Connor Schell, the former ESPN content chief who left the Disney-owned sports network last year, is setting up a non-scripted studio with Chernin Entertainment.Schell, an exec producer on O.J: Made In America and The Last Dance, will be CEO of the unnamed venture, which will produce high-end, non-fiction projects for the global marketplace.Chernin Entertainment is the sole investor in the new venture with Schell, Chernin and Jacobs serving on its board of directors.
President of Chernin Entertainment, Jenno Topping, will oversee Chernin Entertainment’s collaboration with the new studio, including a mutual first look whereby she and Schell will identify opportunities to develop projects.
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