Joe and Anthony Russo of AGBO.
Joe and Anthony Russo of AGBO. They created the hit The Avengers films.
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Ex-Riot veteran takes top storytelling role at the Russo brothers’ AGBO

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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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.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.