Lafley to Legendary board

A.G. Lafley, former leader and Boss of Procter & Gamble, has became a member of the board of Legendary Entertainment. The board includes Legendary chairman-Boss Thomas Tull, in addition to Jim Breyer, Ray Clark, Dick Prepare and Joe Roth. "In my opinion in Legendary, and that i anticipate dealing with Thomas, his leadership team and my fellow company directors," stated Lafley, who upon the market from P&G this past year. Throughout his tenure towards the top of P&G, Lafley centered on revitilizing P&G's billion-dollar brands like Crest, Tide and Pampers and adding Swiffer and Febreze to the portfolio. Consequently, the business's sales bending, profits quadrupled, and it is market price elevated by a lot more than $100 billion. He presently can serve as special partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Grain so that as director from the Whirlpool Co. "I'm very happy to welcome A.G. to the board," Tull stated. "He's a substantial addition throughout a time period of development and chance at Legendary." Legendary is at the time of creating a slate of tentpoles which include Superman reboot "Guy of Steel," Guillermo del Toro's "Off-shore Rim," Alex Proyas' "Paradise Lost," Sergei Bodrov's "Seventh Boy," "Godzilla" and adaptations of Warren Ellis' "Gravel" and also the "Mass Effect" videogame. It is also growing in TV and comicbooks, with Legendary Comics getting lately launched its first book, Frank Miller's "Holy Terror," and lately setup a production venture in China to focus on moviegoers there. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com