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Jennifer Todd, who partnered with sister Suzanne for the past 13 years in Team Todd, has been appointed president of motion pictures at The Mark Gordon Company. Todd becomes a partner in Mark Gordon’s company along with his TV president Deb Spera.
Todd and her sibling are coming off Alice In Wonderland, and were also producers on Across the Universe, the Austin Powers films, Memento and Prime. Gordon said that Todd has taste and relationships that will help the company. Gordon, who built a powerhouse TV company that generates Grey’s Anatomy, Criminals Minds and others, has been building feature momentum that includes the upcoming Bill Condon-directed biopic of Richard Pryor for Columbia Pictures, the Tobey Maguire-Laura Linney-starrer The Details and the Jake Gyllenhaal-starrer Source Code. Gordon just aligned with Management 360 to form the film company MG/360 and yesterday made a New Line deal for a Private Benjamin remake that will be developed for Anna Faris. Todd will spearhead a feature team that includes senior vice president Bryan Zuriff and she will continue an association on projects she and her sister have percolating.
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JENN IS THE BEST! Wishing her so much luck and many a greenlit pictures. Mark is lucky.
i wouldn’t mind seeing that at work everyday
Team Todd, the two women who chose to belittle assistant candidates several years back by basically making them take an IQ test. Mark Gordon, the man who recently threw two of his talented and successful executives to the curb after years of loyal service. Sounds like a good fit.
Spoken like someone who has absolutely no idea what he/she is talking about. Neither of those statements is remotely true. And unlike you, I actually know what I’m talking about.
How was my statement incorrect? I’m in no way denying Gordon and Todd’s accomplishments. What I can do is forward you Todd’s test which I’m sure is online somewhere still and I can put you in touch with Josh McLaughlin and Lindesy Liberatore who were recently let go after years of loyal service. My statements were 100% true.
Because it’s an exaggeration. Everyone knows about the “quiz” form that prospective assistants fill out and there’s always been a good-natured reception to it because they’re funny and tongue-in-cheek. Designed to see how quick the prospective assts would be on their feet and if they have a sense of humor.
It is, however, a bummer about Josh and Lindsay. They are fabulous executives.
Once again, spoken by someone who is about as inside as my mom.
Ooohhhh, let’s see the quiz form, lemme see!
Too true. I’m so inside your mom! Wait, that’s what you meant wasn’t it? Writer7691, continue to post what you feel. I stated, and only stated two facts, both of which were backed up. Under the circumstances for all involved, I wish they weren’t but they were. Someone even posted the link to the Variety article about the Todd test. You obviously have an unspoken loyalty to those referenced in Nikki’s piece. And that’s okay. You can support them, and you should. They’re talented producers with amazing credits, but what you shouldn’t do is support them without still be able to acknowledge their faults. And if you continue to rag on my “outsider” behavior I shall fart in your general direction.
Jennifer is taking the place of two beloved execs Josh McLaughlin and Lindsay Liberatore. Down to earth, funny and very smart they were a dream to work with. Jennifer will have to curb her arrogant ways. It is no longer in fashion.
Gordon is fast becoming King of all media…everyone else is a serf!
If true—what’s wrong with making prospective assts. take an IQ test? Good, Lord, if they made executives take IQ tests perhaps we’d have better movies.
Are you serious? I mean are you SERIOUS? You don’t get how condescending it is to make prospective assistants take an IQ test? I’m sure part of the interview involves doing notes, using your connections to get in front of her in the first place and then convincing the exec that you will continue to do free notes and absurd menial tasks for a pittance. Is that not enough? The assistants are the smarter ones in this town by far and the problem is that a bunch of arrogant, stupid execs whose sisters got them jobs are in power.
poor brian
Jenn is a fox. And Development, to which two executives are you referring to? Always knew Mark to be a loyal guy….
Jen Todd has amazing story sense and great taste. Gordon is lucky.
I always thought she looked like she could be Marcia Cross’s little sister (the red head from Desperate Housewives). I know this adds no value to the conversation above but seeing the picture Nikki used reminded me of that. I say good luck to her, Memento is one of my all time favorite films and being a producer is tough. (even though they seeming to be doing really well)
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117892764.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=%22team+Todd%22+test
Wait…what happened to Josh? How long ago did he leave and why? Did he land somewhere else?
I LOVE Lindsey and Josh. They are so talented. So great with notes and fielding everything. Why would Mark let them go? He let Lawrence Ingle go after he pushed hard for The Messenger. It got nominated. Mark was wrong and Lawrence was right. How many Josh and Lindsey projects are going to flourish now.
Hope they find great jobs. Mark Gordon’s loss and someones gain.
She’s got a great resume, and Alice in Wonderland is a great success to bank off on
Didn’t know Josh got canned. He’s one of the best execs I’ve ever met. Unbelievable. He will most definitely land on his feet.
As for Jennifer Todd, I had a meeting with Team Todd a bunch of years ago. I was very excited since I had a lot of respect for their taste level and what movies they were doing. I took a meeting with her pitbull underling (can’t remember her name for the life of me, she had a man’s first name I think) and pitched my already written feature script which she didn’t bother to read but tore apart the concept and my pitch in the room and told me it would never sell and I should move on.
