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14.09.2022 - 19:35 / variety.com
K.J. Yossman Keshet International (KI) CEO Alon Shtruzman is stepping down from the company at the end of the year, he confirmed today. KI is the content production and distribution arm of Israel-based Keshet Media Group (KMG). The company first attracted international attention with its drama series “Prisoners of War,” which was adapted by Showtime to become the hit show “Homeland,” before cementing its presence in 2012 as KI. Shtruzman has been with the company since 2012 and it is under his watch that KI established a global distribution and production infrastructure that has seen its shows, including “Suspicion,” “A Small Light” and “LA Brea,” picked up by networks from HBO and BBC to Netflix and Disney+.
The CEO also oversaw KI’s expansion to the U.S., U.K. and Germany with the establishment of Keshet U.K. and U.S.-based Keshet Studios (which has a first look deal with Universal Television) and the acquisition of German production company Tresor. KI also acquired Greenbird Media in 2018. In addition to production, KI’s distribution output includes formats such as “Rising Star,” “Boom!” And “Singletown.” Shtruzman’s replacement has not yet been announced. “Probably for many years to come, there will be talk around the campfire and on Zoom in London, Los Angeles, New York, Munich, and Tel Aviv about Alon Shtruzman’s 10 years at KI,” said Keshet Media Group CEO Avi Nir. “Perhaps historians will rightly call it the ‘glorious decade.’ Keshet had a dream of a global Israeli content company – a realistic dream, which was based on the talent and ability of Israeli creators and the belief that this talent can reach anywhere in the world – and Alon is undoubtedly the dream maker who has created a one-of-a-kind
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La Vanguardia on Saturday about his next move.“My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing,” he said.He noted that he plans to work more on publishing and writing books, rather than films.His forthcoming feature is titled “Wasp 22,” and will be filmed in Paris next month with a French cast. Allen compared the new movie to his 2005 flick “Match Point,” describing it as “exciting, dramatic, and also very sinister.”However, Allen’s reps shot down retirement rumors in a statement to IndieWire, saying: “Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel.
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