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March 16, 2006
Linde Off to Uni; Focus's Heart Will Go On
Well, the rumors were true: Focus Features co-president David Linde is on his way to the Mother Ship. IndieWIRE's Eugene Hernandez sends word that Linde will join Marc Shmuger as co-chairman of Universal Pictures, replacing recent DreamWorks defector Stacy Snider. This breaks up Focus's wildly successful Linde-James Schamus tandem, which scored from New York with Brokeback Mountain, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Constant Gardener among other critical and commercial knockouts.
And, in the truest Hollywood spirit of adding insult to injury, Linde must relocate to Los Angeles for the job effective immediately. I do not know whether to offer congratualtions or condolences. Either way, best of luck to Linde on the new gig, and here's hoping he has the leverage to kill Evan Almighty even before his plane lands
Posted by stvanairsdale at March 16, 2006 01:16 PM
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