Netflix Veteran Andy Weil Joins Amazon MGM Studios As Head Of Comedy

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s VP Comedy — and the streamer’s second longest serving programming executive — Andy Weil is leaving to join Amazon MGM Studios as Head of Comedy. Amazon MGM Studios‘ Head of Global Television Peter Friedlander just announced the hire internally in a memo, which you can see below. Weil’s first day is

Drew Hancock is directing the feature, which began as a short story on Reddit.

Digital media veteran Adam Boorstin has joined Beast Industries’ WatchTime Studios as general manager overseeing the production of original content in a range of genres for various platforms. Boorstin joined the company earlier this month after a 10-year run with Studio71, a cutting-edge digital services provider that