Chad Hopenwasser will join TBWAChiatDay New York in mid-March as head of integrated production. In his new role, Hopenwasser will oversee all production disciplines in the New York office of TBWA, approximately 20 people. He will work hand in hand with executive creative director Matt Ian, who joined the agency in September 2013, and report to office president, Robert Harwood-Matthews.
Hopenwasser joins TBWAChiatDay from Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, where he worked for almost eight years, most recently in the role of VP, director of video production working on campaigns for clients including Xbox One, Grey Poupon and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
Prior to CP+B, Hopenwasser spent six years at Grey New York.
AT TBWAChiatDay NY, Hopenwasser will fill the role vacated by Robert Valdes when he left for Droga5 last summer. Valdes recently joined Figliulo&Partners as head of production.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More