Deadline has learned that producer Dan Lin is taking over for Scott Stuber as Netflix’s Top Film Boss. Lin begins on April 1 and will report to Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer.
The replacement was rather quick as insiders at the streamer figured the process would take months. Sean Bailey’s name was floated, however, that former Disney Live-Action Motion Picture Production Boss didn’t take the job and there was word that former Universal and DreamWorks Chief Stacey Snider had a sitdown with Ted Sarandos.
Lin is already in business with Netflix as the EP of their new successful series, Avatar: The Last Airbender which launched on Feb.
22. He also produced their 3x Oscar nominated movie, The Two Popes. It’s not shocking to see that the Rideback producer has taken the job; he interviewed with Warner Bros Discovery’s David Zaslav for the top DC job before James Gunn and Peter Safran were named to the posts.
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