{"id":515319,"date":"2026-06-24T01:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/515319\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T01:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T01:43:12","slug":"disney-taps-ron-oberst-laura-klimke-for-scripted-u-k-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/515319\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+ Taps Ron O’Berst, Laura Klimke for Scripted U.K. Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWith the success of \u201cRivals\u201d on Disney+<\/a>, the Mouse House is investing in its U.K. scripted original teams with two new hires.<\/p>\n

\n\tDisney+ scripted originals in the U.K. has tapped Ron O\u2019Berst from \u201cHamnet\u201d producer Hera Pictures for the role of director while Pure Fiction Television\u2019s Laura Klimke joins as senior development manager.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt Hera, O\u2019Berst exec produced \u201c\u201dWhat It Feels Like for a Girl\u201d and served as story producer on Sky Atlantic\/Starz co-pro \u201cMary & George.\u201d Before joining Hera in 2020, O\u2019Berst was head of development at Drama Republic and head of scripted development at BBC Worldwide. He has previously worked at Channel 4 and Discovery Networks International.<\/p>\n

\n\tKlimke was executive producer at Pure Fiction and before that was head of development at Euston Films, where she worked on projects such as \u201cHard Sun\u201d for BBC One, \u201cThe Sister\u201d for ITV and \u201cWreck\u201d for BBC Three.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe duo will be based at Disney+ EMEA in London where they will report to VP for scripted content Lee Mason, helping to develop and commission stories for both Disney+ and Hulu.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Disney+ originals team is led by head of content for Disney+ EMEA Angela Jain. As well as \u201cRivals,\u201d recent new commissions for the streamer include \u201cThe Stolen Girl,\u201d and \u201cAlice and Steve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs we\u202framp up our\u202fOriginals\u202fslate, Ron and Laura bring exceptional creative expertise, outstanding industry relationships and a shared passion for championing distinctive\u202fvoices,\u201d said Jain. \u201cTheir appointments are another important step in our ambitious plan to build a world-class Originals team who will deliver more volume and variety, alongside the high standards of creative excellence our audiences expect.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Variety reported yesterday, Disney\u2019s U.K. subsidiary saw an 11.1% increase in revenue<\/a> for the year ending 2025, driven by a rise in streaming subscribers and prices, as well as box office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the success of \u201cRivals\u201d on Disney+, the Mouse House is investing in its U.K. scripted original teams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[9618,93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-515319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}