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I'm only asking because earlier people were questioning whether or not Ari would qualify in the real world.
As Alan's former #2 and with a history in development, she would certainly qualify and be on the short list. She was heavily involved in the development of Aquaman, the biggest grossing film of all time.
The reason I question the realism of Ari getting the offer is he has no experience developing projects. He can put his clients in projects, but he hasn't show any particular gift of even selecting good projects. The only films he had any hand at all in developing were Medellin, which was a trainwreck, and Clouds. He was responsible for bringing Walsh into the fold, which resulted in the "Clouds" to "Silo" cluster that never even got made. So, I would not say his track record is anywhere near good enough for him to be handed the reins of the largest studio in town.
A good example of this kind of career path is Ben Silverman. Silverman was an agent at William Morris, who then advanced to head of the agency's international division. He founded the production company Reveille, which brought The Office and Ugly Betty to the respective networks, along with a host of reality shows including The Biggest Loser. He was then hired as the head of NBC.
For someone to get put in charge of a studio's billions of dollars of budgeting greenlighting power, they would have to prove that they can produce by bringing projects to studios through a production arm.
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was a talent manager before becoming a producer and eventually a studio head.
This being the key.
[This message has been edited by 20ag07 (edited 10/20/2008 7:33p).]
