Activision Blizzard Studios Names Stacey Sher Co-President

Activision Blizzard today announced that producer Stacey Sher has been named co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios, which is devoted to creating television and films based on the company’s library of intellectual properties, including Activision’s Call of Duty and Skylanders, and Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo and StarCraft. Sher, who has produced more than two dozen major motion pictures, including Quentin Tarantino’s most recent film, The Hateful Eight, as well as nearly a dozen TV series and TV movies will partner with former Disney executive Nick van Dyk to co-lead Hollywood’s newest studio.