. He was most recently as Chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and Chief Creative Officer of Paramount+ Scripted Series.bringing together Chernin Entertainment, the U.S. assets of Red Arrow Studios, which includes producer Kinetic Content, and Connor Schell’s non-scripted business Words + Pictures.Nevins and Chernin have known each other for years; Nevins was EVP, Programming at Fox during Chernin’s time there, where he oversaw development and current programming for series including.
It’s been a tough year for film and TV with cost-cutting, layoffs and other financial concerns. But Chernin said that he’s optimistic that this will bring out new business models. “I think the platforms are going to be looking for more financial partnerships, people to control rights, to take on a bigger piece of deficits, and we’re uniquely positioned to do that,” he said. “I don’t want to be pollyannish, but if anything, I feel even better now than I did [last year].
He said that he spent the last six months analyzing where the business is going over the next few years. “Challenging times bring out the best, and I think there’s enormous opportunity in these individuals and given the partners we have and the sort of access to capital that we have, I think there’s enormous potential in near and medium terms.”