2019-10-16 The Hollywood Reporter

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Photographed by Beau Grealy

slate includes 2020’s King Richard,
with Smith as Serena and Venus
Williams’ father.

82 JON GLICKMANPresident, worldwide
motion picture group
MARK BURNETT
Chairman, worldwide TV

MGM

With Daniel Craig back in his Bond
tux for February’s No Time to Die,
Bill and Ted returning for a new
adventure and a first-look scripted
TV deal with Renée Zellweger,
MGM film head Glickman, 50, and
TV kingpin Burnett, 59, are focused
on growth across all platforms.

A TOP TALENT (NOT ON YOUR

PLATFORM) WHOM YOU ADMIRE

Glickman: “I’m going to get Lizzo on

our roster if it’s the last thing I do.”

Burnett: Nick Cannon.

83 DONALD GLOVER

Actor-writer-director

It's been a quiet year for the elusive

star, 36, who unveiled Guava Island

at Coachella ahead of his headlin-

ing slot at the fest, then debuted

the music movie exclusively on

Amazon Prime. He also toplined

Disney’s $1.6 billion hit The Lion

King with Beyoncé. Next up: two

more seasons of FX’s Emmy-

winning Atlanta.

84 DAVID ELLISON

President

SKYDANCE MEDIA

He’s behind three 2019 action films

— Gemini Man (which fizzled over

the Oct. 11 weekend with $20.6 mil-

lion), Terminator: Dark Fate and

Netflix’s 6 Underground — and

his slate is ramping up with To p

Gun: Maverick in 2020 and more

Mission: Impossible movies. In

TV, there’s Grace and Frankie and

Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack

Ryan on Amazon and Foundation

for Apple TV+. But by hiring ousted

Pixar/Disney Animation chief

John Lasseter to head Skydance

animation, the 36-year-old drew

backlash, with Emma Thompson

dropping out of a project.

GO-TO PODCAST FOR A LONG DRIVE

“I’m much more of a music person,

usually country.”

85 ADAM MCKAY

Director-writer-producer

In a year bookended by triumphs

— Vice, nominated for three

Oscars, and HBO’s Emmy-winning

Succession — Will Ferrell’s former

wingman has become Hollywood’s

chronicler of civilization in decline.

His 2020 is about founding his

production company and prepping

Showtime, an HBO pilot about the

’80s heyday of the L.A. Lakers.

BEST THING ABOUT HOLLYWOOD’S

MERGER MANIA “I don’t have to be

rejected by Fox and Disney.”

86 DAVID BENIOFF AND

D.B. WEISS

Writers-producers

A divisive series finale didn’t stop

the Game of Thrones showrunners

from cleaning up at the Emmys with

12 trophies — including best drama.

The 48-year-olds will move from

HBO to Netflix, where they signed

a $200 million overall deal. First,

though, they’re headed to a galaxy

far, far away to write and produce a

new Star Wars trilogy for Lucasfilm.

THE LAST APP SOMEONE UNDER 13

HAD TO EXPLAIN TO YOU Both (via

email): “House Party. It has nothing

to do with the Kid ’n Play movie.”

87 NINA JACOBSON AND

BRAD SIMPSON

Producers

They’ve had a disappointing film run

with The Goldfinch and Where’d You

Go, Bernadette. But Simpson, 46,

and Jacobson, 54, are on board for a

Hunger Games prequel at Lionsgate.

They’ve inked a four-year deal to

keep their banner, Color Force, at FX

Prods., its partner on American Crime

Story and Pose, as well as on graphic

novel adaptation Y: The Last Man.

GO-TO PODCAST FOR A LONG

DRIVE Jacobson: “My daughter got

me into Stuff You Should Know.”

Simpson: “Karina Longworth’s You

Must Remember This.”

88 CHARLES D. KING

Producer

Under his MACRO banner (formed in

2015), King, 50, has backed awards

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