2019-10-16 The Hollywood Reporter

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 74 OCTOBER 16, 2019

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new policy — centered on inclusion

— and the first film made under it,

Just Mercy (Jordan produced and

stars), is a likely awards contender.

He signed first-look deals this year

for his Outlier Society banner with

Warner Bros. (film) and Amazon

(TV) and started shooting 2020’s

Without Remorse for Paramount.

67 JEFFREY KATZENBERG

Founder/chairman

MEG WHITMAN

CEO

QUIBI

Is there a huge demand for 10-min-

ute movies and shows that can

be viewed only on a phone? Hey,

it’s Katzenberg, and the town is

littered with the bodies of those

who’ve bet against him. The former

DreamWorks Animation head, 68,

and former eBay CEO Whitman, 63,

have amassed $1 billion in startup

money and lured some of the

biggest names in the biz (Steven

Spielberg, Chrissy Teigen and Kevin

Hart) to make content for the ser-

vice launching in April.

68 KENYA BARRIS

Writer-actor-producer

Barris, 45, left ABC Studios in 2018

after signing a three-year, eight-

figure deal with Netflix, and his

first two projects for the streamer

are well underway: sketch comedy

series Astronomy Club and Black

Excellence, a comedy in which he’ll

star (still under his purview: broad-

cast shows Black-ish, Grown-ish

and Mixed-ish). In film, he’s writing

sequels to Coming to America

with Eddie Murphy and Uptown

Saturday Nights with Kevin Hart.

A TOP TALENT (NOT ON YOUR

PLATFORM) WHOM YOU ADMIRE

Storm Reid.

69 DAVID FENKEL AND

DANIEL KATZ

Founders

A24

The indie behind 2017 Oscar winner

Moonlight is making waves on the

small screen with HBO’s Euphoria

and Hulu’s Ramy. But Fenkel, 41,

and Katz, 40, aren’t done fishing for

Oscars; they’ve cast into this year’s

awards waters with Lulu Wang’s

The Farewell, the Safdies’ Uncut

Gems starring Adam Sandler and

Tr e y E d w a r d S h u l t s ’ Waves.

70 PAUL BUCCIERI

President

A+E NETWORKS GROUP

Since Buccieri, 53, took the reins

in 2018, he’s doubled down on his

portfolio’s biggest hit, A&E’s Live

PD, renewing it for 450 new hours

and launching spinoff Live Rescue.

History remains a powerhouse out-

let with male viewers, and Lifetime

flexed its prestige muscles with

Surviving R. Kelly.

THE LAST APP SOMEONE UNDER 13

HAD TO EXPLAIN TO YOU “I had to

watch a TikTok explainer video cre-

ated by a 12-year-old TikTok user

on TikTok and I still don’t get it.”

71 PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE

Actor-writer-producer

After a breakout first season of

Fleabag, Waller-Bridge topped

expectations with the second. The

creator-star of the BBC-Amazon

show — who polished the Bond

25 script on top of exec producing

duties on BBC America’s Killing

Eve and upcoming HBO comedy

Run — was the toast of the Emmys,

nabbing six trophies, including for

comedy series and best actress.

With everyone in town dying to be

in business with the 34-year-old

Brit, Amazon locked her down in a

$60 million overall deal.

72 PAUL TELEGDY

Chairman

NBC ENTERTAINMENT

As of Oct. 7, Telegdy, 49, is solely

in charge of the network that has

sat at No. 1 for five of the past six

years — thanks to scripted hits like

This Is Us and unscripted ones like

America’s Got Talent, not to men-

tion Sunday Night Football, TV’s

top-rated primetime broadcast.

But there are challenges including

ratings fatigue — particularly in

comedy, with The Good Place and

Will & Grace due to end this year.

A TOP TALENT (NOT ON YOUR

PLATFORM) WHOM YOU ADMIRE

“Sarah Snook in Succession.”

IF YOU COULD

CONTROL ONE PIECE OF IP,

WHAT WOULD IT BE?

“Easy one — Muppets.”
GREG BERLANTI

“Friends.”

KAREY BURKE

“Kleenex.

They’ve been

keeping

our noses dry

and clean

for years.”

ADAM MCKAY

“NFL — the strongest

piece of IP on earth.”

DAVID ZASLAV

“Something for very little kids. It’s

not a trend. It’s rock steady.

Very little kids always want to watch

very little kids stuff. Gold mine.”

AVA DUVERNAY

“Game of Thrones, so
I could fix the ending.”
MEGAN ELLISON

“The rights to

Bob Iger’s book.”

JAY SURES

“Anchorman.”

KELLY KAHL