Feb 28 (Reuters) - Netflix ( NFLX ) said on Wednesday

Dan Lin, one of the producers of hit mystery thriller "Sherlock

Holmes" and the Lego movies, will succeed Scott Stuber as its

film division boss.

The film industry veteran will begin on April 1 as chairman

of Netflix Film and report to Bela Bajaria, Netflix's ( NFLX ) chief

content officer.

The announcement comes more than a month after Netflix ( NFLX ) said

Stuber would leave the streaming service in March to start his

own media company.

Lin and Netflix ( NFLX ) previously worked together on projects

including the Oscar-nominated film "The Two Popes," and the

live-action series "Avatar: The Last Airbender," the company

said.

Lin will depart from his Los Angeles, California-based

production company Rideback.

Prior to founding Rideback, Lin was a senior executive of

production for Warner Bros. Pictures, where he served for eight

years overseeing the production of movies such as director

Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning drama "The Departed."