By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film Pam Abdy is being named to a top production post at the reconstituted MGM, sources said.
The hire was made by Michael De Luca, who in early January was named chairman of MGM Motion Picture Group. Abdy is a veteran producer and studio exec who most recently helped Brad Weston start the production/finance company Makeready.
Before that, she worked closely with Weston at New Regency during that company’s Oscar winning run with films that included Birdman, 12 Years A Slave, and Best Picture nominee The Revenant, which won three Oscars.
Before that, she was an exec at Paramount. The post would be comparable to the position held by Jon Glickman, before he exited to become a producer there.
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