Endeavor Content Sets First-Look Producing Deal With Stephanie Allain

Endeavor Content Sets First-Look Producing Deal With Stephanie Allain

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has set a first look producing deal with Stephanie Allain. Allain is the producer who has also won Independent Spirit Awards, NAACP and Image Awards, and who became the first woman of color to produce the Academy Awards when she teamed with Lynette Howell Taylor. They were Emmy nominated for their work…

When The Crises End, Will L.A. Still Be The Movie Capital? Maybe Not.

When The Crises End, Will L.A. Still Be The Movie Capital? Maybe Not.

When this is all over—Covid, unrest, financial reconstruction—will Los Angeles still be the Movie Capital? Perhaps not. This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency put Los Angeles County at the top of its new National Risk Index, which calculates danger from natural disasters like earthquakes, fire and flood. It was only the latest in a…

Michael Eisner’s Tornante Invests In Struum; New Company Led By Former Discovery, Disney Execs Helps Consumers Find OTT Content

Michael Eisner’s Tornante Invests In Struum; New Company Led By Former Discovery, Disney Execs Helps Consumers Find OTT Content

Former senior Disney and Discovery streaming and tech execs Thursday announced a new venture called Struum backed by a multi-million dollar investment from former Disney CEO Michael Eisner through his Tornante Company. Founders of the company, which aims to make it easier for people to discover new streaming programming, include Lauren DeVillier, former Head of Product…