However, Nancy Cotton who is EVP, Head of Scripted Programming for MGM+, has been affected.
Kaplan is understood to be staying for a bit to help with continuity.
Chris Castallo, who has been with the company since 2018, is also leaving.
Fleming has been with the company for seven years.
Internationally, the cuts seem to have affected Amazon Studios Canadian team with a number of executives let go.
International scripted teams are also thought to be impacted.
Weve brought our audiences world class, compelling series and movies across the globe.
As Mike shared this morning, we have made difficult decisions to eliminate some roles across Amazon MGM Studios.
With that in mind, I wanted to share some strategic changes we are making as a business.
Firstly, we have consolidated the Amazon Studios and MGM theatrical distribution teams.
This team will remain under Kevin Wilsons leadership and operate as the Amazon MGM Studios Theatrical Distribution team.
Chris and I will share more detail very shortly.
I know this news is difficult and impacts you all in different ways.
Change is always hard and decisions to lose valued employees are not ones we take lightly.
As a result of these changes, there will be some roles eliminated within the MGM team.
Im writing to let you know that all impacted employees have been notified this morning (PST).
We recognize this news is difficult.
c’mon know that we do not take these decisions lightly.
