Toby Emmerich Joins FilmNation's Infrared as Consultant — SkimNews
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- Toby Emmerich has joined FilmNation Entertainment's genre-focused production label Infrared as a consultant, advising on the development and production of its slate.
- Emmerich recently collaborated with FilmNation on Amazon MGM Studios' 'I Play Rocky' (directed by Peter Farrelly), which world premiered at TIFF and is scheduled for Nov. 13 theatrical release, via his Fireside Films alongside Christian Baha and Farrelly.
- Infrared focuses on genre films with franchise potential; upcoming releases include Derek Kolstad's 'Painter' starring Amber Midthunder and Walton Goggins for 20th Century Studios and JT Mollner's 'Skeletons' starring Brie Larson for Sony Pictures, with Robert Olsen and Dan Berk's 'Novocaine' (Jack Quaid) among recent titles.
- Emmerich will continue operating Fireside Films and Fireside Television with Michele Weiss and Amanda Krentzman and remains an advisor to AMC Theatres' new label Leawood Films.
- FilmNation CEO Glen Basner welcomed Emmerich by name, citing his New Line Cinema filmmaking roots and 'exceptional creative instincts,' and said Infrared will 'build on our momentum and take it to an entirely new level.'
- Emmerich previously served as President and COO of New Line Cinema before becoming Chairman of Warner Bros Motion Picture Group; he exited that role in June 2022 and founded Fireside Films with a first-look deal at the Burbank lot.
Why it matters: Infrared lands a former Warner Bros Motion Picture Group chairman and ex-New Line president as a consultant at a moment its slate already carries Brie Larson, Walton Goggins, and Amber Midthunder projects at Sony and 20th Century Studios. Basner explicitly framed the hire as taking the label 'to an entirely new level' — a concrete, stated ambition that ties Emmerich's studio-track creative instincts directly to FilmNation's indie genre pipeline.
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