Former WarnerMedia executive Bob Greenblatt is launching a production company and has a first-look deal with Lionsgate.Jon Wu will serve as a producer and head of filmed content for Greenblatt’s company, The Green Door.
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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe $900 million acquisition of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine by private equity giant Blackstone is a big step toward the launch of a media holding company that will revolve around the three Cs: content, commerce and community.Disney alums Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs are guiding Blackstone’s investment in content ventures and will serve as co-CEOs of the unnamed holding company that will house Hello Sunshine and other banners.
Mayer and Staggs told Variety
.Former WarnerMedia executive Bob Greenblatt is launching a production company and has a first-look deal with Lionsgate.Jon Wu will serve as a producer and head of filmed content for Greenblatt’s company, The Green Door.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s daughter, Audrey, made her acting debut in her dad’s new music video. The 19-year-old appeared in the newly released video for her dad’s track "7500 OBO," which marks his first music video since 2018.
Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, Jeff Sagansky and Faiza Saeed will join TheWrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman at TheGrill 2021, presented by WrapPRO, on September 29-30. “Acquire or Die: Navigating the Era of Mega-Mergers & SPACS” will address the explosion of Hollywood mergers and the ramifications of ongoing industry consolidation.
Sophia Bush isn't making the same mistakes again. The actress recently opened up about her experiences with dating her co-stars, but shut things down when it came to her short-lived marriage to Chad Michael Murray.The star recently sat down for a conversation with Michael Rosenbaum on hispodcast, and the conversation turned to on-set romances.«You realize that everyone you’ve ever met in this business has, like, dated everyone else,» Bush, 39, shared.
Hilarie Burton, 39, wasn’t a fan of the love scenes she was forced to film throughout the six seasons she starred as Peyton Sawyer on One Tree Hill. And it was one intimate scene from Season 1 in particular that left her crying in her trailer and feeling “a prostitute”.
What’s the difference between an actor and a prostitute? Not much, actually, according to Hilarie Burton.
Hollywood and media industry financing sources have tended to be cyclical, with new money refreshing the old every few years. The current cycle of private equity investment, though, is bucking that history and could extend the M&A wave for years to come, dealmakers say.
Reese Witherspoon has had a monumental week, coming off the heels of a huge business decision that involved the sale of her media company, Hello Sunshine.READ: Reese Witherspoon's daughter Ava Phillippe has the sweetest response to her mom's big newsNow, her week gets even more pumped as she announces to fans another exciting development in her career.WATCH: Reese Witherspoon's throwback marks big milestoneReese posted on her Instagram Stories a snapshot from a Deadline article, which stated
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are set to hit the small screen together!
Big news on the Yellowstone prequel 1883. Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, and MTV Entertainment Studios today announced that Academy Award nominated legend Sam Elliott will star alongside global superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in the service’s upcoming original series 1883. Created by Taylor Sheridan, 1883 is the highly anticipated prequel to the Emmy® nominated “Yellowstone.” 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions will serve as production partners on the series.
Hilarie Burton is setting the record straight about her “One Tree Hill” exit.
EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Kutcher will star opposite Reese Witherspoon in the Netflix romcom Your Place or Mine based on the original script by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) who is also making her feature directorial debut on the project.
Clearing the air. Although both Hilarie Burton and Chad Michael Murray left One Tree Hill at the end of season 6 in 2009, one exit had nothing to do with the other, the actress shared via Twitter on Monday, August 2.
It's a perfect day for Reese Witherspoon as the actress and producer is selling the media company she founded to a newly formed company backed by private equity firm Blackstone Group.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed but The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal was worth about $900 million.Witherspoon, known for her roles in films such as “Legally Blonde" and “Walk the Line," created Hello Sunshine in 2016.
Making a change! Reese Witherspoon sold her production company, Hello Sunshine, for $900 million to a media company that is backed by private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of the Hello Sunshine sale. Last month, the Journal reported Hello Sunshine could sell for as much as $1 billion.
Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs. Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine chief executive Sarah Harden will join the board of the new company and will continue to operate the business.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine has been sold for a whopping $900 million USD.
OMFG — Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe‘s daughter Ava has taken the term “mini-me” to a whole new level!