Jonathan Glickman in Talks to Lead Miramax as CEO (Exclusive)

Miramax might have discovered its brand-new leader. Jonathan Glickman, the previous MGM exec, is in talks to sign up with Miramax as its CEO, resources inform The Hollywood Press reporter.

He would certainly tip in for previous CEO Costs Block, that left in 2015 after a six-year run.

Glickman offered as movement team head of state at MGM for 9 years, where under his period James Bond came to be a billion-dollar franchise business. He likewise shepherded the restoration of the Rocky franchise business, relaunching it as the Creed flick collection starring Michael B. Jordan. He left the workshop on top of 2020 for a first-look creating manage MGM, and 2 years later on released Breathtaking Media.

As component of his bargain to come to be CEO, Miramax would certainly get Breathtaking, which has its hand in numerous notable buildings, consisting of the Addams Household cartoon animations and the Netflix Addams-centric collection Wednesday, which aided push celebrity Jenna Ortega to the A-list.

Prior to running MGM, Glickman invested the initial years of the 2000s as head of state of manufacturing at Spyglass, acquiring credit histories on such as the Heavy traffic trilogy and the Shanghai Noontime flicks.

Harvey and Bob Weinstein started Miramax in 1979, with the workshop making a home at Disney from 1993-2010, making flicks such as Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love. It is currently possessed by Qatar-based sporting activities and home entertainment business BeIn, which has a 51 percent risk, and Paramount, which has the various other 49 percent.

In the last few years, Miramax has actually been extra well-known for its collection of 700 movies instead of presenting brand-new titles right into the industry, though the business is really hoping to increase its movie and television result. Over the previous 5 years its movies have actually consisted of the Person Ritchie function The Gentlemen, which starred Matthew McConaughey and has a Netflix collection bowing in March, as well as Ritchie’s Jason Statham actioner The Rage of Guy. It is presently in movie theaters with David Ayer’s The Beekeeper, likewise starring Statham. On the television front, it got the tv legal rights to the scary collection Halloween late in 2015.

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