Jeremy Fuster

5 days ago | thewrap.com | Jeremy Fuster

Production payroll company Entertainment Partners has acquired the digital payment platform CASHét, expanding its suite of production accounting services. CASHét’s platform— which Entertainment Partners says is used on over 2,500 studio and independent productions annually—provides secure digital purchasing cards, automated accounts payable payments and built-in fraud prevention tools.

5 days ago | thewrap.com | Jeremy Fuster

Steven Flynn, the veteran marketing executive who oversaw the campaigns for Best Picture Oscar winners “Dances With Wolves” and “Silence of the Lambs,” died on May 23 after a four-year battle with renal cancer. He was 70. A Michigan native, Flynn got his start in showbiz working as a movie theater manager while studying at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

5 days ago | thewrap.com | Jeremy Fuster

Mattel is combining its film and television production units into a single unit under the direction of Mattel Films president Robbie Brenner, who will serve as president and chief content officer of the new company and continue to report to chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz. Mattel also named three new department heads at the unified banner who will report to Brenner.

6 days ago | thewrap.com | Jeremy Fuster

Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” is continuing its push towards $1 billion with a second weekend total of $63 million in the U.S. and Canada and $176.1 million worldwide, bringing its running total to $280 million domestic and $610.8 million global. It’s a second weekend result that blows past the $43 million second weekend of the “Aladdin” remake back in 2019, and also puts “Lilo & Stitch” past the inflation adjusted theatrical run of the original 2002 animated film.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Jeremy Fuster

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