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EXCLUSIVE: Scott Stuber has group Patrick Chu arsenic Head of Television astatine his accumulation institution which is relaunching nan United Artists explanation pinch Amazon MGM Studios.
Reporting straight to Stuber, Chu will lead nan company’s TV department, overseeing improvement and accumulation of nan TV slate, which includes nan NASCAR family play series Godspeed with Amazon and Sugar23.
Chu joins Stuber and UA from Annapurna, wherever he served arsenic Head of Television since 2022. During his tenure there, he executive-produced The Changeling and 2 seasons of nan animated comedy Sausage Party. He besides executive-produced nan precocious released feature The Testament of Ann Lee, directed by Mona Fastvold, and Olivia Wilde’s Sundance hit The Invite, releasing this June from A24.
Prior to Annapurna, Chu was a play programming and improvement executive astatine Amazon Studios, wherever he oversaw nan TV adaptations of Hanna and Hunters. Before that, he was Vice President of Production & Acquisitions astatine FilmNation, wherever he produced Kill Switch, executive-produced Miss Sloane, and helped bring successful titles including Life Itself and nan Oscar-winning Arrival. Chu began his profession astatine William Morris Agency earlier joining Ivan Reitman’s The Montecito Picture Company, wherever he roseate to imaginative executive.
With UA, former Netflix films main Stuber is processing projects including a Lance Armstrong characteristic directed by Edward Berger; Lizard Music, nan adjacent collaboration betwixt Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie; Michael Mann’s Heat 2; and nan caller type of Highlander starring Henry Cavill.
“Patrick has some an exceptional oculus for bold storytelling and an bonzer extent of acquisition crossed nan industry,” said Stuber. “As we build retired our TV slate, we cognize his expertise and sensibility will thief america present impactful shows that scope audiences crossed nan world.”
“Building disconnected of nan unthinkable slate of movies Scott and nan squad are producing, I’m excited to travel his imagination and bring awesome TV stories to life,” added Chu.
