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Leonine Studios‘ longtime CEO Fred Kogel will stay successful his domiciled astatine slightest until 2028 successful a statement hold agreed pinch genitor institution Mediawan Group.
The announcement comes 2 years aft Paris-based pan-European contented group Mediawan acquired Germany’s Leonine Studios, having owned a 25% since 2020.
Kogel has been CEO of Leonine Studios since 2019, which he founded successful nan aforesaid twelvemonth together pinch New York-based world finance group KKR.
Under Kogel’s activity Leonine Studios has evolved into 1 of nan biggest independent accumulation and distribution groups successful German-speaking Europe, pinch hits including School of Magical Animals 2 & 3, Girl You Know It’s True, and Weekend Rebels, which is now poised for a U.S. remake.
In different C-suite announcements, Quirin Berg will besides beryllium appointed Deputy Chairman of nan Management Board of Leonine Holding GmbH connected April 1, 2026.
Berg has been responsible for nan contented strategy of nan full fabrication section of Leonine Studios arsenic Chief Creative- and Co-Chief Production Officer Fiction since January 2020.
Jochen Köstler, who has been Executive Vice President Non-Fiction and Managing Director of i&u Studios wrong nan Leonine Group since January 2024, will subordinate nan Management Board of Leonine Holding arsenic Chief Production Officer Non-Fiction connected April 1, 2026. He will beryllium responsible for nan full non-fiction accumulation section successful nan role.
The Management Board of Leonine Holding is completed by Sarah Fischer, who continues successful her domiciled arsenic Chief People & Sustainability Officer; Max Wiedemann remains arsenic Business Development and Co-Chief Production Officer Fiction of Leonine Studios arsenic good arsenic Head of AI Mediawan Group; and Bernhard zu Castell remains Chief Distribution Officer, overseeing theatrical, location entertainment, and audio-distribution, nan licensing conception arsenic good arsenic channels.
“I americium delighted that we will beryllium continuing connected nan highly successful way of Leonine Studios, nan accumulation and distribution group I co-founded,” said Kogel.
“At nan aforesaid time, I americium looking guardant to building connected Leonine’s occurrence successful nan early pinch Quirin and Jochen successful their expanded roles, arsenic good arsenic Sarah, Max, Bernhard and our location CFO Jens Mezger – my full guidance team. In caller years, we person successfully tapped into further imaginable acknowledgment to our intensive collaboration pinch Pierre-Antoine Capton and nan Mediawan Group. We will systematically proceed to prosecute this internationally successful course.”
Mediawan Group co-founder and CEO Pierre-Antoine Capton said Mediawan’s collaboration pinch Leonine Studios was astatine nan bosom of nan group’s ambitions to beryllium “a world independent champion, driven by top-tier talent and a beardown European vision”.
“ We are delighted to proceed moving intimately pinch Fred and his teams and to further accelerate synergies crossed nan group, specified arsenic Weekend Warriors, Plan B’s movie adjustment of nan movie Weekend Rebels developed by Leonine Studios’ accumulation banner Wiedemann & Berg Film – to create much world projects and fortify our maturation together,” he said.
