Karen Lunder Promoted to President of Imagine Features

Imagine Entertainment has promoted Karen Lunder to president of Imagine Features, the corporate’s chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard introduced on Thursday.

In her new place, Lunder will proceed to supervise the corporate’s function movie manufacturing and growth. Lunder joined Imagine within the movie division in 2017 and most not too long ago served as the corporate’s government vp of manufacturing, which she was promoted to final August.

“It’s an exciting time to be at Imagine and to be a part of such a powerhouse group of people,” Lunder mentioned in a press release. “Imagine has long been an important home for filmmakers and talent and I’m thrilled to [be] working with Brian and Ron to expand on the ways these exceptional storytellers can bring their ideas to the screen.”

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Lunder is presently overseeing manufacturing of “Hillbilly Elegy,” which Ron Howard is directing for Netflix. She can be producing alongside Grazer and Howard. “Hillbilly Elegy” bought to Netflix in a aggressive scenario earlier this 12 months and it’s heading into manufacturing this summer time. It is the primary of a slate of initiatives that Imagine is growing in-house beneath their unbiased mannequin.

Lunder has been on the forefront of constructing a various slate of movies in-house for Imagine, overseeing the three way partnership with Animal Logic for animated and hybrid movies whereas additionally rising the corporate’s pipeline of studio live-action movies.

The firm mentioned that a few of its priorities shifting ahead embody Andrew Adamson’s live-action adaptation of “Curious George,” the David Gordon Green- directed reboot of “Friday Night Lights” and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut “Tick, Tick…Boom!,” an adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s musical.

“Karen has been the driving force in expanding our film slate within our new independent model,” Grazer and Howard mentioned in a press release. “She has great creative instincts and shares our values for the importance of talent relationships and storytelling. We are excited for what is to come under her leadership and vision.”

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Lunder got here to Imagine from FilmNation Entertainment, the place she was government vp of manufacturing and helped construct their manufacturing arm. She government produced Denis Villeneuve’s Academy Award-nominated hit “Arrival,” John Lee Hancock’s critically acclaimed drama “The Founder,” and produced Fox Searchlight’s “Gifted,” directed by Marc Webb and starring Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate and Mckenna Grace.

She additionally developed and co-produced Gavin Hood’s 2016 political thriller “Eye In The Sky” starring Helen Mirren.

Previously, Lunder was president of manufacturing at Gil Netter Productions, the place she developed and oversaw an formidable slate of guide diversifications together with “Marley & Me” and “The Blind Side.” Prior to that she headed up growth for Landscape Entertainment, growing and producing a slate of comedies together with Betty Thomas’ teen comedy “John Tucker Must Die.” She started her profession within the unbiased movie enterprise in New York.

Karen Lunder Promoted to President of Imagine Features was final modified: April 4th, 2019 by Ryan Friedman