ViacomCBS’ Entertainment & Youth Group is starting a new original movies and limited series unit to serve its portfolio of brands. The company has brought in A+E Networks’ Meghan Hooper W…
to run the unit as EVP and Head of Original Movies and Limited Series. She starts May 18 and will be reporting to Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer.
They will be developed specifically for each brand. The ones for MTV will be primarily coming-of-age stories featuring top musicians and young Hollywood talent. Those for Comedy Central: will be comedies featuring top comedians and up-and-comers. Paramount Network films will be for the entire family with broad appeal and Hollywood stars. VH1’s fare will focus on pop culture and ripped from the headlines stories; CMT’s movie will be family focused with country stars.
Hooper White was at A+E Networks for eight years, most recently as SVP, Original Movies, Co-Productions and Acquisitions, for Lifetime Networks where she oversaw a wide variety of projects during her tenure, including the slate of movies for It’s A Wonderful Lifetime, the movies based on the books by V.C. Andrews including the 2019 Casteel Family movie series event, scripted seriesmarking Kyra Sedgwick’s directorial debut and starring Kevin Bacon.
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