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Ex-Warner Bros. exec becomes Disney studio chief

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The Walt Disney Company says that it has hired former president of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Alan Horn, to lead its movie studio as chairman. The personnel move attempts to right the wrongs that led to the movie bomb "John Carter."

Horn oversaw the hugely successful runs of the "Harry Potter" and "The Dark Knight" movies at Warner Bros. and is one of the highest-profile executives in Hollywood. Horn had stepped down at Warner Bros. in April 2011 and had a consulting agreement through 2013. He's also credited as a producer on the upcoming "Hobbit" movies.

Horn starts at Disney on June 11, just under two months after former chairman Rich Ross stepped down in a move widely seen as taking responsibility for "John Carter," the science-fiction movie set on Mars which caused an epic $200 million write-off for Disney.

Horn will oversee worldwide production, distribution and marketing for live action and animated films from Disney, Pixar and Marvel and movies made by Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios.

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