Chernin Entertainment Hires Former Red Arrow Studios Boss Jan Frouman As ‘Bosch’ & ‘Love Is Blind’ Production Group Draws Interest From Buyers

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EXCLUSIVE: Chernin Entertainment has hired former Red Arrow Studios Chairman and CEO Jan Frouman.Frouman is joining the company, which is behind films such as the Planet of the Apes franchise and Ford v.

Ferrari and Apple series See, in an unspecified role. Chernin Entertainment reps declined to comment.He was most recently President of International at Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook, which, earlier this year, took full control of German producer Telepool, where Frouman was previously CEO.It comes as Chernin Entertainment eyes the acquisition of Red Arrow, the production group behind series such as Netflix’s Love Is Blind and Amazon’s Bosch, although sources caution that his hire is a coincidence rather than directly related to its interest in the European superindie.

Chernin Entertainment is understood to be one of a number of suitors that are taking a look at the business.Frouman was Chairman and CEO of Red Arrow Studios, which houses U.S.

production companies including Kinetic Content and The Circus producer Left/Right, between 2010 and 2019. He previously worked in production and content acquisitions at parent company, European media giant ProSiebenSat.1, since 2004, having joined from private equity firm Saban Capital Group.The full details of his role at Chernin Entertainment are unclear and it’s still to be seen how Frouman will fit into the structure of the company, as it continues to expand its film and television business.Chernin Entertainment has been ramping up its moves over the last couple of years.In February 2021, it set up a non-scripted studio run by former ESPN content chief Connor Schell, who was an exec producer on O.J: Made In America and The Last Dance.