Chernin Entertainment, the prolific production banner run by Peter Chernin, has signed a first-look deal for film with Netflix, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Terms of the pact were not revealed.
19.03.2020 - 17:55 / hollywoodreporter.com
The Chernin Group (TCG) and Advance, the investment company founded and run by the Newhouse family, which owns major stakes in Charter Communications and Discovery Inc., have invested $200 million of Series D funding into Culver City-based mobile game company Scopely. As a result of the investment, a representative from Advance will join Scopely’s board of directors while a TCG representative will now serve as a board observer.
Chernin Entertainment, the prolific production banner run by Peter Chernin, has signed a first-look deal for film with Netflix, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Terms of the pact were not revealed.
In response to the high number of deaths from the novel coronavirus, the Chinese government made the decision Friday to include a shutdown of mobile game servers in its national day of mourning, planned for this Saturday. During a 24-hour period beginning at midnight April 4, all forms of entertainment will be suspended as the community remembers those who lost their lives to, or are currently fighting against, the COVID-19 illness.
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Scopely, a mobile-games developer, announced an additional $200 million as part of its Series D funding round from Advance, whose holdings include Condé Nast, and Peter Chernin’s The Chernin Group (TCG).
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