Mary Parent's aggressive recruitment drive to build a production team at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) continued yesterday with the news that she had hired Becky Sloviter as vice president of production at MGM Pictures.
Parent, who is chairperson of MGM's Worldwide Motion Picture Group, yesterday named former New Line executive Cale Boyter as executive vice president, production.
Sloviter has worked with Parent for some years, most recently as an executive at Stuber/Parent Productions which was based at Universal, and before that at Universal where Parent was production chief.
Most recently she produced Mentors, a comedy directed by David Wain and starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott which is currently in post-production. While at Stuber/Parent, she was responsible for overseeing the remake of Midnight which Michael Arndt is adapting for Reese Witherspoon to star in, The Devil In The Junior League which was being developed as a vehicle for Jennifer Garner and What About Barb' which has Elizabeth Banks attached.
'Becky is a superstar who I have been fortunate enough to work closely with over the past four years,' gushed Parent in a statement. 'She has built strong relationships with many significant writers, directors and actors and her natural talents and skills are fully complemented by her true love of movies.'
Parent, who is chairperson of MGM's Worldwide Motion Picture Group, yesterday named former New Line executive Cale Boyter as executive vice president, production.
Sloviter has worked with Parent for some years, most recently as an executive at Stuber/Parent Productions which was based at Universal, and before that at Universal where Parent was production chief.
Most recently she produced Mentors, a comedy directed by David Wain and starring Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott which is currently in post-production. While at Stuber/Parent, she was responsible for overseeing the remake of Midnight which Michael Arndt is adapting for Reese Witherspoon to star in, The Devil In The Junior League which was being developed as a vehicle for Jennifer Garner and What About Barb' which has Elizabeth Banks attached.
'Becky is a superstar who I have been fortunate enough to work closely with over the past four years,' gushed Parent in a statement. 'She has built strong relationships with many significant writers, directors and actors and her natural talents and skills are fully complemented by her true love of movies.'
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