The Mill has hired Johnny Moore as to serve as chief operating officer. He will oversee the company’s group-wide performance and ensure all global studios continue to thrive both commercially and creatively.
Moore joins the team from Sky where he held various posts over the course of 20 years, most recently taking on the role of director of operations for NOW TV. He will work alongside Mill founder and CEO Robin Shenfield, and spread his time across the seven Mill studios that make up The Mill, Mill+, and Mill Film.
During his time at Sky, Moore helped drive various strands of expansion, including Sky’s investment in original content, its partnership with HBO, and the launch of Sky Sports F1. At NOW TV, he ran day-to-day operations and customer support, leading it to become one of the U.K.’s most popular online streaming platforms.
Moore brings extensive knowledge in combining commercial and creative strategy to ensure businesses operate as efficiently as possible, harnessing the key attributes which will usher The Mill through a new era as it evolves to meet the changing needs of its clients.
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