Jonathan Glickman named MGM production chief

MGM co-chairmen and CEOs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum have brought over 12-year Spyglass president Jonathan Glickman as new prexy of MGM�s Motion Picture Group, reports IndieWire.

New MGM production chief Glickman �can�t wait to get started,� he says. Glickman�s Spyglass productions include Four Christmases, 27 Dresses, Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxy, The Pacifier, The Count of Monte Cristo and Shanghai Noon and the Paramount co-production G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Star Trek and Get Him to the Greek. He was exec producer of No Strings Attached (Paramount/Spyglass) and is currently producing The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum.

Glickman replaces Mary Parent, who left the studio last fall after being stymied by the studio�s financial quagmire. She left in the studio pipeline Sony co-production Zookeeper starring Kevin James (July), and undated horror flick Cabin in the Woods and a remake of Red Dawn. Barber and Birnbaum have already put back into production two delayed projects: Peter Jackson�s The Hobbit, partnering with Warner Bros., and the 23rd James Bond film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig (November 9, 2012).

Thanks to `Brett` for the alert.

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