It was probably one of the most unpleasant experiences I’ve ever had in a room outside of Todd Garner refusing to look up from Blackberry while I was pitching him which I’ve heard is quite common from other writers.
My script sold in a studio bidding war a few weeks later and was produced by one of the best producers in town.
Hopefully, Jennifer isn’t bringing along some of her baggage.
Hey Abe Lincoln,
Poor Brian? Who’s Brian? If you mean Bryan Zuriff, then he’s just a family friend that Gordon hired because Bryan has access to dumb money. He’s not a film guy and he’s not poor at all. He’s actually just lucky to be there in the first place.
I hope that’s her bat mitzvah photo or something. Because I’m not going to put millions of dollars and my future in the hands of someone who looks like an extra from the next Twilight film.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Jen is awesome, a babe and a winner. Mark is obviously a smart guy and this is a smart move.
Loyalty doesn’t equal success, and tests aren’t insults.
Truly pathetic and bitter little histories find expression here.
I met her at a birthday party a few years ago and was instantly smitten. Smart and adorable — though why not put a photo of her with her glasses?
Now if only Mark Gordon could fire the dreadful Deb Spera — if there is an exec who is worse to writers in television, I haven’t met her.
Mark Gordon is one of the nicest guys in town, enough with the vitriol already.
Team Todd built a career ingratiating themselves to anyone with power. Wasn’t based on truth, it was only based on what that person could do for them. As a result, they’ve kissed themselves into deals they had no part in. Anyone remember ZOOM at Revolution Studios, that WAS ALL Team Todd. Across the Universe was an assignment, and it was Joe Roth’s kindness that allowed them to produce Alice.
It’s no surprise they’ve done well. They’ve befriended people they didn’t like to get there. Hooray for Hollywood.
So many people commenting here with one hand on their mouse and the other on their dicks that I don’t know who to respond to first.
Let’s start with that last dipshit. Hey, poser, nobody “ingratiates” themselves into a big budget, high profile franchise like Alice In Wonderland or Austin Powers or any of the others. Unless by “ingratiates” you mean works hard and proves their worth. Also, since when is an “assignment” a mark of anything other than people thinking you will do great work for them. I work on assignments all the time. Does that mean I’m less creative, working less, pouring less of myself into a project? Or does it just mean that I’m unworthy of the praise of some jerkoff who comments under a pseudonym because he’s too fucking scared to own up to the bile that’s as green as his envy? I have no use for pussies like you.
And as for that other jackoff up there who wrote that shit about Deb Spera? Fuck you, too. I’ve worked on four pilots with Deb Spera. Four! Trust me, I’m not going back for seconds with someone, let alone thirds or fourths, unless she’s a great partner. If you had a bad experience with her maybe it’s just because you either have no backbone and can’t take the heat or you just plain suck and can’t generate any. But, again, sign your name to it and I might have some respect for you.
Congratulations to Jen and Mark on what will be a fantastic partnership. As for Deb Spera, we’re going to do another pilot together because she’s fantastic.
Signed,
MICHAEL SEITZMAN — did you get that?
Seitzman, you just made a greater argument than Spera than I could ever make.
Your House Rules was developed the year before with another writer — who brought it into Gordon Co. — and then the next year they brought you in, made a few changes, and retooled it. No involvement of the previous writer. Great ethics, you fucking piece of shit!
Once again, “Jencrusher,” you have no idea what you’re talking about. The WGA completed a formal investigation, which was requested by a writer who claimed that the Mark Gordon Company and I had somehow recycled her material. The WGA committee read both projects and came back with a unanimous verdict that there was absolutely no merit to her claim and no similarities between the two projects. Before the WGA called me about her complaint, I’d never heard of her, never heard of her project, and she initiated her action with the WGA without having even read my script, which she openly admitted to during her phone calls with the guild. Everything I just wrote is verifiable with the guild and if you ever get yourself in the guild you could ask them.
Finally, “Jencrusher,” I’m amused by this spine of yours that is as formidable as your flacdid, um, tongue. Come out from under your soiled bedsheets already.
- Michael Seitzman
You’re a terrible writer Michael Seitzman. The question is, will Deb want to work with you?
Shawn, to your first sentence I have no argument. I tell myself that regularly. To the second, I can only hope.
Seitzman rocks. smart, passionate, honest, talented. Good on ya Seitzy.
I’ve had countless meetings and collaborations with Seitzman, Team Todd, and Mark Gordon. They share fantastic taste, development abilities, and a real enthusiasm for entertainment — and I’m thrilled for their partnership and excited to watch them change the course of show business. Hurrah!
Once again, “Jencrusher,” you have no idea what you’re talking about. The WGA completed a formal investigation, which was requested by a writer who claimed that the Mark Gordon Company and I had somehow recycled her material. The WGA committee read both projects and came back with a unanimous verdict that there was absolutely no merit to her claim and no similarities between the two projects. Before the WGA called me about her complaint, I’d never heard of her, never heard of her project, and she initiated her action with the WGA without having even read my script, which she openly admitted to during her phone calls with the guild. Everything I just wrote is verifiable with the guild and if you ever get yourself in the guild you could ask them.
Finally, “Jencrusher,” I’m amused by this spine of yours that is as formidable as your flacdid, um, tongue. Come out from under your soiled bedsheets already.
- Michael Seitzman