- Gaumont has promoted Alexis Cassanet (pictured) from EVP of international sales and distribution to EVP of international distribution and co-productions. Cassanet secured financing for Paul McCartney’s animated adventure film High in the Clouds (based on a middle-grade novel he wrote with children’s author Philip Ardagh). In his new role, he’ll help develop projects with international potential, source international financing and set up co-productions. Cassanet will also work with Gaumont’s international subsidiaries on films aimed at global audiences.
- NewBe, the Dutch prodco behind Netflix’s Heartbreak High reboot, has expanded its fiction team with two new hires. Lodewijk Van Lelyveld joins as a creative producer for series, on the heels of directing NewBe’s upcoming romance feature film Red Flags (premiering April 17). And freelance producer Indra Baars has also come on board permanently as an in-house line producer.
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