International Courant
Pearlena Igbokwe is a romantic.
The Chairman of Common Studio Group is eyeing extra rom-coms on the small-screen because the variety of traditional love tales continues to fall on the big-screen.
“I am huge on romance,” Igbokwe mentioned on the FT’s Enterprise of Leisure convention. “My outlook tends to be optimistic. I do not know the way you are able to do what we do and never be an optimist, as a result of it’s important to imagine that we will take an thought from nothing and it turns into the subsequent huge hit present. I additionally assume persons are searching for issues that make them really feel hopeful and really feel good.”
NBCUniversal is behind rom-com options similar to Billy Eichner’s Bros and George Clooney and Julia Roberts’ Ticket To Paradise, each launched by way of Common Footage, in addition to Meet Cute, a Peacock authentic that starred Pete Davidson and Kaley Cuoco.
However regardless of the box-office success of Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s rom-com Anybody However You, there was a downturn within the variety of a majority of these motion pictures being launched in theaters.
“There was a time the place there have been all these nice rom-coms and so they appeared to be gone from the theaters. I feel the tv area has taken over. There’s been some nice streaming motion pictures which have actually labored and we have been speaking about, how can we develop a present that simply actually appeals to that romantic in all of us,” she added.
Igbokwe-run USG oversees Common Tv, UCP, Common Tv Various Studio and Common Worldwide Studio.
Common Studio Group Boss Pearlena Igbokwe Desires Extra Rom-Coms On TV
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