Rich Morris Joins Carl Reed’s Animation Studio Composition Media In New Role Of SVP, Content & Brands
27.10.2023 - 17:19
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Rock the Bells and Paramount exec Rich Morris has been tapped for the newly created role of Senior Vice President of Content & Brands at Composition Media, the animation studio led by Hair Love producer Carl Reed.
Morris will be responsible for spearheading licensing and merchandising initiatives related to Composition Media’s wholly owned IP as well as its joint production ventures. Additionally, he will be tasked with recognizing potential collaborative opportunities, from both a traditional and non-traditional entertainment standpoint, helping to drive brand integrations into projects, and steering marketing efforts for the company and its portfolio.
Also joining the company are Issac “Ike” Reed, an avid researcher of transmedia and digital media, and illustrator and artist Anthony Piper, who will serve respectively as Creative Director and Senior Art Director.
The additions come on the heels of a busy year for the company. Most recently, it announced an anime production partnership with Manuel and Geiszel Godoy’s Black Sands Entertainment, a leading force in Black comic book publishing. Their first project together will be an anime series adaptation of the comic Black Sands: The Seven Kingdoms. Others in development at Composition Media include the 2D animated adult-comedy Bad Grandmas, a feature co-produced alongside Steve Harvey’s East 112; Sky & Luna, the first movie in an eight-picture slate partnership with Labid Aziz’s People of Culture Studios and Man of Action Entertainment; and Catapult Feud, a TV series based on the critically acclaimed board game of the same name.
Stated company founder Reed on the hirings: “At Composition Media, we believe in the power of diverse voices coming together
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