Lion King producer defends violent scene amid mixed reviews
Don Hahn argues the controversial sequence is crucial to the story and not gratuitous, noting months spent balancing emotion. The piece anchors other industry notes from Mancini’s death and Gibson’s film rights to Buckley’s Thank You for Smoking, plus updates on talent Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Patti Austin plans.
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Tartikoff Takes Lead of New World TV Production
NBC era programmer Tartikoff is named head of TV production at New World Communications Group. New World, after a $500 million Fox-station deal, also acquired Moving Target Productions for $9 million to develop syndicated and primetime projects for Fox. Andrew Carl Wilk becomes VP of programming for National Geographic Television.
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