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๐ŸŽง Netflix’s Search for the Most Powerful Job in Film

The pros and cons of the role โ€” and the candidates in contention

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A film executive with a TV metabolism. Relationships with top talent. A culture fit in a challenging company. If you can manage all three, you might have a shot at the Netflix film chief role recently vacated by Scott Stuber. Thereโ€™s lots of names in competition, but more reasons for boss Bela Bajaria to be picky. โ€œIf you judge power in film by how much you can green light, thereโ€™s no film job thatโ€™s even close to this,โ€ says Richard Rushfield. Also: Elaine Low on the new reality in the unscripted space, and Peter Kiefer delves into Westwoodโ€™s historic Fox theaterโ€™s new ownership group, led by none other than Jason Reitman.

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