Exclusive: Veteran development executive and producer Peter Johnson has joined Makeready, Brad Weston’s independent studio and financier for film, television and branded content, as head of television.
Johnson, who recently departed Mrc after a two-year stint as President of Television Development, succeeds Scott Nemes who recently left Makeready to join Ucp as Evp Development and Current Programming.
At Mrc, Johnson worked on the company’s upcoming series The Great for Hulu and The Outsider for HBO.
Johnson previously served as Evp scripted at Legendary TV for four years. There, he oversaw such series as Colony for USA, Love for Netflix, Lost in Space for Netflix and Looming Tower for Hulu. Prior to that he spent nine years at McG’s Wonderland Sound & Vision, serving as President of Television & Digital Media and Executive Producer of content and shepherding such shows as Supernatural, Nikita, Chuck, Human Target and The Oc. Johnson...
Johnson, who recently departed Mrc after a two-year stint as President of Television Development, succeeds Scott Nemes who recently left Makeready to join Ucp as Evp Development and Current Programming.
At Mrc, Johnson worked on the company’s upcoming series The Great for Hulu and The Outsider for HBO.
Johnson previously served as Evp scripted at Legendary TV for four years. There, he oversaw such series as Colony for USA, Love for Netflix, Lost in Space for Netflix and Looming Tower for Hulu. Prior to that he spent nine years at McG’s Wonderland Sound & Vision, serving as President of Television & Digital Media and Executive Producer of content and shepherding such shows as Supernatural, Nikita, Chuck, Human Target and The Oc. Johnson...
- 7/25/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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