Michael B. Jordan appoints Elizabeth Raposo as president of his company banner Outlier – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Studio director Elizabeth Raposo seems to have found her next big gig as she was named president of Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society banner. Raposo was most recently president of production at Paramount before leaving last fall.

The exhaustive search for the position took six months, with the company meeting with around ten executives before landing on Raposo. Following her release from Paramount, Raposo quickly became one of the city’s most coveted executives and found her compatibility with Jordan and Outlier Society to be exactly what she was looking for. In this role, she will oversee production and development of all aspects of the business alongside Jordan.

During her 15 years at Paramount Pictures, most recently as President of Production, Raposo has led franchises, large-scale films, and filmmaker-focused material. She supervised several entries into the Impossible mission series including Mission: Impossible-Fallout, JJ Abrams Star Trek series, Abrams Super 8 as good as Transformers MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT franchise, the JJ Abrams STAR TREK series, the SUPER 8 made by Abrams and Transformers reboot BUMBLEBEE. Raposo also supervised A Quiet Place, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Interstellar, Sonic the Hedgehog and Jack Reacher. She recently oversaw the development and production of the upcoming A Quiet Place Part II, Top Gun: Maverick and Tom Clancy’s Without remorse with Michael B. Jordan. Additionally, at Paramount, Raposo worked closely with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, Brad Pitt’s Plan B, and Martin Scorsese who all had global agreements with the studio. She started her career as an assistant at CAA before moving to Protozoa Pictures by Darren Aronofsky.

“I have long admired Michael and had the pleasure of working closely with him in my former role at Paramount. His commitment to excellence in all aspects of what he does is inspiring and I couldn’t be more excited to join him and the Outlier Society team, ”said Raposo. “Michael continues to be a driver of change in the industry and I look forward to working with him to develop the next wave of unique storytellers and voices in all media.

Jordan launched Outlier Society in 2016 with the goal of bringing various stories and voices to market. The impressive list of upcoming projects includes Amazon Studio Without remorse and the feature film directed by Denzel Washington Journal for Jordan with Jordan in Each, the film adaptation of the fantasy novel Black leopard, red wolf by acclaimed author Marlon James and the second season of the coming-of-age drama series David makes the man.

“I am honored to welcome Liz to the Outlier Society family,” Jordan said. “After an exhaustive search, I really feel that I have found the ideal person for the job. Not only does her full CV speak for itself, but we share a common approach to storytelling and a deep understanding of the industry. I can’t wait to see what the future holds as we embark on this new chapter. “

Jordan is replaced by M88, WME and lawyer Greg Slewett.