Weeks after Worldview Entertainment inked a five-year deal with the Weinstein Co., Chairman and CEO Christopher Woodrow has abruptly exited the company, an individual close to the situation told TheWrap.
Worldview COO Molly Conners will take the reins of the company and serve as acting CEO. She’ll oversee all Worldview titles along with Clifford Werber, the newly-named Motion Picture Group president who has been appointed COO.
The board of Worldview and the company’s lead investors have already approved the management changes.
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A representative for Worldview declined to elaborate on Woodrow’s exit, which comes not only on the heels of the Weinstein deal that may have played a part in his departure, but the U.S.