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‘Made For More’ Documentary About Women Empowerment On Way

Dave Hollis, who exited Disney’s executive ranks after 17 years in March, is now helping to market a feature-length documentary with Fathom Events, Rachel Hollis presents Made for More about his wife’s journey to empower women. The doc is followed by a Q&A of her live-event series “RISE.” The Fathom event will take…

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Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn Says Goodbye To Distrib Boss Dave Hollis, Calls Him Equal To WB Vet Dan Fellman – CinemaCon

Weeks after Disney announced that worldwide distribution chief Dave Hollis would be leaving the studio after 17 years, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Studios chairman Alan Horn gave him the warmest of goodbyes at CinemaCon. Horn said that when he was at Warner Bros, he considered that studio’s former distribution boss…

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Disney Film Distribution Boss Dave Hollis Exiting; Cathleen Taff Promoted To Oversee Global Distribution & More

After 17 years at Walt Disney Studios and breaking multibillion-dollar industry records at the global box office for the Burbank, CA lot, Dave Hollis, President of Worldwide Distribution, will leave the company in May as he becomes CEO of Chic Media, a company established by his wife Rachel Hollis who is an author…

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Disney Distrib Boss Dave Hollis On Social Media’s Impact On Moviegoing: “We Can Take Modern Media & Turn It To Our Advantage” – CinemaCon

Box office might be at record levels, but the film industry is going to sustain these levels, it has to learn to turn the booming millennial social media to its advantage. That’s what Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis conveyed this morning to CinemaCon attendees and exhibitors. Disney’s presentation isn’t until…

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FandangoLabs Launches To Develop Moviegoing Products & Services

Online ticket sales firm Fandango is launching FandangoLabs, a new research and development unit dedicated to innovating moviegoing products and services. This includes making the moviegoing experience a more convenient one with such items as advanced ticketing to drive theater attendance. FandangoLabs will explore…