![]() Sony did not respond for request to comment. We’ll let you know when this all becomes official. She began her career at DreamWorks as a production and development executive. When Paramount Players was merged under Paramount Motion Picture Group early last year under co-heads Mike Ireland and Daria Cercek, Brucks, previously SEVP of Production at the studio, became Head of Development at Paramount Players.īrucks is 15-year vet of Paramount Pictures. It remains to be seen if Bersh and Brucks time will coincide at Screen Gems. Scott Strauss, EVP of Production for Screen Gems, is also exiting when Bersch departs. Page builds and content management across all digital platforms including web, mobile and app. Bersh was key in landing the Insidious franchise for Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions out of TIFF Midnight Madness back in 2010.Īs we first told you, Bersh’s departure, set for the end of the year, was extremely amicable with Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group CEO and Chairman Tom Rothman championing the former Fox vet to stay on the Culver City lot. We are told that Sony has been interviewing candidates since June to lead its genre division which recently hit a homerun with this year’s highest grossing horror movie, Insidious: The Red Door ($188.5M), also the highest grossing in the Blumhouse franchise. At the same time, Scott Strauss, executive vp of production and development, is taking the moment to exit Sony film division Screen Gems, best known for its lower-budgeted genre and comedy. For a label like Screen Gems which is looking to revive themselves, Brucks will come in quite handy. ![]() The spinoff A Quiet Place: Day One is expected to hit theaters on March 8 next year. A Quiet Place with a franchise gross of $638.2M WW from two movies speaks for itself, a beefy cash cow. Recently, Scream VI at close to $169M became the third highest grossing movie in the Dimension/Spyglass franchise worldwide, but also had the biggest opening ever for the series at $67M WW. On the big screen he played The Comedian in Warner. ![]() Morgan’s TV credits include The Walking Dead, Grey’s Anatomy and Supernatural. ![]() EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that the top job at Screen Gems, which is being vacated by Steve Bersh, is poised to go to Paramount EVP Ashley Brucks.Īgain, with all these exec talks, put an asterisk on this in case things falls apart, but we hear Brucks is the top choice she’s been involved with such Paramount horror franchise hits as Scream, A Quiet Place and Paranormal Activity. Scott Strauss and Michael Bitar will oversee for Screen Gems. ![]()
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