In a single day, two major studios ushered in regime change. The message: A different day has arrived.
By replacing a respected, long-standing veteran in Dick Cook at Disney, and by dismissing two sharp, younger executives at Universal — Marc Shmuger and David Linde — the takeaway was the same. New people are needed at the helm to forge the path toward a new Hollywood. (Read TheWrap’s full coverage of the executive shuffles.)
In the case of Universal, it was by promoting two internal candidates, marketing chief Adam Fogelson and production head Donna Langley (which readers of Waxword would already have known since last week).