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‘My Little Pony’ Netflix Relaunch & Entertainment Drive Hasbro 3Q Gains As Toymaker Mourns Late CEO Brian Goldner
Entertainment, led by eOne, bolstered sales at Hasbro last quarter, partly offsetting Covid-related supply chain bottlenecks that hit toy deliveries.
Entertainment revenues surged 76% to $327 million and adjusted operating profit swung to $42 million from a $3.6 million loss the year before. The company cited…
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Brian Goldner Dies: Hasbro CEO & ‘Transformers’ EP Who Led Toy Giant’s Push Into Entertainment Was 58
Brian Goldner, chief executive of Hasbro and Transformers executive producer, has died of cancer several days after taking a medical leave from the Pawtucket, R.I.-based toy and entertainment giant. He was 58.
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The transformational exec was key in expanding the…
Hasbro Closes $3.8 Billion Entertainment One Buy; Who’ll Spearhead Film & Live Action TV?
Hasbro has completed its acquisition of Entertainment One, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately £2.9 billion, or $3.8 billion in U.S. dollars. The announcement was made by Brian Goldner, Hasbro chairman and chief executive officer. Deal was made last summer.
In the new executive configuration, Darren Thro…
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Hasbro Raises Dividend With Help From Strong ‘Star Wars’ Toy Sales In Q4
The Force is paying off for Hasbro investors. The toymaker just raised its dividend by 11% as it reported better-than-expected Q4 earnings, due in part to the success of the sale of merchandise tied to Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Hasbro shares are up about 1% on a generally down morning for Wall Street.
The company…
Hasbro Says It’s Playing Catch-Up With The Demand For ‘Star Wars’ Toys
Sales of Star Wars-related toys are “running ahead of our expectations” — to the point where “inventory has been light,” forcing Hasbro to catch up — CEO Brian Goldner told an Investor Day gathering today.
The lead toymaker for the movie franchise notes that it’s unlike most other licensed merchandise properties: Toys…
'Zombieland' Scribe Team Tackles Hasbro's 'Micronauts' For JJ Abrams And Paramount
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are getting the job turning the Hasbro toyline Micronauts into a feature film for JJ Abrams and Paramount Pictures. Along with the prospect of another Transformers film, Micronauts was one of the Hasbro brands mentioned as a priority project in a third quarter earnings…
UPDATE: Hasbro Working On New 'Transformers' As It Ramps Up Movie Slate
UPDATE, 9:40 AM: Hasbro’s in “active discussions” with Paramount, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg about a fourth Transformers, CEO Brian Goldner told analysts in a conference call today. “Hopefully I’ll have more news for you next quarter,” he said. The most recent edition, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, will…
Universal Drops 'Clue'; Gore Verbinski Moves Forward With Hasbro Cash And New Writers
EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has quietly dropped out of Clue, one of the seven Hasbro games properties the studio contracted to make into movies in a ground-breaking six-year exclusive deal signed in 2008. Clue becomes the third project out of seven to be dropped by Universal (Monopoly and Magic, The Gathering were…
'Transformers 3' Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide
HOLLYWOOD, CA (August 3, 2011) – Worldwide box office receipts for TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, have hit $1 billion, Paramount Pictures announced today. To date, the third installment of the hit Transformers franchise, and the first shot in 3-D, has grossed $338 million in U.S. (through Monday) and $663 million…
Sony Pictures Sets Scribe For 'Risk' As Board Game Heads For Bigscreen
Screenwriter John Hlavin has been set by Sony Pictures to write Risk, a contemporary global action thriller based on the venerable board game. Pic is a co-production between Hasbro Entertainment and Overbrook Entertainment, and the producers are Brian Goldner, Bennett Schneir and James Lassiter. Hlavin has written on T…
'Ouija' Conjures Up Directing Candidates
The next hot directing job: Ouija, which will follow Battleship as the next Hasbro branded property to move into production at Universal since the Rob Letterman-directed, Taylor Lautner-attached Stretch Armstrong got pushed back and probably won’t start until 2013. The studio is still talking to directors, but I’ve…
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