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Sometimes, Hollywood the place is stranger than Hollywood the fiction. Such is the case with Warner Bros. Pictures, and their current changing of the guards. Toby Emmerich has stepped down as Chairman of the Warner Bros. Pictures Movie Group. The interesting thing is who is stepping in.
Michael De Luca and Pam Adby will be taking over, overseeing both WB and New Line once their current contract with MGM via Amazon is up.
De Luca was once the head of New Line, and was fired in 2001. He was replaced with Emmerich.
This story is developing…
Toby Emmerich Out at WB- Michael de Luca, Pam Adby In
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Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.