Karen Barragan is leaving Netflix, where she served as VP of publicity for original series programming, to become head of marketing and communications at Blumhouse Productions.
Barragan will work across film and TV at Blumhouse which is headed by Jason Blum, nominated for two Best Picture Oscars for producing Whiplash and Get Out. Blumhouse has produced such films as The Purge, Insidious, the Ouija and Paranormal Activity franchises. Blumhouse also maintains an independent television studio.
During her six-year Netflix tenure, Barragan promoted such original series fare as House of Cards, Orange Is the New Black, Ozark and Stranger Things. She also publicized major Netflix deals such as its exclusive agreement entered into earlier this year with Ryan Murphy and Ryan Murphy Productions (Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson) to produce new series and films.
Movie Armorer On “Rust” Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge In Separate Case
The weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film "Rust" pleaded guilty Monday to a separate criminal charge of carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment.
Movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed agreed to change her plea to guilty on the charge in exchange for a reduced sentence of 18 months supervised probation.
Judge T. Glenn Ellington approved the agreement that allows Gutierrez-Reed to begin probation while serving out an 18-month prison term at a New Mexico state penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
In the "Rust" case, prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the movie set and for failing to follow basic gun safety protocols.
Gutierrez-Reed shuffled into the Santa Fe courtroom Monday in a beige jumpsuit, handcuffs and ankle shackles to change her plea to guilty and waive her right to trial.
"I'd just like to apologize to the court and thank you for your judgment today," she said.
The case stems from evidence that a few weeks before "Rust" began filming in October 2021, Gutierrez-Reed carried a gun into a downtown bar in Santa Fe where firearms are prohibited.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said Gutierrez-Reed filmed herself in the bathroom of the bar with a handgun — explaining how she snuck in the prohibited firearm in a video that was obtained when authorities searched the armorer's phone during the "Rust" investigation.
Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March at trial of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Hutchins. She has an appeal of that conviction pending in a higher court.
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