Ex-Riot veteran takes top storytelling role at the Russo brothers’ AGBO
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Ryan Verniere, a veteran at Riot Games, has joined the Russo brothers’ AGBO as senior vice president of story. He will be part of the senior team developing original film and television intellectual property, ushering in a new era of fantasy and science fiction storytelling with the Russo’s internal creative team led by Angela Russo-Otstot, Chief Creative Officer at AGBO.
It’s another sign of how games and movies are becoming a single ecosystem. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, co-presidents of story at AGBO, made the announcement.
Verniere joins AGBO after almost a decade of experience with Riot Games, where he started as a senior writer and rose through the ranks to creative Director for Franchises. Riot Games debut title, League of Legends, received worldwide acclaim and has gone on to be the most-played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports.
Verniere’s focus went from games to Riot’s Film & TV department where he worked alongside Jane Chung Hoffacker, executive producer of Arcane. He led the development of over forty League of Legends champions who appear in Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, and League of Legends: Wild Rift.
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League of Legends was awarded a BAFTA for Persistent Game in 2015 for League of Legends. Verniere started his career in games working on CCP’s EVE Online, which was inducted into The Museum of Modern Art (NYC) in the Applied Design artistic category as one
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