Jon Cohen Named President Of Lipovsky & Stein’s Wonderlab Banner
Jon Cohen has joined Wonderlab, the newly launched production company of Final Destination: Bloodlines helmers Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, as President. Cohen comes over from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, where he most recently served as Head of Film. “We are so incredibly excited to launch Wonderlab with Jon,” Lipovsky and Stein said. “During his time at […]
Veteran producer and executive Jon Cohen has been named president of Wondrlab, the production company founded by filmmaking duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the company announced on Monday. This follows a recent first-look deal between Wonderlab and Sony Pictures. Cohen had served as head of film at J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot before joining Wonderlab.
Lipovsky and Stein expressed their excitement about working with Cohen, noting his keen eye for discovering and empowering talented filmmakers and writers. During his tenure at Bad Robot, Cohen produced films such as "10 Cloverfield Lane," "The Cloverfield Paradox," and "Overlord." Cohen also praised the duo's ambition, work ethic, taste, and collaborative mindset, stating that their approach to filmmaking is a perfect fit for Wonderlab's iterative process.
Wonderlab's mission is to make movies using an iterative process that involves feedback from test audiences and filmmakers. The company is developing projects across all of Sony's film labels, including an animated "Venom" movie for Sony Pictures Animation, "Metal Gear Solid" based on the video game, and "The Earthling" based on a short story by Jonathan Marty.
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