Erik Feig has hired his former Summit Entertainment colleague James McGough as chief operating officer at Picturestart, the company said Wednesday. McGough has been at Netflix, where he oversaw the…
The move comes a day after Disney+ hired of Netflix’s Director Of Original Film Matt Brodlie.
Feig later became Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-president. He launched Picturestart in May with a range of funding to create, co-finance, and produce what he calls “discovery of voice” content across multiple platforms. It already has several high-profile projects in its pipeline, including the Chadwick Boseman-starringset up at Paramount with Temple Hill.
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