Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Announces New Appointment

BURBANK, February 6: Samantha Ryan has been named senior VP
of development and production for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
(WBIE).

In her new post, Ryan will have general oversight of WBIE’s
development and production teams and will be responsible for guiding all of the
company’s games, whether they’re based on original stories, studio franchises
or outside sources, from creation or acquisition through production. Ryan will
work alongside Debra Baker, the senior VP of operations at WBIE. Both will
report to Kevin Tsujihara, the president of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Group. Ryan joins WBIE from Warner Bros.’ wholly owned game developer Monolith,
where she has and will continue to serve as the CEO.

Concurrent with this appointment, Jason Hall, who had
previously served as the senior VP of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
since its founding in 2004, will segue into a first-look video game and feature
film development deal through his wholly owned production company HDFilms,
which now has an overall first-look development deal with the studio for video
games and feature films. Hall will serve as executive producer of key WBIE
video game titles and will continue to shepherd pre-existing and new HDFilms’
projects in development for Warner Bros. Pictures.