Overview
- Shultz succeeds Garson Foos, who becomes co‑executive chairman alongside FilmRise co‑founder Danny Fisher.
- The Pluto TV pioneer and former Paramount Streaming strategy chief helped launch Paramount+ and exited Paramount in 2024.
- Radial was formed in 2025 after Oaktree acquired FilmRise and merged it with Shout! Studios to scale rights monetization.
- The combined library exceeds 70,000 movies and TV episodes, including Unsolved Mysteries, Forensic Files, Hell’s Kitchen and Mystery Science Theater 3000, plus films from Open Road, Millennium and Sonar.
- Recent moves include acquiring Conan and Hemlock Grove, setting two true‑crime co‑productions, launching a Hong Kong Fight Club FAST channel, and adding the Golden Princess film library.