Exclusive: M88 has signed comedian and podcaster Funny Marco for management, Deadline has learned.
Born Marco Summers, Funny Marco is known for a mix of viral online prank content, comedic sketches and celebrity interviews, having already secured a following of 4.7M on Instagram, 2.3M on TikTok, 1.11M on YouTube, and 17.6K on Twitch. He currently hosts a podcast named after himself, poking fun at the lyrics and antics of today’s hip-hop stars, and has recently begun stand-up touring, with many sold-out shows across the U.S. and a formal domestic tour on the horizon for 2024.
Previously seen on such TV series as The Crew League (Revolt TV) and F Child Support (Got My Hustle Up Entertainment/Tubi), Marco also, within the last year, wrote, directed and starred in Don’t Say No, a horror comedy short posted to his YouTube channel. Also coming up for him is the indie comedy The Night,...
Born Marco Summers, Funny Marco is known for a mix of viral online prank content, comedic sketches and celebrity interviews, having already secured a following of 4.7M on Instagram, 2.3M on TikTok, 1.11M on YouTube, and 17.6K on Twitch. He currently hosts a podcast named after himself, poking fun at the lyrics and antics of today’s hip-hop stars, and has recently begun stand-up touring, with many sold-out shows across the U.S. and a formal domestic tour on the horizon for 2024.
Previously seen on such TV series as The Crew League (Revolt TV) and F Child Support (Got My Hustle Up Entertainment/Tubi), Marco also, within the last year, wrote, directed and starred in Don’t Say No, a horror comedy short posted to his YouTube channel. Also coming up for him is the indie comedy The Night,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: M88 on Tuesday announced its signing of Andrew Lopez, a fast-rising multi-hyphenate who, with appearances on Apple TV+’s Platonic and FX’s The Bear, has made his mark on two of the most buzzy series in recent memory.
An accomplished writer, director, and stand-up currently enjoying a breakout moment on the acting front, Lopez found his most substantial role to date opposite Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne on Platonic, the comedy series from Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, which debuted on Apple’s streamer in May. The show centered on Rogen’s brewer Will and Byrne’s stay-at-home mother Sylvia — a pair of longtime friends reconnecting as adults, after some time apart — has Lopez playing Reggie, the brother of the former’s ex-wife, who butts heads with him as a co-investor in his bar.
It was in June that Lopez appeared on The Bear, sharing weighty moments with...
An accomplished writer, director, and stand-up currently enjoying a breakout moment on the acting front, Lopez found his most substantial role to date opposite Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne on Platonic, the comedy series from Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, which debuted on Apple’s streamer in May. The show centered on Rogen’s brewer Will and Byrne’s stay-at-home mother Sylvia — a pair of longtime friends reconnecting as adults, after some time apart — has Lopez playing Reggie, the brother of the former’s ex-wife, who butts heads with him as a co-investor in his bar.
It was in June that Lopez appeared on The Bear, sharing weighty moments with...
- 8/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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
In our Q&a series Last Call, we get down to the bottom of every last thing with some of our favorite celebs - from the last time they were starstruck to the last song they listened to. This week, "Power Book II: Ghost" star Woody McClain takes our call.
Woody McClain knows how to be at the right place at the right time. From life-changing encounters with Kevin Hart to a breakout biopic role that helped put him on the map, the actor, dancer, and creator has earned opportunities some can only dream of. McClain acknowledges to Popsugar that his career so far has been an absolutely "crazy journey" - "a lightning-in-a-bottle situation."
McClain was just finding his stride in the entertainment industry back in 2017. After moving to Los Angeles roughly two years prior for his stint as a background dancer, he became popular for posting comedy skits on social media,...
Woody McClain knows how to be at the right place at the right time. From life-changing encounters with Kevin Hart to a breakout biopic role that helped put him on the map, the actor, dancer, and creator has earned opportunities some can only dream of. McClain acknowledges to Popsugar that his career so far has been an absolutely "crazy journey" - "a lightning-in-a-bottle situation."
McClain was just finding his stride in the entertainment industry back in 2017. After moving to Los Angeles roughly two years prior for his stint as a background dancer, he became popular for posting comedy skits on social media,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
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
A difficult rescue temporarily changes things between Bode and Jake on CBS’s Fire Country season one episode six. Directed by Erica Watson from a script by Sara Casey and Manuel Herrera, episode six – “Like Old Times” – will air on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 9pm Et/Pt.
