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Imagine partners Ron Howard and Brian Grazer both take an upbeat view of the changes reshaping Hollywood, arguing that streaming has unmatched global reach even though it has altered theatrical releasing. The pair kicked off Toronto’s five-day industry conference section with an hour-long conversation. They hit on…

Rich Battista has been named the CEO of Imagine Entertainment, and will be joining the company immediately, based at its Beverly Hills headquarters. Battista will work with Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard and the company’s nearly 90 employees to build upon its growth and expansion strategy…

EXCLUSIVE: Currently in theaters with the Ron Howard-directed documentary Pavarotti, Imagine Documentaries has formed an exclusive partnership with the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation to create a definitive feature documentary on the beloved and iconic jazz musician and entertainer. Imagine Documentaries…

A half a century ago tomorrow, Apollo 11 landed on the Moon with a pledge that they "came in peace for all mankind." As seemingly all of the human race watched, six hours after the Eagle had landed, Neil Armstrong took that remarkable "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" and became the first person to…

Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard and Imagine Impact Head Tyler Mitchell have tapped Sarah Russell to head marketing and communications at their content accelerator, Imagine Impact. Russell will lead all brand, marketing, and communications strategy. As a marketing executive, Russell has…

EXCLUSIVE: Amandla Stenberg is attached to star in Universal’s reimagined take of the 1996 thriller Fear.  The original movie, released in 1996, starred Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon early on in their careers as young lovers David and Nicole. David is charming and affectionate, but Nicole soon sees a darker side…

EXCLUSIVE: The next big music documentary in the works: Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band. Pic will tell the story of a group that went from backing up Bob Dylan to become one of the most influential groups of its era. Told through the prism of founding member Robertson, Once Were Brothers is being…

Imagine Entertainment has hired veteran creative exec Swati Shetty to be executive vice president, International Content. She will lead global expansion for Imagine chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. Shetty had most recently served as Director-International Originals and Acquisitions at Netflix, the first India…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Network has ordered 10 one-hour episodes of comedic drama 68 Whiskey, an adaptation of Israeli TV series Charlie Golf One, from Imagine Television Studios, the TV arm of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment, and CBS TV Studios. Written by The Brink co-creator Roberto Benabib, the…

Imagine Entertainment has set its roster of participants of Impact 2, the inventive program where the company empowers outside voices, “creators,” paying the newcomers accepted to the program to develop TV series and movies under the watchful eye of “shapers,” a group of established industry writers and showrunners…

EXCLUSIVE: Gabriel Basso has been set by director Ron Howard for the lead role of J.D Wade in Hillbilly Elegy for Netflix. Basso will star opposite Amy Adams and Glenn Close for director Ron Howard. Basso previously co-starred in J.J. Abrams's Super 8, Jordan Vogt-Robert's The Kings of Summer and The Whole Truth…

EXCLUSIVE: Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard have promoted Karen Lunder to be President of Imagine Features. Under her new position, Lunder will continue to oversee the company's feature film production and development. She joined Imagine as a film exec in 2017. Lunder is currently overseeing…