The Fast and Furious franchise has tapped a new writer to steer the action franchise. For the first time since 2006, Universal has hired a new screenwriter to pen a film in the series. Up-and-coming screenwriter Daniel Casey, who penned the upcoming sci-fi thriller Kin, is the new Fast and Furious 9 writer and will script the sequel helmed by Justin Lin. […]
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Credit Suisse has made some big hires as it bids to become top 5 player in stock trading (CS)
REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Credit Suisse is adding more firepower to its stock trading business. Alexander Englander is joining Credit Suisse from Barclays as its head of equity sales in the Americas, according to an internal memo reviewed by Business Insider Anthony Buoscio is also joining the Swiss bank from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where […]
‘Red Sonja’ Movie Hires ‘X-Men: First Class’ Screenwriter Ashley Edward Miller
Millennium Films has found a screenwriter for their big screen take on comic book character Red Sonja. Ashley Edward Miller, who wrote X-Men: First Class, will pen the script for the sword and sorcery epic. More on the Red Sonja movie below. After Wonder Woman cleaned up at the box office, studios began to catch on that female-driven superhero […]
Apple hires former Google AI chief John Giannandrea
Apple today hired John Giannandrea, who was until recently in charge of Google’s search and AI departments. Giannandrea had been at Google since 2010, according to his LinkedIn profile, and in 2016 began to head up Google’s search team. Giannandrea’s departure from his role as Google’s AI chief was confirmed Tuesday. A Google spok…Read More
Amazon hires former FDA exec for secret health care team
Amazon has made a big hire for its secret health care division internally known as 1492, according to CNBC: FDA’s first chief health informatics officer Taha Kass-Hout. The e-commerce giant reportedly brought him on board to work under former Google X director Babak Parviz in a business development role. What that role is remains a […]
Apple hires another Sony TV exec to boost its streaming efforts
Apple sure likes to use Sony’s TV wing as a talent pool for its streaming video team — it just lured away another executive. Angelica Guerra, Sony Pictures Television’s production leader for Latin American and US Hispanic content, has joined Apple as its head of Latin American programming. It’s not certain how this will affect […]
EastEnders spoilers: Mick Carter hires hitman to TAKE OUT Aidan Maguire amid dark threats?
EastEnders‘ Mick Carter (played by Danny Dyer) is offered a way out after falling victim to Aidan’s (Patrick Bergin) cunning ways. The Queen Vic landlord, who owes Aidan a substantial amount of money, could have the villain murdered in a shocking new twist. In upcoming episodes of the hit BBC series, Mick asks former police […]
Pinterest hires Google’s Chuck Rosenberg to lead visual search team
Pinterest today announced it has hired Google computer vision research lead Chuck Rosenberg to be the company’s head of computer vision and lead its visual search engineering team. During his nearly 15 years at Google, Rosenberg led image search and image understanding groups at the search giant and helped the company implement its first neural […]
Google hires former Xbox, PlayStation exec Phil Harrison
Phil Harrison followed up almost two decades as an executive for both Sony and Microsoft as an investor in computer and video game companies. But he’s moving back to the tech world with a new role as Vice President and GM of Google, Harrison announced on Twitter. Excited to be able to share that today […]
Facebook hires TV network CEO to land worldwide sports deals
It’s clearer than ever that Facebook wants to become a leader in live sports streaming. Variety and the Guardian have learned that Facebook has hired Peter Hutton, the CEO of Discovery-owned TV network Eurosport, to lead its negotiations for worldwide live sports streams. He’ll work out of Facebook’s home turf in Silicon Valley, and this […]