EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actress and filmmaker Katie Holmes and her recently launched production company, Lafayette Pictures, for representation in all areas.
22.11.2022 - 20:37 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Ryen Russillo, a big voice in sports media, is expanding his patch.
The host of The Ryen Russillo Podcast has struck a new long-term deal with The Ringer and signed with UTA.
The latter will help him expand into new areas including scripted television. Deadline understands that he is writing and developing scripts and is also looking to exec produce other stories across sports and history, featuring dramatic characters.
He is the latest member of The Ringer to make such a move; Russillo’s colleague Shea Serrano recently created Netflix reggaeton comedy series Neon and has Primo with Mike Schur at Amazon Freevee.
His new deal with Spotify-owned The Ringer will see him continue to host his podcast and remain on other shows across the Bill Simmons-founded company including Simmons’ own podcast.
He joined The Ringer in 2019, having spent nearly ten years as one of the signature voices on ESPN Radio, notably on the afternoon program he hosted between 2009 to 2017.
He also previously hosted the SVP & Russillo podcast with Scott Van Pelt.
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed actress and filmmaker Katie Holmes and her recently launched production company, Lafayette Pictures, for representation in all areas.
EXCLUSIVE: Bridget Stokes has signed with UTA for representation in all areas.
EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed writer, director, performer and producer Tommy Dorfman for worldwide representation in all areas.
Fox Entertainment has entered into a broadcast development deal with writer, producer and director McG (Supernatural, Lethal Weapon, We Are Marshall).
Ed Helms (Together Together) and McG (The Babysitter) have boarded the Netflix body swap comedy Family Leave, inspired by New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book, Bedtime for Mommy. Helms will star alongside the previously announced Jennifer Garner, with McG serving as the project’s director and producer.
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Teachers have been offered a new pay deal in a bid to avert strike action which is set to take place later this week.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 … Happy New Year’s Rockin’ Eve! Ring in 2023 with the iconic holiday special, which will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest and other celebrities all across the country — and will include a special Disney twist.
A romance for the ages. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling made movie lovers swoon with their chemistry in 2004’s The Notebook.
Lily Collins, Charlie McDowell and Alex Orlovsky have partnered to launch Case Study Films, a production company that will look to tell compelling and outside-of-the-box stories through a commercial eye in both film and television.
A very vibrant runway leading into Thanksgiving for sure for movie theaters as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is headed for a second weekend down around -60% for $70M-$72M. Through five days, the Ryan Coogler-directed Disney and Marvel Studios sequel has amassed $204.8M with Tuesday earning $12.4M, the third best Tuesday of November after Frozen 2 ($20.8M, Nov. 26, 2019) and Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($15.96M, Nov. 26, 2013).
The Watcher cruised to a win in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of October 10 to 16, giving producer Ryan Murphy his second top show less than a month after the release of the blowout hit Dahmer.
Rupert Friend To Star In New Podcast Series From QCODEContent studio QCODE today announced a new science fiction thriller podcast series titled The Mysterious Master M, starring Rupert Friend (Anatomy of a Scandal). Friend will also act as an executive producer on the six-episode podcast series, which will debut in Spring 2023. Mike Lesslie (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds) and his Storyteller Productions banner will produce with Laure Eve (Blackheart Knights) attached to write and executive produce. Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, Sammy Kattan, Automatik, and QCODE will also serve as Executive Producers on the series. “This is a gripping story that shows how messy yet beautiful it is to be human, and I truly can’t wait to share it with all of you,” Friend said of the show.