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The Batman Director Matt Reeves Passion Project Gets Series Order at NBC
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The Batman film with star Robert Pattinson, and now he s branching into television with a project that s evidently quite close to his heart. The series is titled
Ordinary Joe, and the project has been picked up by NBC with a series order (via The Futon Critic) The show will be produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Universal Television, 6th & Idaho, and 3 Arts, and according to NBCUniversal President of Scripted Content, Entertainment and Streaming Lisa Katz, Ordinary Joe was a passion project for Reeves that she first saw during her time at Twentieth Century Fox.
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Gil Vaknin/Sesame Workshop
The longtime public affairs and special events exec will now officially lead DEI initiatives for the nonprofit behind Sesame Street.
It s never too soon to be proactive about diversity, equity and inclusion.
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind
Sesame Street, has promoted vice president of public affairs and special events Wanda Witherspoon into the newly created role of Chief DEI Officer,
The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
Last summer, Witherspoon helped lead an internal committee that provided DEI guidance to senior leadership. Now she is entering those ranks herself and will report directly to CEO Steve Youngwood. While retaining her public affairs responsibilities, she will also spearhead a comprehensive equity review of the nonprofit s business practices, including vendor selection, employee recruitment and staff development, and lead multi-level employee discussion groups to ensure that the organization is living up to its stat