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EXCLUSIVE: Indie workplace Media Res (The Morning Show, Pachinko) has promoted Christina Malach to President of Scripted Series. Reporting to CEO and laminitis Michael Ellenberg, she will oversee nan studio’s existent and upcoming slate. Malach replaces Lindsey Springer who is stepping down aft six years arsenic President of Scripted. She will proceed to nutrient pinch nan company.
Since joining Media Res successful 2023 arsenic SVP Development, Malach has overseen improvement of nan precocious ordered Netflix bid Enigma Variations from AK Shuman starring Aaron Taylor Johnon arsenic good as The Miniature Wife starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen, which precocious premiered connected Peacock.
“Christina’s been an unthinkable personnel of nan Media Res team, bringing her exceptional taste, expertise, passion, and soulful relationship pinch talent and worldly to carnivore connected each of nan projects she oversees,” Ellenberg said. “We are excited to spot her measurement into this domiciled starring nan imaginative group and shepherding nan adjacent procreation of Media Res series.”
Previously, Malach served arsenic a elder improvement executive astatine Amazon Studios wherever she oversaw specified bid arsenic The Terminal List, A Very British Scandal, The English and The Wilds. Prior to that, she served arsenic VP for David Heyman’s Heyday Television and began her profession successful publishing successful New York arsenic an Editor-at-Large astatine Random House.
“Media Res has ever been a location for eager storytelling, made by world people artists successful collaboration pinch nan very champion platforms,” Malach said. “It’s an grant to measurement into this domiciled and proceed to push nan boundaries of imaginative anticipation for audiences worldwide. “
During Springer’s tenure astatine Media Res, which began successful 2020, she shepherded specified bid arsenic Pachinko, I’m a Virgo, Extrapolations and The Miniature Wife.
“We are incredibly grateful to Lindsey for her singular tenure here, starring nan squad done a move play of productivity and growth,” Ellenberg said. “She will beryllium missed greatly, but we are besides excited for her adjacent chapter. We look guardant to collaborating pinch her connected early projects.”
In summation to The Miniature Wife and Enigma Variations, Media Res’s existent and upcoming slate includes nan 5th play of Apple TV’s The Morning Show pinch formed additions Jeff Daniels, Renee Rapp, Jesse Williams and Sean Hayes; caller series The Chain at HBO and The Dealer at Apple TV and nan Hulu aviator Durango.
