Exclusive: Iñaki Godoy, the 19-year-old lead of Netflix’s forthcoming series One Piece, has signed with M88 for representation.
Arriving on the streamer on August 31st, the show created by Matt Owens and Steven Maeda is a live-action adaptation of the same-name 1997 manga series from Eiichiro Oda. Godoy stars as Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate captain who sets out with his crew to attain the mythical treasure known as ‘One Piece’ and secure the title of Pirate King.
Godoy was most recently seen in Netflix’s series The Imperfects, centered on imperfect superheroes who must navigate their newfound abilities while dealing with personal struggles and a looming threat to humanity. He is otherwise best known for a turn in the streamer’s Spanish-language drama series Who Killed Sara?, following a man’s relentless pursuit of justice while investigating the mysterious death of his sister and the dark secrets he uncovers.
Arriving on the streamer on August 31st, the show created by Matt Owens and Steven Maeda is a live-action adaptation of the same-name 1997 manga series from Eiichiro Oda. Godoy stars as Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate captain who sets out with his crew to attain the mythical treasure known as ‘One Piece’ and secure the title of Pirate King.
Godoy was most recently seen in Netflix’s series The Imperfects, centered on imperfect superheroes who must navigate their newfound abilities while dealing with personal struggles and a looming threat to humanity. He is otherwise best known for a turn in the streamer’s Spanish-language drama series Who Killed Sara?, following a man’s relentless pursuit of justice while investigating the mysterious death of his sister and the dark secrets he uncovers.
- 6/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr., the rising actor best known for starring in the hit Starz series Bmf (or Black Mafia Family), has signed with M88 for management.
The show inspired by a true story has Flenory playing his own father, notorious hip-hop icon and kingpin Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory Sr., who with his brother Terry “Southwest T” Flenory (Da’Vinchi) rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s to give birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
The project from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, which is heading into its third season, marks the younger Flenory’s acting debut. And despite his unusually intimate connection to the story, he only won his role following a highly competitive casting process, and more than a year spent in intensive acting training.
The Detroit-based family drama’s January renewal comes on the...
The show inspired by a true story has Flenory playing his own father, notorious hip-hop icon and kingpin Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory Sr., who with his brother Terry “Southwest T” Flenory (Da’Vinchi) rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s to give birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
The project from executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, which is heading into its third season, marks the younger Flenory’s acting debut. And despite his unusually intimate connection to the story, he only won his role following a highly competitive casting process, and more than a year spent in intensive acting training.
The Detroit-based family drama’s January renewal comes on the...
- 4/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: M88 on Tuesday said it has signed in-demand director Erica Watson for management.
Watson is best known for helming the penultimate and final episodes of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Hulu miniseries The Dropout, charting the rise and downfall of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried). She most recently directed two episodes of the epic drama series King Shaka, produced by Antoine Fuqua for CBS Studios, which will now likely be shopped after being cut loose by Showtime.
Watson is otherwise known for directing two episodes of Snowpiercer for TNT/Tomorrow Studios, along with half of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s David Makes Man for OWN/HBO Max. She also previously helmed episodes of Manifest, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Gossip Girl, All Rise, Power Book II: Ghost, For Life, All American, The L Word: Generation Q, Claws and Krypton among other series.
A directing fellow for Film Independent’s Project Involve,...
Watson is best known for helming the penultimate and final episodes of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Hulu miniseries The Dropout, charting the rise and downfall of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried). She most recently directed two episodes of the epic drama series King Shaka, produced by Antoine Fuqua for CBS Studios, which will now likely be shopped after being cut loose by Showtime.
Watson is otherwise known for directing two episodes of Snowpiercer for TNT/Tomorrow Studios, along with half of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s David Makes Man for OWN/HBO Max. She also previously helmed episodes of Manifest, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Gossip Girl, All Rise, Power Book II: Ghost, For Life, All American, The L Word: Generation Q, Claws and Krypton among other series.
A directing fellow for Film Independent’s Project Involve,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: M88 has inked a deal to rep brother filmmakers Aaron Tao And Winston Tao, who together go by the name Tao/S.
The award-winning, Chinese-American pair of writer-directors, currently best known for their work in the branded space, most recently saw their branded film “The Rabbit Hole” make the shortlist for Ad of The Year: Charity in Shots, winning Best Directing, Screenplay and Fiction at the One Screen Film Festival, and taking gold in Best Branded category On The Cusp of Greatness at the 1.4 Awards. The duo were also behind the film “Sleep Well, My Baby,” which won silver at the Cannes Yda Awards.
Tao/S’s other branded films, “Watching” and “SuperMaarko,” won them an additional Cannes Yda Award and the Webby Award for People’s Voice, as well as noms for Best Emerging Directors and Narrative at the One Screen Film Festival.
Graduates of Chapman University’s...
The award-winning, Chinese-American pair of writer-directors, currently best known for their work in the branded space, most recently saw their branded film “The Rabbit Hole” make the shortlist for Ad of The Year: Charity in Shots, winning Best Directing, Screenplay and Fiction at the One Screen Film Festival, and taking gold in Best Branded category On The Cusp of Greatness at the 1.4 Awards. The duo were also behind the film “Sleep Well, My Baby,” which won silver at the Cannes Yda Awards.
Tao/S’s other branded films, “Watching” and “SuperMaarko,” won them an additional Cannes Yda Award and the Webby Award for People’s Voice, as well as noms for Best Emerging Directors and Narrative at the One Screen Film Festival.
Graduates of Chapman University’s...
- 4/4/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
It is all too easy to thrust violent images into the face of an audience in an effort to force them to address the harsh realities of difficult subjects, but the best filmmakers use the tools of cinema to evoke empathy and understanding rather than shock and awe (and potentially alienate) viewers into awareness. Commissioned by not-for-profit organization Sos International, The Rabbit Hole from LA-based writing and directing brothers tao/s (Aaron and Winston Tao) takes the latter approach, leading to a grounded and considered depiction of the thorny issue of child sex trafficking which ultimately serves to be more impactful. From its opening moments, the 6 minute short envelops us in a story where the purity of childhood hopes and a strong sisterly bond are disturbingly undercut by the stark realities of child exploitation and abuse born of poverty and enacted by a trusted caregiver. It’s a hard watch,...
- 6/6/2022
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Others Will Follow Short Film Andrew Finch‘s Others Will Follow (2017) short film stars Bruce Greenwood, Winston Titus Tao, Erica Sabol, John Redlinger, and Damian Chey. Others Will Follow‘s plot synopsis: based on the Nasa Apollo 11 contingency speech written for United States President Richard Nixon, “The lone survivor of the first mission to [...]
Continue reading: Others Will Follow (2017) Short Film: Doomed Mars Astronaut Winston Tao Inspires Earth...
Continue reading: Others Will Follow (2017) Short Film: Doomed Mars Astronaut Winston Tao Inspires Earth...
- 10/19/2017
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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