Rich Ross names Sean Bailey as head of production at Disney Studios

[peaches magee]

Bailey, who has no experience as a studio executive, faces a steep learning curve in assembling slates of movies and managing dozens of executives and filmmakers. He's also the second outsider recruited for a key movie post at the studio: Ross, tapped just three months ago, had spent his career in television, most recently at the Disney Channel.

Although Disney has its film schedule set for this year, with such major releases as "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in the wings, the two executives will have to move quickly to line up projects for 2011.

More here... http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-disney15-2010jan15,0,7752749.story

[jeffztt]

Thanks for sharing. I think infusing a little bit of outside experience into the studios can be a good thing.