Focus Features has tapped Paulette Osorio veep of publicity to oversee corporate publicity for Focus genre division Rogue Pictures.
Based in the company's offices on the Universal lot, she will report to Focus exec VP of publicity and marketing Adriene Bowles. Osorio also will oversee campaigns for Rogue's slate.
Rogue is rolling out Michel Gondry's "Dave Chappelle's Block Party" on March 3. Unit will release Vondie Curtis Hall's "Waist Deep," starring Tyrese Gibson, Larenz Tate and rapper-thesp the Game, on April 28.
Osorio was most recently a consultant for Warner Bros. on "Ocean's Twelve" and "Troy." She also was a unit publicist on pics including "Constantine," "Starsky & Hutch" and "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy."
She previously served as head of publicity at Castle Rock Entertainment, working on pics including "Waiting for Guffman," "Lone Star" and "The Green Mile."
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