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Chris Albrecht Expected To Leave Legendary TV
Chris Albrecht‘s time at Legendary Television is just about over.
Deadline has confirmed that Albrecht is expected to vacate his post as president. He was placed on leave in October after new details from his days at HBO emerged from the book "It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future…
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Chris Albrecht Placed On Leave From Legendary After Upcoming Book Details Incidents From His HBO Days
Chris Albrecht has been placed on administrative leave from his position as president of Legendary Television after new details from his days at HBO have emerged from the upcoming book “It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO” By Felix Gillette and John Koblin.
The book…
Legendary Combines International & Domestic TV Operations Under Chris Albrecht, Nick Pepper To Become Producer
A year after Legendary brought in Chris Albrecht to launch Legendary Global, the former Starz CEO is taking over the company’s entire TV operation.
Legendary is consolidating its international (Legendary Global) and domestic TV businesses under Albrecht, who has been named Head of Legendary Television. Nick Pepper…
Legendary Global Teams With Library Pictures For YA Series From ‘Sacred Games’ Creator Vikram Motwane
EXCLUSIVE: In yet another sign of India’s growing appeal for the world’s content financiers, Chris Albrecht and Legendary’s TV venture Legendary Global is teaming with Library Pictures International to co-finance and produce two seasons of a Hindi-language series from Vikramaditya Motwane, creator of Netflix’s first…
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Chris Albrecht’s Legendary Global Teams With Spain’s ESPotlight To Develop Premium Scripted Shows
Legendary Global, former HBO and Starz chief Chris Albrecht’s international TV venture with Legendary, has partnered with Spanish outfit ESPotlight to develop and produce more than 10 premium scripted shows a year.
Their first project together is La Treintena, a six-part comedy-drama about four twentysomething women…
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By Jake Kanter
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Anne Thomopoulos Reunites With Chris Albrecht At Legendary Global
EXCLUSIVE: Rome and Generation Kill executive producer Anne Thomopoulos is reuniting with her former HBO boss Chris Albrecht at Legendary Global.
Thomopoulos has joined the joint venture between Legendary and Albrecht as a partner, and comes from CAA's Global Television department. She has been tasked with focusing on…
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‘Tokyo Underworld’ Crime Drama From Terence Winter & Sherry Marsh Set At Chris Albrecht’s Legendary Global
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Albrecht has teamed with Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter and Pose executive producer Sherry Marsh for Tokyo Underworld, a crime drama set in Japan. It marks one of the first projects for Legendary Global, the television venture between Legendary and Albrecht launched in December, which is…
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Chris Albrecht To Run International TV Production Company Launched By Legendary
Former Starz CEO Chris Albrecht has lined up his next gig — a production company targeting the global TV market. Albrecht will have a stake in the company, majority owned by Legendary.
The company will function independently and separately from Legendary Television while Legendary will finance its slate and provide…
Lionsgate Execs Talk Starz Plans Post-Chris Albrecht: “We Want To Open The Creative Aperture”
After reporting mixed results for its fiscal third quarter, Lionsgate executives offered Wall Street analysts an update on Starz as the premium network’s longtime chief, Chris Albrecht, gets set to exit the company in the coming weeks.
Albrecht did not appear on today’s conference call with analysts, but earned a…
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By Dade Hayes
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Chris Albrecht To Step Down As Starz CEO
EXCLUSIVE: Starz CEO Chris Albrecht will depart next month after a decade at the company. Albrecht’s decision to step down comes two years after Starz’s acquisition by Lionsgate was completed amid the continued integration of the two companies.
For the time being, Starz will move forward under COO Jeffrey Hirsch and…
50 Cent’s ‘Power’ Play: Rich Overall Deal For Multiple Series At Starz
Starz is keeping its Power broker in the family. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who stars in and exec produces that veteran crime drama, has signed a rich new overall deal with the premium cabler, Deadline has confirmed.
Under the four-year pact — that sees figures like $150 million being whispered and Starz CEO Chris Albr…
In First Global Foray, Starz Sets Long-Term Deal With Bell To Enter Canada
Bell Media and Starz have set an exclusive, long-term deal that will bring the U.S. premium network to Canada for the first time.
The launch also marks the first on the international stage for Starz since the premium network was acquired by Lionsgate in December 2016, an important step in an increasingly global…
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By Dade Hayes
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