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\n\tSpecialty distributor Fathom Entertainment<\/a> has named former Disney<\/a> and Imax<\/a> executive Jason Brenek<\/a> as CEO<\/a>. <\/p>\n \n\tHe will take over the top job after the previously announced retirement of Ray Nutt.<\/p>\n \n\tFathom\u2019s founders and co-owners are top movie theater circuits AMC, Regal and Cinemark, which collectively control 19,000 movie screens in the U.S. The company is evolving from its roots as Fathom Events into a more comprehensive distributor. a full-service specialty theatrical distributor with major motion picture distribution<\/a> capabilities. On October 23, it will handle the wide theatrical release of Laika\u2019s new stop-motion animated feature\u00a0Wildwood<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cJason is the right leader to build on Fathom\u2019s remarkable foundation\u00a0of success in theatrical distribution\u00a0and take the company into its next era of growth,\u201d\u00a0said Regal Chief Commercial Officer Adam Rymer said in a statement on behalf of Fathom\u2019s board of directors. \u201cJason\u2019s\u00a0expertise across theatrical distribution, content and event cinema production and marketing, and technology, combined with\u00a0a\u00a0history\u00a0of working with\u00a0Fathom\u00a0and a deep understanding and appreciation of the company, made him\u00a0the clear choice. We are grateful to Ray Nutt for the extraordinary legacy he leaves behind and\u00a0thrilled to see what Jason\u00a0and the incredible team at Fathom\u00a0will build from here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tOver the past two decades, Brenek has held senior exec posts spanning theatrical marketing and distribution, cinema technology, and global content production and releasing strategy. Most recently, he founded and ran MetaMedia, a cloud-based platform for delivering movies, live events, and premium content to cinemas. It worked with artists and content providers like Garth Brooks, Coldplay, Metallica, ESPN, NCAA and esports from Activision Blizzard and Epic Games. Prior to its acquisition by Qube Cinema in 2025, MetaMedia handled real-time, cloud-based content delivery to more than 600 cinemas across 30 leading exhibition<\/a> chains worldwide.<\/p>\n Before MetaMedia, Brenek was EVP at Imax and president of Imax Home, which took elements of the company\u2019s premium-format experience beyond theaters. He also spent more than a decade in various senior exec roles at Disney, rising to SVP of worldwide digital cinema and cinema programming. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThere are very few companies in this industry that genuinely expand what the moviegoing experience can be. Fathom created the category of \u2018event cinema,\u2019 and I have admired what this team has built for well over a decade. Having had the opportunity to work with Fathom at different points in my career, I have seen firsthand the care and creativity this organization brings to content producers, cinema partners, and millions of consumers,\u201d Brenek said. \u201cUnder Ray\u2019s leadership, Fathom has grown into something truly special during this period of radical change in the broader business of entertainment \u2013 a company with a devoted audience, a distinct identity, and a real and expanding role in the theatrical landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Specialty distributor Fathom Entertainment has named former Disney and Imax executive Jason Brenek as CEO. He will take over the top job after the previously announced retirement of Ray Nutt. 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