Mika Pryce Joins Paramount as Production SVP
Exec was previously head of development at Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act Productions
Jeremy Fuster | April 21, 2021 @ 1:49 PM
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Paramount has hired Mika Pryce as its new SVP of Production for the Motion Picture Group, the company announced on Wednesday. Pryce will begin in her new role on April 26 and will report to Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland, Production co-presidents.
Pryce was previously head of development at This Radicle Act Productions, a banner founded by Don Cheadle. While there, she developed an adaptation of Wesley Lowery’s Black Lives Matter nonfiction book “They Can’t Kill Us All,” an adaptation of A. Lee Martinez’s fantasy novel “Monster” and Camilla Blackett’s upcoming dark comedy on mental health “Max,” which will be released on HBO Max. Pryce also served as an executive at Universal Pictures, working on films such as Tina Gordon’s “Little” and Jordan Peele’s
Paramount Pictures Hires Mika Pryce as Senior VP of Production Variety 1 hr ago
She begins her new position on April 26 and will report to the motion picture group’s co-presidents Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland.
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“Mika has fantastic talent relationships, excellent taste and knows how to build a movie from the ground up,” Cercek and Ireland said in a statement. “We’re excited to have her bring her entrepreneurial skill set to the studio to help us tell great stories for global audiences. She is the perfect addition to our team.”
Pryce joins Paramount from Don Cheadle’s production company This Radicle Acts. During her time as head of development, she oversaw the development of several TV shows including the HBO Max series “Max,” a dark comedy about mental heath from Camilla Blackett; an adaptation of A. Lee Martinez’s 2009 fantasy fiction novel “Monster”; and “War,” about the formation of the Bloods and Crips gangs. Among feature f