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Rick Santorum Making Movies; The Man behind ‘Despicable Me 2’
Why Rick Santorum wants to make movies; The man behind the Despicable Me movies
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenFormer Senator Rick Santorum is now the CEO of a faith-based film company and his mission is to create movies about faith that can compete in the marketplace as entertaining films. Plus, the mild-mannered CEO of the film company responsible for one of the biggest hits of the Summer-- Despicable Me 2.
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3 storiesThe Hollywood News Banter
Kim Masters is joined by John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.
Read the story7 minRick Santorum
The Business producer Darby Maloney talks with former Pennsylvania Senator and Presidential candidate, Rick Santorum on why he wants to get in on the movie business. He cites the value and power of storytellers in describing why he took the job as CEO of the faith-based film company EchoLight Studios.
Read the story11 minChris Meledandri
As founder of Illumination Entertainment, Meledandri is proving that a studio can make a CG animated feature for half the cost of its competitors and not skimp on story. His Despicable Me 2 is one of the rare hits of the 2013 Summer season-- at present bringing in $600 million world-wide.
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