Lafley to Legendary board

A.G. Lafley, former leader and Boss of Procter & Gamble, has grew to become an associate from the board of Legendary Entertainment. The board includes Legendary chairman-Boss Thomas Tull, additionally to Jim Breyer, Ray Clark, Dick Prepare and Joe Roth. "For me in Legendary, which i anticipate coping with Thomas, his leadership team and my fellow company company directors," mentioned Lafley, who outdated from P&G a year ago. Throughout his tenure near the top of P&G, Lafley dedicated to revitilizing P&G's billion-dollar brands like Crest, Tide and Pampers and adding Swiffer and Febreze towards the portfolio. Consequently, their sales bending, profits quadrupled, which is market cost elevated by greater than $100 billion. He presently may serve as special partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Grain to ensure that as director in the Whirlpool Co. "I am thrilled to welcome A.G. towards the board," Tull mentioned. "He's a considerable addition within a period of time of development and chance at Legendary." Legendary is during the time of developing a slate of tentpoles including Superman reboot "Guy of Steel," Guillermo del Toro's "Off-shoreline Rim," Alex Proyas' "Paradise Lost," Sergei Bodrov's "Seventh Boy," "Godzilla" and adaptations of Warren Ellis' "Gravel" as well as the "Mass Effect" videogame. It's also growing in TV and comicbooks, with Legendary Comics getting recently released its first book, Frank Miller's "Holy Terror," and recently setup a production venture in China to pay attention to moviegoers there. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com