{"id":16768,"date":"2022-04-29T09:24:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T13:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/halcyon-studios-hires-scripted-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2022-04-29T12:10:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:10:59","slug":"halcyon-studios-hires-for-scripted-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/halcyon-studios-hires-for-scripted-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Halcyon Studios Hires for Scripted Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"
Halcyon Studios, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, has tapped Dara Cohen as VP of scripted entertainment.<\/p>\n
Cohen is a film executive with 25-plus years of experience in development, production and programming. Most recently, Cohen consulted with several networks, including A&E, HISTORY and Lifetime, for which she oversaw season two of UnREAL<\/em>.<\/p>\n At Halcyon Studios, Cohen will work closely with Matt Loze, president of scripted entertainment, and oversee the development of Halcyon\u2019s future projects and current slate, including Dinotopia<\/em>, Under the Wave at Waimea<\/em>, Death Line<\/em>, The Untitled James Ellroy Project<\/em> and Old Man and the Sea<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cBringing Dara onboard to our Halcyon Studios team is a no-brainer,\u201d said Loze. \u201cHer experience in film and television development across various genres is unmatched, and I know she will be an important part in achieving our goal of bringing high-end premium content to audiences worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe opportunity to work with Matt and the rest of the Halcyon Studios team is very exciting, as I have much respect for their work and see great potential in what they\u2019re putting together as a company for the global market,\u201d said Cohen. \u201cThe demand for premium content is at an all-time high, and Halcyon\u2019s mission to bring quality content to the masses is the perfect answer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Halcyon Studios, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, has tapped Dara Cohen as VP of scripted entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":16769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4913],"class_list":["post-16768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-halcyon-studios","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n