Universal Pictures Re-Ups Donna Langley As Co-Chairman

BREAKING: Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley continues her term through 2014. The studio extended the option on her behalf account deal, a move that was broadly expected when Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson re-upped the other day and may keep getting full day-to-day operating responsibility for your Film Group, verifying to Universal Art galleries Leader and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer (whose contract was recently re-upped through 2015) and NBCUniversal Boss Steve Burke. That was a sign the studio’s production team would remain intact after NBCUniversal was acquired by Comcast. Langley is constantly on the be the key proper business partner controlling the companys production department, Focus Features as well as the art galleries worldwide purchases efforts. She reviews to Fogelson and contains been co-chairman since October, 2009. This gives Fogelson and Langley the chance to predict their 2012 and 2013 slates. The 2012 slate includes the studio’s major wager, the Peter Berg-directed Battleship, that literally brings an extraterrestrial story for the Hasbro game the Tony Gilroy-directed The Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Renner the Rupert Sanders-directed Snow White-colored as well as the Huntsman with Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and Billy Burke the Carl Rinsch-directed Keanu Reeves-starrer 47 Ronin the Daniel Espinosa-directed Safe House with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, the American Cake follow-up American Reunion the Seth MacFarlane-directed Ted with Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis the Wahlberg-starrer Contraband, as well as the Oliver Stone-directed Savages with Aaron Manley, Kitsch, Blake Lively and Benicio Del Toro. Judd Apatow has some projects and 2012 will close while using Tom Hooper-directed Ces Miserables, which stars Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe. For 2013 slate, there is a sixth installment in the Fast as well as the Furious franchise, the Robert Schwentke-directed R.I.P.D. with Rob Bridges and Ryan Reynolds, the Illumination Films follow-up to Wretched Me, as well as the untitled sci-fi film that Tron: Legacy helmer Ernest Kosinski will direct with Tom Cruise and Jessica Chastain starring.