Warner Bros. and AppleTV+ marketing vet JP Richards and STX marketing exec Keri Moore are joining Lionsgate’s motion picture group respectively as President and Co-President of Worldwide Theatrical Marketing.
They start Nov. 1. The duo will work directly with Adam Fogelson, Vice Chair of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group to oversee the upcoming feature slate which includes the Keanu Reeves sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Now You See Me 3, Expendables 4, the reimagining of Dirty Dancing, John Wick spinoff Ballerina with Ana de Armas, a Saw sequel, Are You There, God?
It’s Me, Margaret, Gerard Butler’s Plane, White Bird: A Wonder Story, which builds on the themes of the 2017 global hit Wonder; feature adaptation of videogame Borderlands; About My Father, starring standup sensation Sebastian Maniscalco opposite Robert De Niro; Shadow Force, starring Kerry Washington and Omar Sy; the Graham King-produced Michael Jackson event film; the Untitled Adele Lim Comedy, a hilarious and raunchy new movie from the producers of Neighbors and the co-screenwriter of Crazy Rich Asians; Jesus Revolution, starring Joel Courtney and Kelsey Grammer; and Tim Story’s horror comedy The Blackening, which recently played at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Having worked with both JP and Keri over many years, I know how exceptionally talented and skilled they are as marketers.
I also admire and respect them as kind and compassionate people. Each has led careers defined by embracing and finding new, resourceful, entrepreneurial, and innovative ways to reach audiences and they will be exceptional leaders for our team,” said Fogelson.
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