LOS ANGELES, CALIF., Sept. 9, 2002 - World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., today named Jed Blaugrund as Vice President, Production, in its WWE® Films division. He will be based in WWE’s® Los Angeles office. Blaugrund will be responsible for developing movie and television projects for WWE™ Films and will report to WWE® Films president Joel Simon.

"Jed’s background and passion for movies makes him perfectly suited to develop and produce movies for WWE® Films. His writer relationships and creative instincts are stellar, and I’m thrilled to have him on my team," said Simon.  

Blaugrund comes to WWE® from Universal Studios-based Mostow/Lieberman Productions where he was VP of Production. Reporting to company principals Jonathan Mostow (Breakdown, U-571, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and Hal Lieberman, Blaugrund supervised development of the company’s slate of projects. Before Mostow/Lieberman, Blaugrund was a Creative Executive at Turner Pictures working on such projects as Michael, Any Given Sunday, and City of Angels. Blaugrund began his career as an assistant to Bedford Falls Company co-founder Edward Zwick where he worked on Legends of the Fall and the television series, My So-Called Life.

"I’m thrilled to be joining the WWE® family," Blaugrund said. "I look forward to making films that appeal to not only our loyal fans, but to moviegoers worldwide. The WWE® brand is incredibly powerful and recognizable; I know this division will only build upon that success."

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