Scott Free taps VPs, prod'n and development

Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Prods. banner has introduced several new employs and key promotions in the film division. Elishia Holmes and Adam Kassan have became a member of the organization as VP's of production and development, while Maresa Pullman continues to be upped to Vice president of production. Furthermore, Amal Baggar continues to be upped to creative professional. All will are accountable to Scott Free film prexy Michael Costigan. Holmes, who most lately offered as Vice president of development at GK Films, formerly offered as production professional at Warner Bros., where she done such films as "A Virtual Detective,Inch "The Dark Dark night" and "Crazy, Stupid, Love," and was type in establishing and shepherding "It of Eli." Just before her 4 years at WB, Holmes labored like a story editor at Walter Parkes and Laurie Carl's junior shingle Parkes-MacDonald. Kassan joins Scott Free of Le Grisbi Prods., where he was partner alongside producer John Lesher. While at Le Grisbi, Kassan offered as professional producer on David Ayer's Mike Gyllenhaal-starrer "Finish of Watch." Kassan started his career at Miramax Films and formerly offered as Vice president of production at Vital, where he was associated with such projects as "You Will See Bloodstream," "No Country for Old Males" and "Star Wars.Inch Pullman began her career in the William Agency and it has been at Scott Free since 2005. She was marketed to director of development and production in 2007 and offered because the executive responsible for production on several photos including Mike Scott's "Thanks for visiting the Rileys" and "Cyrus." Pullman is presently managing Jordan Scott's approaching film "Peony," according to Lisa See's best-selling novel "Peony for each other.Inch Baggar became a member of Scott Free of CAA in 2007 as Ridley Scott's executive assistant. Throughout that point, she done "Prometheus," "Robin Hood," "Body of Lies" and "American Gangster." "There's an remarkable team at Scott Free with our growing slate, it grew to become time for Maresa, that has been instrumental within our development and productions, and Amal, who has worked carefully on Ridley's productions, to walk into their new roles to acknowledge and additional their exceptional work," stated Costigan. "We're thrilled to welcome Elishia Holmes, who we first labored with at Warners and who'll now work carefully on our films at Fox, and Adam Kassan, whose wide range of expertise with authors and filmmakers enables him at Scott Free to utilize us to grow our output at Fox as well as on our other productions." Scott Free had four films get into production this past year including Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," Park Chan-wook's "Stoker," Zal Batmanglij's "The East" and Joe Carnahan's "The Gray," which Open Road Films releases Jan. 27. Additionally to some first-look cope with twentieth century Fox, that will distribute "Prometheus," Scott Free Prods. has offices in La and London, and works carefully with commericial production house RSA Films. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com