Exec Shuffle For 12/12/14, Amy Pascal Apologizes, Rain Postpones Sony’s “All Hands” Meeting, Hearts Buys Into Awesomeness

 

Exec Shuffle For 12/12/14: IM Global Ventures Into Music, Fox 21, DreamWorks Animation Expands Into Asia, and More

Cablevision and Warner Bros. also get in on the action, as do Blumhouse, Cinedigm and Millennium, among others. (SSN)

Leak Of Sony Emails Leads To an Apology From Amy Pascal

After the embarrassing, racially-tinged emails about President Obama’s imagined movie tastes see the light of day, the studio head says of them that they, “are not an accurate reflection of who I am.” (NYT)

Today’s “All Hands” Town Hall Meeting At Sony Has Been Postponed, Due To Weather

The briefing about the massive hacking attack that occurred was originally scheduled for this afternoon, but was pushed to Monday because of the heavy rains expected today. Employees were notified yesterday afternoon. (VAR)

Hearst Picks Up a Big Piece Of DWA’s AwesomenessTV For a Nice Chunk Of Change

The company pays $81.25 million for a 25 percent stake in the YouTube multichannel network, which is currently valued at $325 million. DreamWorks Animation, which purchased the company in May 2013 for $33 million, will retain majority ownership. (THR)

The Warner Bros. Version Of ‘The Jungle Book’ Has Been Pushed Back a Year, To 2017

This one, to be directed by Andy Serkis, was pushed from October 21st, 2016 to October 6th, 2017, while Disney’s version, directed by Jon Favreau, is still on target for October 9th, 2015. (COL)

Sega Sees the Future, and It Involves Turning Its Video Game Properties Into TV Shows and Movies

The company has enlisted another entity, Stories International, to help it develop properties like Shinobi and Altered Beast for the big and small screens, as Ubisoft has done previously. (SF)

USA Network Continues To Explore Its Dark Side, Picks Up ‘The Terrestrial’ Drama From ‘Annabelle’ Writer

Gary Dauberman’s new drama focuses on a schizophrenic man who, after his estranged teenage daughter goes missing, is forced to confront his troubled past as he begins to believe his daughter’s kidnappers are the same as the ones that abducted him 10 years prior: aliens. (DH)

Blair Underwood Lands a Major Role In an Upcoming Episode of ‘Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’

The longtime TV star will recur during Season 2 as May’s estranged ex-husband, Dr. Andrew Garner, whom we first will meet in a March episode. (SAA)

Trailer Buzz: ‘The Hobbit — The Battle Of the Five Armies’

A few days before the film’s release comes the final trailer for the upcoming finale to the Hobbit trilogy. The film, starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Evangeline Lilly and Benedict Cumberbatch hits theaters on Wednesday. (TP)

Screenwriters: ‘Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang’

The 126-page script, subtitled “You’ll Never Die In This Town Again,” by Shane Black, dated November 21, 2003. (DS)