Amazon Studios’ Comedy Marketing Head Steps Down After One Year

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Caroline Hirsch, the founder and owner of the New York Comedy Festival, Tuesday announced the event’s return November 8-14.

Kristen Stewart is opening up about how Princess Diana has affected her life months after wrapping production on Spencer, where she’ll play the late royal on the big screen.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaDwayne Johnson will star in “Red One” for Amazon Studios, the streaming service announced Monday. The film will reunite Johnson with “Fast and Furious” scribe Chris Morgan — the pair recently collaborated on the hit spinoff “Hobbs & Shaw.”The deal for the film treatment, which comes after a highly competitive bidding situation, is another sign that Amazon is focused on creating more populist fare.

Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions are developing the feature film treatment Red One with Amazon Studios. Amazon won the project after a highly competitive bidding war. Johnson will star in four-quadrant holiday action adventure comedy project conceived by Hiram Garcia, President of Production at Seven Bucks.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios is teaming with Mandeville Films to turn the Antti Tuomainen novel The Rabbit Factor into a star vehicle for Steve Carell. Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman are producing and Alex Young will EP for Mandeville Films.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Spezialy, coming off a run as an executive producer on HBO’s Emmy-winning limited series Watchmen, has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios. Under the pact, I hear Spezialy has joined Silk, Sony Pictures Television’s upcoming live-action Marvel series, which reportedly is headed to Amazon’s Prime Video as SVOD distributor. Reps for Amazon and Sony declined comment.

Haley Bosselman editorAmazon Studios Voices: Pride will take place on June 24 to celebrate queer voices and representation in media.In partnership with GLAAD and Pride Media, the virtual event will consist of three roundtable conversations and three lightning talks from LGBTQIA+ players across the industry and will close with performances from drag queens Kandy Muse, LaLa Ri and Manila Luzon.“Amazon Studios has long prioritized authentic storytelling from LGBTQIA+ talent and storytellers.

Ubisoft Massive’s managing director David Polfeldt has announced he will be stepping down from his role on July 1.In a statement posted to the studio’s blog, Polfeldt said that he will be taking a six-month sabbatical before returning to Ubisoft in a new strategic role. His replacement has not been announced yet but has already been decided, according to Axios.

Amazon Studios has promoted its British unscripted chief Dan Grabiner to head of UK originals.

Naman Ramachandran Dan Grabiner, formerly head of unscripted for Amazon Studios U.K., has been promoted to head of U.K. originals, reporting into Georgia Brown, head of Amazon originals, Europe.Grabiner’s remit is to oversee the team responsible for developing and producing U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker and Snowfall actor Malcolm M. Mays has been tapped by Amazon Studios to write a new script for the film Steal Away about the daring theft and escape of Robert Smalls, a slave in 1862 Charleston, SC.

Amazon Studios on Wednesday unveiled a division-wide inclusion policy that underscored its commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity for its content and productions, along with a “playbook” that includes guidelines for its collaborators in the creative community.

inclusion policy and an inclusion playbook that serves as guidelines for its collaborators.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAmazon Studios has put it in writing.The company has formally established a policy that outlines its commitments to diversity, inclusion and equity throughout its operations. It has also created a detailed “playbook” with hiring and purchasing guidelines for the studio’s creative collaborators.The policies have been in development for more than two years, shepherded by Latasha Gillespie, head of DE&I for Amazon Studios.

Having a pet in the summer can be worrying as the temperatures soar and they need a little help staying cool. Luckily, Amazon has the answer this summer in the form of a handy pet-friendly sprinkler that your four-legged friend is going to love.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorLisa Sugar, more than 16 years after launching PopSugar as an entertainment blog, has stepped away from day-to-day management of the brand.Leadership of PopSugar, which was acquired in the fall of 2019 by Discovery-backed Group Nine Media, will be assumed by Angelica Marden — herself a 15-year PopSugar veteran — who has been named president of PopSugar.Asked what Lisa Sugar’s role is moving forward, a Group Nine rep said, “Lisa is the founder of PopSugar and will

We first told you about Netflix and Warner Bros. marketing executive Christian Davin’s arrival at Amazon Studios a little more than a year ago, and now he is leaving, Deadline has confirmed.

Christian Davin is stepping down after a short stint as a top marketing executive at Amazon Studios, insiders tell Variety.He joined the company a little over a year ago and was serving as global head of comedy marketing. His last day is Friday.