James Myers and Meredith Wieck Promoted, Brady Fujikawa Returns as Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Announces Promotions and Hires
thewrap.comBorderlands, an adaptation of the bestselling videogame, starring Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jack Black; The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, starring Nicolas Cage in the role of Nicolas Cage; Shotgun Wedding, starring Jennifer Lopez; White Bird: A Wonder Story, a companion film to the 2017 hit, which Myers also oversaw, and About My Father, which stars comedian Sebastian Maniscalco alongside screen legend Robert De Niro.
Returning to Lionsgate as executive vice president of production is Brady Fujikawa, who most recently served as head of development at BRON Studios.
In his previous position at Lionsgate, Fujikawa championed several projects that are now some of the studio’s most highly anticipated, including The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, starring Nicolas Cage; and London, based on a Jo Nesbø story, with Oscar Isaac attached to star and Ben Stiller attached to direct.
Meredith Wieck has been promoted to senior vice president. She oversees some of the studio’s highest priority projects, currently guiding The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (the Hunger Games prequel), Now You See Me 3 with a draft being written by Academy Award-nominated writer Eric Warren Singer, a Dirty Dancing sequel, and Fascinating Rhythm, directed by John Carney and produced by Irwin Winkler and Martin Scorsese.
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