EXCLUSIVE: Dorothy Canton has been elevated to President ofProductionatAtmosphere Entertainment, now sharing that role with Chairman and CEO Mark Canton and COO Mark Frazier.
Dorothy has been instrumental in the success and growth of Atmosphere for the past eight years, Mark Canton told Deadline.
I am excited for our future together as we continue to create quality content that stands the test of time.
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Family and legacy are fundamental to our shared craft, added Dorothy Canton.
With our individual tastes and styles, we are excited to bring original, diverse, and meaningful projects to audiences everywhere.
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As an exec producer, Dorothy has recently wrapped production on the reboot of the cult horror classicThe Strangersfor Lionsgate, as well asRed Sonjafor Millennium Films, and the Mark Wahlberg starrerArthur the King, among other projects.
Additional film credits as a producer include 2019sAfter the first title in the hit series of romantic dramas, based on the Anna Todd novels and 2016sThe Comedian, starring Robert De Niro.
Dorothy also serves as a producer of StarzPowerUniverse which, since its emergence almost 10 years ago, has grown into a top-level TV franchise, spawning the hugely successful spinoffsGhost,Raising KananandForce.
Also produced for TV by Canton is the hit animated comedyThe Freak Brothers, based on the underground comic, which features the voices of Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Tiffany Haddish and Pete Davidson.
That show premiered in 2021 as the most-watched program in Tubis history and will be back for a second season.
Dorothy began her career as part of NBCUniversals prestigious Page Program and went on to hold positions in the publicity departments of both USA internet and Focus Features, proving instrumental in the latters Academy Awards campaign forDallas Buyers Club.
Atmosphere Entertainment is also known for producing the Gerard Butler-led blockbuster300and its sequel300: Rise of an Empire, the Butler-led action flickDen of Thievesand its upcoming sequel,Immortals, starring Henry Cavill as the mythical Greek hero Theseus, and Paramounts adaptation of the beloved book series,The Spiderwick Chronicles.
Among the many projects in development at the company are a Susan McMartin-penned adaptation of the Carrie White memoirUpper Cut: Highlights of My Hollywood Life, with Julia Fox attached to star, and the historical dramaThe 18th, inspired by the true story of American Bootlegging Queen Louise Vinciquerra, which will be led by Odessa Azion.
