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EXCLUSIVE: We have just learned that Zev Foreman has extended his contract as Entertainment One’s President of Production, Film. He will continue to oversee the day-to-day development and production of eOne's global film slate and report to Nick Meyer, eOne's President, Film. Foreman joined eOne in September…

Imax said Tuesday it’s named longstanding board member Darren Throop — the founder and CEO of Entertainment One — as chairman of the board. Shareholders at the company’s annual meeting also elected Steve Pamon, former COO of Beyoncé's Parkwood Entertainment, to join as director with both appointments are effective…

Jackie Rubin, eOne’s longtime SVP, Corporate Communications, has left the Hasbro-owned entertainment studio and is moving into the blockchain world. Rubin has joined NFT company Dapper Labs, the business behind NBA Top Shot, a basketball-themed crypto-collectible that can be purchased using non-fungible tokens. She…

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One has acquired U.S. rights to Adam Silvera's novel They Both Die at the End, currently No. 1 on the New York Times YA paperback bestsellers list three years after it was published, to develop for television. Silvera is attached to pen the series adaptation. eOne will serve as the studio and…

The upcoming filmed production of Tony-winning Broadway musical Come From Away is headed to Apple Original Films. eOne, Hasbro’s entertainment studio, is producing and financing the live filming. A release is planned for later this year on AppleTV+. The Christopher Ashley-directed pic tells the remarkable true story…

Hasbro’s thriving analog and digital games business helped its first-quarter profit beat Wall Street expectations, but Covid-19-related struggles in film and TV resulted in only a 1% uptick in revenue. Total revenue came in at $1.15 billion, up only about $9.2 million from the year-ago quarter and just shy of analysts…

Toymaker-turned-Hollywood producer Hasbro said Monday that it's selling the music business of Entertainment One to investment firm Blackstone for $385 million in cash. Specifically, it is selling eOne Music to entities controlled by Blackstone, which also owns SESAC, a leading music rights organization. Subsequent to…

As the virtual MipTV gets underway today, we asked 10 television sales chiefs five simple questions about the state of the market after a pandemic-ravaged year. MipTV was one of the first major television events to pivot online during the coronavirus crisis’ first wave in 2020 and, since then, the distribution…

eOne has been stepping up its IP drive since it was acquired by Hasbro at the end of 2019. The company is developing an animated remake of Clue at Fox, plotting the film and television world of Dungeons & Dragons and has teamed up with House of Cards' Beau Willimon to develop a scripted version of Risk. It is now…

EXCLUSIVE: Constance Wu, star of ABC's Fresh Off The Boat and Crazy Rich Asians, is moving into TV production and has struck a first-look deal with eOne. The actress is launching a production venture and has tapped Justine Jones as Vice President of Development. It comes as Wu is developing a feature adaptation of…

The original creators of Peppa Pig are stepping back from the global children’s hit after Entertainment One greenlit a further 104 episodes. Animation studio Astley Baker Davies (ABD) will handover the show to UK outfit Karrot (Sarah & Duck), which will produce new episodes that will be broadcast around the world into…

EntertainmentOne, the Hasbro-owned studio behind Peppa Pig, has greenlit a new pre-school series superhero series. Kiya will launch in 2023 across linear and streaming platforms including Disney Jr., Disney + globally, and France Télévisions. The 52-part series originates from South Africa and tells the story of Kiya…