EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing that the top job at Screen Gems, which is being vacated by Steve Bersch, is poised to go to Paramount EVP Ashley Brucks.
Again, with all these exec talks, put an asterisk on this in case things falls apart, but we hear Brucks is the top choice. She’s been involved with such Paramount horror franchise hits as Scream, A Quiet Place and Paranormal Activity.
Recently, Scream VI at close to $169M became the third-highest-grossing movie in the Dimension/Spyglass franchise worldwide, but it also had the biggest global opening ever for the series at $67M.
A Quiet Place, with a global franchise gross of $638.2M from two movies, speaks for itself — a beefy cash cow. The spinoff A Quiet Place: Day One is expected to hit theaters on March 8.
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