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EXCLUSIVE: Heated Rivalry shaper Accent Aigu Entertainment has reset its guidance structure.
The Toronto-based accumulation location coming outlined a caller building and made respective appointments. Among nan changes, institution co-founders Jacob Tierney, who wrote Heated Rivalry, and Brendan Brady, nan show’s producer, will move from co-Presidents to caller roles.
Tierney will go Chief Creative Officer and executive shaper and Brady CEO and exec shaper astatine Accent Aigu, which was founded successful 2023 and past twelvemonth achieved immense world occurrence pinch Crave and HBO queer play Heated Rivalry. The show exploded successful nan U.S., making stars of Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie.
Elsewhere, Jayme Alter Wilson has been named President, Craig Merritt becomes CFO, Lori Fischburg will beryllium Head of Production, and Liane Cunje takes connected nan roles of Development Executive and producer.
Alter Wilson has been a institution advisor since its inception and will now lead strategy an operations alongside Tierney and Brady. She was antecedently a partner successful media, intermezo and sports astatine Dentons, and originates her caller domiciled successful June.
Merritt will lead each accumulation and corp financial activities, having antecedently worked ample nationalist businesses and backstage operations, and Lischburg takes connected her caller station aft line-producing Heated Rivalry. She’ll oversee Accent Aigu’s accumulation slate. Cunje, an independent movie shaper who has managed nan Toronto International Film Festival’s programming and served arsenic its manufacture action programmer, will oversee improvement crossed nan slate.
Accent Aigu is presently successful improvement of nan much-anticipated Season 2 of Heated Rivalry, and is now seeking to grow nan scripted slate further. It was astir this clip past twelvemonth that Heated Rivalry was first announced arsenic portion of Bell Media streamer Crave’s 2025/26 slate.
“Accent Aigu has knowledgeable unthinkable occurrence complete nan past year, and we’re excited astir wherever we are headed next,” said Tierney and Brady.
“As we proceed to grow, it’s important for america to bring successful group who not only person heavy acquisition successful their fields, but who besides understand nan benignant of institution we want to be. Jayme, Craig, Lori, and Liane each bring thoughtful leadership, imaginative insight, and a shared committedness to storytelling arsenic we proceed building a beardown instauration for semipermanent success.”
Accent Aigu is repped by CAA.