Max Thieriot leads the cast as Bode Donovan. Season one’s regulars include Billy Burke as Vince, Kevin Alejandro as Manny, Diane Farr as Sharon, Stephanie Arcila as Gabriela, Jordan Calloway as Jake, and Jules Latimer as Eve.
Michael Trucco, Lina Lecompte, Jennifer Tong, and Anthony Joseph guest star.
“Like Old Times” Plot: After a hiker falls from a steep cliff, Bode and Jake put aside their differences to make a daring rescue. Also, Sharon reveals devastating news to Bode.
Season 1 Episode 1 Preview Season 1 Episode 2 “Fresh Prince of Edgewater” Preview Season 1 Episode 3 “Where There’s Smoke” Preview Season 1 Episode 4 “Work, Don’t Worry” Preview Season 1 Episode 5 “Get Some,...
Max Thieriot leads the cast as Bode Donovan. Season one’s regulars include Billy Burke as Vince, Kevin Alejandro as Manny, Diane Farr as Sharon, Stephanie Arcila as Gabriela, Jordan Calloway as Jake, and Jules Latimer as Eve.
Michael Trucco, Lina Lecompte, Jennifer Tong, and Anthony Joseph guest star.
“Like Old Times” Plot: After a hiker falls from a steep cliff, Bode and Jake put aside their differences to make a daring rescue. Also, Sharon reveals devastating news to Bode.
Season 1 Episode 1 Preview Season 1 Episode 2 “Fresh Prince of Edgewater” Preview Season 1 Episode 3 “Where There’s Smoke” Preview Season 1 Episode 4 “Work, Don’t Worry” Preview Season 1 Episode 5 “Get Some,...
- 11/6/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The Dropout directors Michael Showalter and Francesca Gregorini zeroed in on a number of small details to help Amanda Seyfried prepare for her role as disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu miniseries.
Before the cameras rolled, the two sat down with Seyfried to discuss blocking and how they planned to tell a “cohesive” story on Holmes’ life — from childhood to her criminal trial for defrauding investors.
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During a Contenders Television: The Nominees award-season panel, Showalter and Gregorini recalled meeting with Seyfried to share their vision for the series.
“We just talked for like three hours, maybe even more, in general terms about the character and the story, and in a very sort of like, ‘Who is she? What do we think as individuals? What are our individual feelings about it,'” said Showalter, who is also an executive producer on the Emmy-nominated series.
Before the cameras rolled, the two sat down with Seyfried to discuss blocking and how they planned to tell a “cohesive” story on Holmes’ life — from childhood to her criminal trial for defrauding investors.
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
During a Contenders Television: The Nominees award-season panel, Showalter and Gregorini recalled meeting with Seyfried to share their vision for the series.
“We just talked for like three hours, maybe even more, in general terms about the character and the story, and in a very sort of like, ‘Who is she? What do we think as individuals? What are our individual feelings about it,'” said Showalter, who is also an executive producer on the Emmy-nominated series.
- 8/6/2022
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s note: The following interview contains spoilers for “The Dropout” Episode 8, “Lizzy.”]
Even for those unfamiliar with the overall arc of the Theranos saga, “The Dropout” made no secret about where its eight-episode version of the story was heading. From the outset, like the ABC News podcast the series is adapted from, there’s Elizabeth Holmes speaking with federal investigators about her role in the growth of the company that promised a medical revolution that never came.
But even with that heavy and frequent foreshadowing, by the time that “The Dropout” gets to Episode 8, “Lizzy,” and you get to see Elizabeth’s deposition without a consumer camcorder filter, this show offers a surprise. Even as Amanda Seyfried’s version of Elizabeth is answering questions about meetings with investors and the viability of certain tech products, “The Dropout” cuts away to Elizabeth and her new beau sharing a tender moment with barely a care in the world.
As directed by Erica Watson,...
Even for those unfamiliar with the overall arc of the Theranos saga, “The Dropout” made no secret about where its eight-episode version of the story was heading. From the outset, like the ABC News podcast the series is adapted from, there’s Elizabeth Holmes speaking with federal investigators about her role in the growth of the company that promised a medical revolution that never came.
But even with that heavy and frequent foreshadowing, by the time that “The Dropout” gets to Episode 8, “Lizzy,” and you get to see Elizabeth’s deposition without a consumer camcorder filter, this show offers a surprise. Even as Amanda Seyfried’s version of Elizabeth is answering questions about meetings with investors and the viability of certain tech products, “The Dropout” cuts away to Elizabeth and her new beau sharing a tender moment with barely a care in the world.
