Jon M. Chu’s Electric Somewhere adds TV and film executives
Jana Helman will lead television and Aimee Rivera joins as SVP of motion pictures as Electric Somewhere grows its Paramount pact.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Jon M. Chu’s Electric Somewhere is staffing up for a bigger swing in film and television, with Jana Helman hired as head of television and Aimee Rivera named senior vice president of motion pictures, Deadline reported.
The appointments land as the company broadens its ambitions beyond features into television and animation while continuing to chase broad-audience event movies built around music, movement and magic under its new film and TV agreement at Paramount, according to the report.
Helman will report directly to Chu. She and Rivera join producer Michael Bostick, who serves as Electric Somewhere’s head of production.
Helman takes the TV reins
Helman arrives after serving as executive vice president of development and current at Paramount Television Studios, Deadline reported. In that role, she worked across a series slate that included Little House on the Prairie for Netflix, Cross for Amazon and Murderbot for Apple.
Before that, Helman led development at Paramount+ as senior vice president of original content. Her earlier résumé also includes posts at Freeform and Warner Bros., according to Deadline.
Chu said in comments reported by Deadline that he had long wanted to work with Helman and praised her instincts for television storytelling. He said she would have a major leadership role as Electric Somewhere builds out its next phase.
Helman, in her own statement to Deadline, said she has followed Chu’s work for years and looks forward to helping bring his vision to television audiences.
Rivera moves into motion pictures
Rivera joins Electric Somewhere after a long run at Skydance Media, where she most recently served as vice president of motion picture production, according to Deadline. She spent close to nine years at Skydance before moving to Paramount after the companies’ merger.
During her time there, Rivera oversaw development and production on films including Top Gun: Maverick and the upcoming Apple Original Movie Matchbox: The Movie, Deadline reported. She also was the lead executive on Paramount Pictures’ The Rescue.
Before Skydance, Rivera worked as a creative executive at Sony Pictures.
Chu said Rivera brings strong judgment on ambitious films and filmmakers with distinct points of view, and said her experience has already helped the company. He welcomed both executives alongside Bostick and the wider Electric Somewhere creative team.
Rivera told Deadline she admired Chu’s work and the company’s plans under Chu and Bostick, adding that she was eager to help shape Electric Somewhere’s next chapter.
Chu is coming off the Wicked franchise, which has kept him at the center of studio-scale musical filmmaking. With Helman in television and Rivera in features, Electric Somewhere is now building a leadership bench aimed at turning that big-screen momentum into a broader production operation.
This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.