is James Murdoch’s sister and Snider ran 20th Century Fox, the film studio that the Murdoch family owned until selling it to Disney in 2019. It was Miller, a Hollywood veteran, who helped set up the AWA team with the investors.
“This is a creative business and you can’t succeed without having people who are incentivized to great work,” said Snider. “We don’t want to be in the service of mediocrity. We want to be in the service of excellence.” Some of the projects at AWA mirror our chaotic reality. One of the titles, “The Resistance,” deals with a global pandemic that leaves behind a group of super-powered beings, while another, “Red Border,” is set against the backdrop of the U.S.-Mexican border and explores issues of xenophobia and racism. “Bad Mother” centers on a suburban housewife who heads off against a crime syndicate.