Moderated by Variety Intelligence Platform Correspondent and Media Analyst Heidi Chung, the panel will explore the intersection between gaming and film/TV, and address how the industries are collaborating to create an expanding universe for content. The breakfast will also feature the panel discussion Building a Franchise Through Gaming and Experiential Entertainment featuring Sean Shoptaw, senior VP at Walt Disney Games Gio Hunt, VP of Oculus Studios for Meta David Baronoff, founder and chief cross media officer for Bad Robot Games and Helen Chiang, corporate VP of Minecraft Franchise. Michael Lang, CEO of Pixel United, will be in conversation with Variety Co-Editor-in-Chief Cynthia Littleton about his vision for the mobile games industry, identifying opportunities for the wider entertainment industry to align with the passionate gaming community.
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Marc Merrill, co-founder and president of games for Riot Games, and Shauna Spenley, president of Riot Games Entertainment, will participate in a keynote conversation, moderated by Andrew Wallenstein, president and chief media analyst of Variety Intelligence Platform, about the successful screen crossovers of Riot’s video games, such as their Emmy-winning animated series “Arcane: League of Legends.” The in-person breakfast, held in Los Angeles, will bring together some of the biggest names in the gaming industry, and gathers the movers and shakers on the impact report as well as other leaders in this space.
Variety teams with Pixel United for first-ever Leaders in Gaming & Entertainment Breakfast Oct. Variety’s Entertainment Gaming Leaders report is an up-to-the-minute look at the key figures driving this dynamic intersection, where nothing less than a visual media revolution is taking place.
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