Why former Fox boss Peter Chernin has stayed independent: 'Sanity'
by Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times
Jul 06, 2022
3 minutes
Former studio and TV network chiefs tend to return to the corporate C-suites of the major Hollywood film-TV-streaming conglomerates sooner or later. Not Peter Chernin.
The film and TV producer, known for "Ford v Ferrari" and "New Girl," was chairman and chief executive of the Fox Group when the company greenlighted "Titanic" and "Avatar." But since leaving the studio fold in 2009 and launching his own company, the Chernin Group, he's remained independent.
Now Chernin, 71, is launching a new firm, combining film and television assets under a holding company with $800 million in equity.
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