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Exec Shuffle for 9/21/15: History Channel and A&E Shift Exec Teams Plus Moves at ILM, Weinstein, STX and ABC
Other exec shuffle news includes, Lionsgate upping Sandra Stern to TV president, two managers at Mosaic leaving to start their own new venture and Temple Hill grabbing a new VP. (SSN)
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Emmys 2015: The 21 Best, Worst, Funniest and Most Moving Moments
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards are in the books, and TVLine has your rundown of the Best and Worst Moments. (TVL)
Tracy Morgan To Join Ice Cube, Charlie Day In New Line Comedy ‘Fist Fight’
Bluegrass Options WWII Spy Biography ‘The Spy Who Loved’
Bluegrass Films has optioned The Spy Who Loved, a biography written by Clare Mulley about WWII British spy Christine Granville. Cat Vasko has been hired to write the script and Bluegrass’s Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark are producing. (DH)
The Fall TV Live-Tweet Onslaught Is Coming, And It’s Not Going Away
Over the next two weeks, 58 primetime broadcast series will have their season premieres. Which means your Twitter feed will fill up with actors and producers of those shows talking about those season premieres. (THR)
Marvel Ups Victoria Alonso To Head Of Physical Production
Marvel Studios has promoted its longtime visual effects chief, Victoria Alonso, to executive vice president, physical production. She becomes one of the few women to ever hold a position has physical production chief at a studio. (VAR)
Liam Neeson Starring In ‘The Commuter ‘
Liam Neeson has agreed to star in The Commuter, which has a script from Byron Willinger and Phil de Blasi. Set to shoot in New York next spring (a director has yet to sign on), it comes from The Picture Company and StudioCanal. (EMP)
Amazon Sets Kristen Wiig-Starrer ‘Desired Moments’
Amazon is completing negotiations to finance Desired Moments, a Griffin Creech-scripted film that has Kristen Wiig attached and director Tom Kuntz set to direct with production to begin in January. (DH)
Why We Bought Your Film: Top Distributors Answer The Tough Questions
At an IFP Film Week panel, distribution executives weighed in on advice, challenges and tips for navigating the distribution marketplace. (IW)