Filmmaker Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, The King of Kong) has directed the pilot episode of the fall ABC primetime series The Goldbergs starring Wendi McClendon-Covey (Bridesmaids) and Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and is an exec producer on the show. Gordon is slated to direct a handful of episodes for the sitcom–described as a dysfunctional Wonder Years set in the simpler times of the 1980s–which is inspired by the childhood of its writer/exec producer Adam Goldberg. Gordon’s commercialmaking home is Community Films….Longtime New Yorker, creative director, 3D animator, compositor, photographer, and visual storyteller Jason Guerrero has joined Chicago-based integrated production studio Radar. He will be represented through Radar as a director for commercial and broadcast projects. And along with Radar’s Steven Gray, Guerrero will oversee the studio’s production, post, visual effects and animation operations as creative director. Guerrero brings with him extensive experience in visual effects, animation, and collaborative concepting, freelancing as a creative director with agencies and studios in the advertising and production industries including, MassMarket, Psyop, and MA3 Agency. Guerrero’s relocation to Chicago and Radar marks his debut in the directorial role. He comes aboard a company that produces commercials for brands such as Sears, McDonald’s, Samsung, Allstate, Autotrader, and Nintendo….Nancy Nina Hwang has joined the team at Rabbit Content as executive producer. While she will have reach on both coasts, she will be based in the LA office, working with the live action roster as well as with Rabbit Studio, which houses its design and animation talent. Hwang comes over from MassMarket where she was most recently executive producer in its New York office. Her six years of experience at Psyop and MassMarket include contributions to some of their marquee, award winning projects including a Cannes Bronze Lion for Nike with director Brian Beletic, and numerous AICP nods and awards for AllState’s “Mayhem” campaign with directors Phil Morrison and Romain Gavras as well as Travelers and Monster.com with Rupert Sanders. Prior to Psyop/MassMarket, Nancy worked in the agency side of the industry, spending three and a half years at TBWAChiatDay LA as a broadcast producer….Animation and transmedia company FlickerLab has appointed Jordan Geary as its new head of production and development. In this new position, Mr. Geary will oversee the production of all content for the company’s projects and manage company operations….
Utah Leaders and Locals Rally To Keep Sundance Film Festival In The State
With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting.
Thousands of festivalgoers affixed bright yellow stickers to their winter coats that read "Keep Sundance in Utah" in a last-ditch effort to convince festival leadership and state officials to keep it in Park City, its home of 41 years.
Gov. Spencer Cox said previously that Utah would not throw as much money at the festival as other states hoping to lure it away. Now his office is urging the Legislature to carve out $3 million for Sundance in the state budget, weeks before the independent film festival is expected to pick a home for the next decade.
It could retain a small presence in picturesque Park City and center itself in nearby Salt Lake City, or move to another finalist — Cincinnati, Ohio, or Boulder, Colorado — beginning in 2027.
"Sundance is Utah, and Utah is Sundance. You can't really separate those two," Cox said. "This is your home, and we desperately hope it will be your home forever."
Last year's festival generated about $132 million for the state of Utah, according to Sundance's 2024 economic impact report.
Festival Director Eugene Hernandez told reporters last week that they had not made a final decision. An announcement is expected this year by early spring.
Colorado is trying to further sweeten its offer. The state is considering legislation giving up to $34 million in tax incentives to film festivals like Sundance through 2036 — on top of the $1.5 million in funds already approved to lure the Utah festival to its neighboring... Read More