To hear Peter Roth tell it, friends, including J.J. Abrams, had been insisting he needed to know Ava DuVernay long before their first meeting. It marks one of Roth’s last initiatives as chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group. Warner Bros. Television Chairman Peter Roth and filmmaker Ava DuVernay have joined forces to on a new database for below-the-line crew members. Warner Bros., whenever I get on the phone with them or any studio, [they say]: “We need the U.K. on board right now. Updated variations on familiar things is an idea that we’ve been espousing at Warner Bros. for years and how we develop.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 29, 2020 12:56 UTC