Alan Horn Joins Warner Bros. Discovery in Consultant Role
variety.comRebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDisney’s former chief creative officer Alan Horn is joining Warner Bros. Discovery.Horn, who retired from Disney in 2021 after a decade at the studio, has been hired in a consultant role help the company’s newly appointed CEO David Zaslav in navigating the film business.
He will start on Aug. 1. The formal announcement comes after reports that Horn had been in discussions with Warner Bros. Discovery executives and had been seen on the lot having meetings with top decision makers.“I am thrilled to share with you that Alan Horn, one of the most respected studio executives in the industry, has agreed to assist me in a consultant role during this transition period, starting August 1.
No one knows this business better than Alan does. He has had an extraordinary career spanning nearly half a century,” Zaslav said in a staff memo. “Most recently, he served as chairman and later co-chairman and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Studios, where for a period of nearly 10 years, he oversaw the production of all motion pictures and the integration of Lucasfilm and the Fox film studios, as well as the expansion into producing content for Disney’s streaming services.
Horn is very well-respected and seen as one of the most honest and upstanding executives in the business. The appointment is a homecoming, of sorts, for Horn, who was forced out as president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros.
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