the sole new wide release this weekend and could contend for the number one movie in America depending on how “Downton Abbey” performs in its second weekend. Universal is handling domestic distribution, and both the studio and independent trackers are projecting an opening between $17-20 million for the film.
That would put it close to films like “The Lego Ninjago Movie,” which also opened to $20.4 million in Sept. 2017, and DreamWorks’ “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie,” which made $23 million. Those films though skipped preview screenings. The previous DreamWorks release, this spring’s “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” raked in $3 million in Thursday previews behind a $55 million opening weekend.
Also Read: 'Abominable' Film Review: Familiarity Doesn't Stop the...
- 9/27/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
With a slate of projects already in play and a partnership with one of animation’s most acclaimed directors, Pearl Studio is striving to create family entertainment with a global reach.
The Shanghai-based company was originally started in 2012 during Jeffrey Katzenberg’s tenure at DreamWorks. At the time the animation studio was called Oriental DreamWorks, and they were successful early on with the release of “Kung Fu Panda 3,” one of the highest grossing films of its day and first official U.S.-China animated co-production. Recently, a consortium spearheaded by Li Ruigang’s Cmc Capital Partners took complete ownership of the animation studio. Currently, Pearl is headed by CEO Frank Zhu and chief creative officer Peilin Chou (pictured above).
And it was Chou’s idea to name the company Pearl, invoking the focus on persevering through struggles to create “a beautiful precious pearl.”
The company is in production on two films: “Abominable,...
The Shanghai-based company was originally started in 2012 during Jeffrey Katzenberg’s tenure at DreamWorks. At the time the animation studio was called Oriental DreamWorks, and they were successful early on with the release of “Kung Fu Panda 3,” one of the highest grossing films of its day and first official U.S.-China animated co-production. Recently, a consortium spearheaded by Li Ruigang’s Cmc Capital Partners took complete ownership of the animation studio. Currently, Pearl is headed by CEO Frank Zhu and chief creative officer Peilin Chou (pictured above).
And it was Chou’s idea to name the company Pearl, invoking the focus on persevering through struggles to create “a beautiful precious pearl.”
The company is in production on two films: “Abominable,...
- 6/6/2018
- by Karen Idelson
- Variety Film + TV
Joint venture to be rebranded as Pearl Studio under CEO Frank Zhu.
Li Ruigang’s China Media Capital (Cmc) has acquired full ownership of Oriental DreamWorks, the animation joint venture it established with DreamWorks Animation in 2012.
NBCUniversal inherited a 45% stake in the joint venture when it acquired DreamWorks Animation for $3.8bn in 2016. Last year, the Financial Times reported that Universal was in talks to selling its stake to Warner Bros.
The joint venture will be rebranded as Pearl Studio and headed by CEO Frank Zhu and chief creative officer Peilin Chou. It has released one big animated feature to date, Kung Fu Panda 3 (pictured), which was considered to have under-performed when it grossed $154m in January 2016.
NBCUniversal and DreamWorks Animation will continue to collaborate with Pearl Studio on its upcoming animated movie Everest, scheduled for release in 2019. Pearl is distributing in China while Universal will handle the rest of the world.
Li Ruigang said in...
Li Ruigang’s China Media Capital (Cmc) has acquired full ownership of Oriental DreamWorks, the animation joint venture it established with DreamWorks Animation in 2012.
NBCUniversal inherited a 45% stake in the joint venture when it acquired DreamWorks Animation for $3.8bn in 2016. Last year, the Financial Times reported that Universal was in talks to selling its stake to Warner Bros.
The joint venture will be rebranded as Pearl Studio and headed by CEO Frank Zhu and chief creative officer Peilin Chou. It has released one big animated feature to date, Kung Fu Panda 3 (pictured), which was considered to have under-performed when it grossed $154m in January 2016.
NBCUniversal and DreamWorks Animation will continue to collaborate with Pearl Studio on its upcoming animated movie Everest, scheduled for release in 2019. Pearl is distributing in China while Universal will handle the rest of the world.
Li Ruigang said in...
- 2/4/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
A consortium led by Li Ruigang’s Cmc Capital Partners has taken full ownership of Shanghai-based animation studio Oriental DreamWorks, relaunching it as Pearl Studio. Universal, which inherited 45% of the joint venture when parent Comcast acquired DreamWorks Animation in 2016, had been looking to offload its interests. Financial terms were not disclosed. The newly-christened studio will be led by CEO Frank Zhu and Chief Creative Officer Peilin Chou. The senior executive…...
- 2/2/2018
- Deadline
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Exclusive: Outfit plans co-productions with Jerry Weintraub and Cameron Jones.
Beijing Galloping Horse, which has appointed former Ivanhoe co-chief Ray Chen as general manager, is lining up two Us-China co-productions with producers Jerry Weintraub (Ocean’s Eleven) and Cameron Jones (Traffic).
Weintraub is executive producing martial arts action title Legion Of One, to be directed by Christopher Cain (Young Guns). Cain’s Angry Monkey Entertainment is the Us producer on the project, about a foreign orphan who is raised as a kung-fu master in the Shaolin temple.
Jones is producing musical romantic comedy Forever Young, to be directed by Eric Stoltz, which is in the early stages of development.
Galloping Horse is also developing three Chinese projects – New York-set youth dram, Lost In New York, to be directed by newcomer Frank Zhu; Love From Another Planet to be directed by Huang Lei (Angry Kid) and executive produced by Zhang Yibai; and a feature version of hit TV...
Beijing Galloping Horse, which has appointed former Ivanhoe co-chief Ray Chen as general manager, is lining up two Us-China co-productions with producers Jerry Weintraub (Ocean’s Eleven) and Cameron Jones (Traffic).
Weintraub is executive producing martial arts action title Legion Of One, to be directed by Christopher Cain (Young Guns). Cain’s Angry Monkey Entertainment is the Us producer on the project, about a foreign orphan who is raised as a kung-fu master in the Shaolin temple.
Jones is producing musical romantic comedy Forever Young, to be directed by Eric Stoltz, which is in the early stages of development.
Galloping Horse is also developing three Chinese projects – New York-set youth dram, Lost In New York, to be directed by newcomer Frank Zhu; Love From Another Planet to be directed by Huang Lei (Angry Kid) and executive produced by Zhang Yibai; and a feature version of hit TV...
- 3/25/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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