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Tobey Maguire’s Material Pictures Taps Focus Exec Matthew Plouffe For SVP Post.
(MATERIAL PICTURES, A TOBEY MAGUIRE PRODUCTION COMPANY, IS ALSO PRODUCING ROBOTECH LIVE ACTION MOVIE WITH WARNER BROTHERS)

www.deadline.com/2011/08/tobey-maguires-...or-senior-veep-post/



Wednesday August 31, 2011 @ 1:26pm EDT






EXCLUSIVE: Tobey Maguire’s Material Pictures has hired Focus Features executive Matthew Plouffe to be its new SVP Production. Plouffe, who has spent the past six years in the New York headquarters of Focus, will move to Los Angeles and start the job Oct. 1. Plouffe is currently Focus’ Director of Production and has worked on such Focus films as the Sam Mendes-directed Away We Go, Shane Acker’s 9, the Ryan Fleck/Anna Boden-directed It’s Kind of A Funny Story and most recently on the Lone Scherfig-directed adaptation of One Day that stars Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess. Plouffe wanted to move West, and the transition was done with the blessing of Focus Features chief James Schamus, who wrote and produced Maguire’s breakout film as an actor, The Ice Storm. “All of us at Focus have been blessed over the past six years to see Matt grow to become one of the smartest, hardest-working and kindest execs out there, and while we’re sad to see him go, he couldn’t have found a better opportunity than the one Tobey has offered. It’s great to see two of the smartest people in the business teaming up,” Schamus said.

Said Maguire: “I have a lot of respect for Matt. He has an impressive track record and a great eye.” Material Pictures is currently producing the Adam Shankman-directed Rock of Ages for New Line, and its development project roster includes Pawn Sacrifice, a drama about chess genius Bobby Fischer, which has David Fincher attached; Robotech, a feature based on the TV series; and the Shana Feste-scripted Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale, an adaptation of the Carolyn Turgeon novel (Material Pictures previously worked with Feste on Country Strong). Material is based at Sony Pictures. As an actor, Maguire is currently starring in the Baz Luhrmann-directed The Great Gatsby for Warner Bros.

MATHEW PLOUFFE

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ABOUT FOCUS FEATURES

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focus_Features

IF YOU WANTED A CHANCE TO WORK FOR ROBOTECH LIVE ACTION MOVIE, MATERIAL PICTURES WAS HIRING INTERNS.

www.entertainmentcareers.net/Material_Pi...nternship/job/118611

Production Company Internship at Material Pictures in Culver City CA- Part Time Unpaid Internship

Material Pictures Production Company Internship

This is a Part Time Unpaid Internship

Location: Culver City CA
Date Posted: 3/10/2011 4:19:37 PM
Details: Busy Columbia Pictures based Production Company is currently seeking interns. Looking for hardworking and bright students to assist with all aspects of company functions including development (reading, coverage, and research), general office tasks (answering phones, maintaining script database), and possibly production work (shooting/editing).
Salary: Mileage and lunch paid for.

POSSIBILITY'S


THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (SVP) WORKS UNDER THE PRESIDENT, CEO, OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IN TOBEY MAGUIRE'S CASE, HE WORKS FOR TOBEY MANAGING THE COMPANY WHICH IS MATERIAL PICTURES.

REMEMBER A WHILE BACK HIS COMPANY WAS CALLED "MAGUIRE ENTERTAINMENT" AND HAD SOME PROJECTS WITHIN THAT NAME. LOOKS LIKE NOW THEY HAVE A NEW NAME. I STILL HAVE NOT FOUND A DIRECT WEBSITE, OR COMPANY NAME AND ITS PRODUCTION OR EVEN ROBOTECH RELATED TO THE COMPANY OTHER THAN THE SOURCE GIVEN FROM DEADLINE NEWS.

SO WE KNOW NOW THAT TOBEY NEW COMPANY IS NAMED "MATERIAL PICTURES" AND THAT THE COMPANY BEEN HIRING STAFF AND INTERNS.

NOW IN Matthew Plouffe CASE, AND JUST BY HOW HOLLYWOOD WORKS AND HELP FROM GOOGLE...

THE SVP JOB IS RELATED TO

www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-senior-vice-president.htm

In most cases, the senior vice president will often have a long form of the title, noting his or her area of direct responsibility. For example, this executive could be called the senior vice president of product development, or the senior vice president of operations, or any one of a number of other titles, depending on the business involved. While this will denote the specific area of expertise, this individual will also be responsible for contributing ideas and thoughts to meetings of senior management. The role is a very high profile one and one that tends to get the brunt of the blame when things go wrong.

Often, in this capacity, a senior vice president (SVP) will have say outside his or her specific area of expertise. The overall goal, during this time, is to come up with a cohesive and comprehensive strategy that will keep all departments or divisions moving in the same general direction. Once that direction is set, it will then be up to the vice president to implement a more specific strategy for the department.

For the most part, the training to become a senior vice president can be very extensive. Most will have some sort of advanced graduate degree in an area related to the business, or at least have spent many decades working his or her way up through the company's corporate structure. Often, at this point, performance is more important than education. However, in cases where there are two candidates of nearly equal experience, education can play a role in who gets the final nod.

Many senior vice presidents may find that such as position is the pinnacle of their career. A few may move on into the role of president of the company. Some may also become become presidents of other companies. However, the tenure and salary that comes with a senior vice president position is often attractive enough to keep individuals from wanting to stray too much. This is one reason, outside of a company emergency or scandal, that turnover in the position is so low.

AND ALSO

will be charged with executing programming strategies and coordinating with independent producers and external production companies. will also be closely working within the network with a variety of internal team including production management, legal and business affairs, finance, international networks, communications, online, advertising and promotion. will oversee creativity for the company's production businesses, foster relationships with writers and creative talent in the region and supervise new concepts from the idea stage through series for all scripted movies.