The Walt Disney Co. has officially laid claim to the top-level executives at Fox that the company wants to keep once it finalizes its $71.3 billion acquisition for the majority of the Murdoch family’s entertainment assets — but Fox film chief Stacey Snider won’t be making the move.
That puts Snider, a well-liked and respected executive who has had stints running Universal Pictures, DreamWorks and currently 20th Century Fox, in play at a time when Hollywood is craving experienced leadership.
“Literally I’d be outside the lot right now with a lobster bib on,” REDEF CEO Jason Hirschhorn said at this month’s TheWrap-sponsored media and entertainment conference TheGrill.