![]() Half the town’s major studios - Warner Bros., Sony and 20th Century Fox - have not suffered any significant leadership shake-ups this year. On Monday, Disney promoted Disney Channel Chief Rich Ross into its top studio job. ![]() In August, MGM’s board showed Chief Executive Harry Sloan the door. ![]() In addition to the recent shake-ups at Disney and Universal, Paramount Pictures in July told two of its most senior production executives - John Lesher and Brad Weston - that their services would no longer be needed. “They still haven’t found a new business model to replace the old one.” “You’re not going to get away with the old business model,” said Hal Vogel, an entertainment industry analyst who runs Vogel Capital Management. There also will likely be far fewer adult dramas and less reliance on movie stars - many of whom can no longer draw ticket buyers, and are seeing their guaranteed salaries slashed. Movies already in development include one based on the View-Master children’s toy and an adaptation of the board game Battleship, scheduled for release July 2011, the same month as a third “Transformers” film. As the lineup of newly elevated studio executives scramble for solutions, expect an even greater emphasis on so-called “branded entertainment”: sequels and movies based on toys, old television shows and other familiar themes. ![]()
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