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Article: New Line locks in prod'n prexy.(Richard Brener)(New Line Cinema Corp. New Line Television Div.)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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New Line's Richard Brener is staying on as Toby Emmerich's right-hand man and has been promoted to prexy of production.
Move comes two weeks after Emmerich was appointed president and chief operating officer of the scaled-down mini-major.
The 35-year-old Brener joined the company in 1995 as a temp and rose through the ranks to story editor and senior VP. He's been serving as New Line's No. 2 production exec after a promotion to senior exec VP-COO in early 2007.
Brener has managed New Line's relationships with key talent such as Adam Sandier, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn, and he is best known for having overseen the 2005 hit ...