EXCLUSIVE: Hot Wheels producer Kickstart Entertainment has snapped up a Cartoon Network Studios exec to run its kids and family development slate in LA.
Nicole Rivera will build and manage a slate featuring the likes of Hot Wheels Monster Trucks, American Girl and Angry Birds: Summer Madness.
She is tasked with developing animated and live-action projects while identifying international co-pro partnerships. Based out of LA, Rivera joins as Kickstart turns 25, and she is one of a spate of recent hires including Global Head of Production Susan Corbin.
Rivera previously spent several years at Cartoon Network Studios, where she was most recently Vice President of Development, working to identify and shepherd new animated series including The Invincible Fight Girl and Jessica’s Big Little World.
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