By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film EXCLUSIVE: Big move over at Amazon Studios. Ted Hope has decided to exit as Co-Head of Motion Picture Production to go back to his origins as a producer.
Next week, he will enter a multi-year, first-look deal with Amazon Studios. This is all very amicable, and I’m told that Amazon chief and Hope’s boss Jennifer Salke has just divulged the news internally.
Hope came to Amazon in 2015 as head of the Development, Production and Acquisitions team, and he was elevated to co-Head of Movies in July, 2018.
He has been running the film division along with Julie Rapaport and Matt Newman, who’ve been Co-Heads of Movies. She came to Amazon from The Weinstein Company, while he grew at Amazon on the business
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