Fox executive VP Grass to take leading role at Universal

Christian Grass, London-based executive vice president at Fox International, is leaving to take on the key international production job at Universal Pictures.The move reunites Grass with his old Miramax International boss David Linde, who was named co-chairman of Universal Studios in March last year.Neither Grass nor Universal would comment on the impending appointment today, but news of the move was already spreading as Berlin came to an end last week.