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EXCLUSIVE: Reginald the Vampire producer Thunderbird Entertainment is establishing a scripted hub within the U.S.

The Canadian outfit has signed Netflix’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always EP Hillary Zwick Turner to run an LA outpost, whereas it has individually struck a scripted take care of former Lionsgate EVP of Television Barbara Wall’s Tuatara Media.

Turner turns into Thunderbird SVP Scripted Content and can oversee growth and manufacturing from the hub – Thunderbird’s second within the U.S. – together with taking care of expertise partnerships and honing in on scripted initiatives. The new hub has a number of workers and is sharing area with Thunderbird youngsters’ label Atomic’s LA studio, which opened 4 years in the past.

The LA hub opening marks a serious transfer for Kim’s Convenience maker Thunderbird, which has previously 12 months been behind the likes of SyFy’s Reginald the Vampire (with Cineflix and Modern Story Company) starring Spider Man’s Jacob Batalon, which is taking pictures a second season, together with Kim’s Convenience spin-off Strays Season 2 and Boot Camp, the movie adaptation of the Wattpad story of the identical identify. Past initiatives embrace big-budget Blade Runner spin-off Blade Runner 2049.

Meanwhile, the take care of Dead Ringers EP Wall is seeing the pair forge a slate of scripted initiatives and Thunderbird has additionally optioned quite a lot of books for TV and movie.

Turner most not too long ago served as EP on Netflix particular Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always and has spent 4 years with the streamer, the place she was additionally lead govt on Cobra Kai, Julie and The Phantoms and The Letter for the King. She additionally labored at Disney and led growth on a number of collection, together with dramedy Andi Mack and tween sitcoms Liv & Maddie and Good Luck Charlie.

Thunderbird President and Chief Creative Officer Matthew Berkowitz mentioned the outfit is “taking our scripted operation to the next level” with the rent of Turner, opening of the LA hub and partnership with Wall and Tuatara.

 “We already have content in active network development and will be leveraging the entire company to pursue and take advantage of global scripted opportunities,” he added, describing Turner as a “tremendous talent.”

Turner mentioned she’s going to “help build a global premium scripted content brand.”

Thunderbird develops, produces, and distributes content material by its Thunderbird Kids & Family (Atomic Cartoons), Thunderbird Unscripted (Great Pacific Media), previously generally known as Thunderbird Factual, and Thunderbird Scripted manufacturers.

Late last year, a struggle for management in Thunderbird’s higher echelons was sparked by a shareholder in search of to interchange the board with individuals who might “unlock its value.”