As directed by Erica Watson,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
This Snowpiercer review contains spoilers.
Snowpiercer Season 3 Episode 3
It’s a credit to the creative team on Snowpiercer that they always figure out a way to make train versus train incidents exciting. When Big Alice first showed up, it was a thrill and a surprise. Now, with Snowpiercer and Big Alice involved in a game of cat and mouse, it’s still surprising. There might only be so many places where trains could come into direct confrontation while on the same piece of track, but Snowpiercer usually finds a way, and the results tend to be very entertaining.
It helps that the battle of forces is so disproportionate, and so well established in the first two episodes of the season. Wilford (Sean Bean) has all the men he needs to repel any straight-ahead boarding action; there’s not an even battle like when the Tailies took over the train from Melanie.
Snowpiercer Season 3 Episode 3
It’s a credit to the creative team on Snowpiercer that they always figure out a way to make train versus train incidents exciting. When Big Alice first showed up, it was a thrill and a surprise. Now, with Snowpiercer and Big Alice involved in a game of cat and mouse, it’s still surprising. There might only be so many places where trains could come into direct confrontation while on the same piece of track, but Snowpiercer usually finds a way, and the results tend to be very entertaining.
It helps that the battle of forces is so disproportionate, and so well established in the first two episodes of the season. Wilford (Sean Bean) has all the men he needs to repel any straight-ahead boarding action; there’s not an even battle like when the Tailies took over the train from Melanie.
- 2/8/2022
- by Ron Hogan
- Den of Geek
The CW has released its new, seven-night primetime schedule for 2021-2022, filled with competitive games, DC superheroes, supernatural happenings, football and an inaugural Saturday night dedicated to laughs.
This strategic mix of new and returning original scripted series and alternative programming was announced today by Mark Pedowitz, chairman and chief executive officer of The CW.
“This year, as we begin to return to more normalized production schedules, The CW is firing on all cylinders. The CW dares to defy by expanding our primetime schedule to include Saturday night and becoming a full 14-hour, seven-day-a-week broadcast network for the first time in its history, offering more original series on both our linear and digital platforms, providing more opportunities for our advertisers and affiliates,” Pedowitz said. “We are rolling out an exciting line-up of our signature returning series which will be joined this upcoming season by the new, reimagined ‘4400’ and the highly anticipated,...
This strategic mix of new and returning original scripted series and alternative programming was announced today by Mark Pedowitz, chairman and chief executive officer of The CW.
“This year, as we begin to return to more normalized production schedules, The CW is firing on all cylinders. The CW dares to defy by expanding our primetime schedule to include Saturday night and becoming a full 14-hour, seven-day-a-week broadcast network for the first time in its history, offering more original series on both our linear and digital platforms, providing more opportunities for our advertisers and affiliates,” Pedowitz said. “We are rolling out an exciting line-up of our signature returning series which will be joined this upcoming season by the new, reimagined ‘4400’ and the highly anticipated,...
- 5/25/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Tl Thompson (Straight White Men), Cory Jeacoma (Power Book II: Ghost), Ireon Roach (School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play), Derrick A. King (Call Your Mother) and newcomer Autumn Best are set as series regulars in 4400 (formerly known as The 4400), the CW’s reimagining of the 2004 USA Network sci-fi drama series.
4400 hails from Riverdale co-executive producer Ariana Jackson and Anna Fricke, who successfully rebooted Walker, Texas Ranger for the CW.
In the new version, 4400 overlooked, undervalued or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few…upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that...
4400 hails from Riverdale co-executive producer Ariana Jackson and Anna Fricke, who successfully rebooted Walker, Texas Ranger for the CW.
In the new version, 4400 overlooked, undervalued or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few…upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that...
- 5/24/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
OWN announced that “David Makes Man” is returning for Season 2 on June 22.
The new 10-episode season finds David, played by Kwame Patterson, faced with a decision that will change him and his community forever. The series began filming again in October 2020 in Orlando, Fla.
This announcement comes with a slew of new recurring cast members, including Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Lutrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago. Arlen Escarpeta, Akili McDowell, Alana Arenas, Travis Coles and Cayden K. Williams also return for Season 2.
Kiel Adrian Scott and Erica Watson will each direct half the season.
Watch the trailer below:
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Dates
HBO Max announced that “The Big Shot With Bethenny,” a new original series hosted by business tycoon and Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel, will premiere on April 29. The seven-episode series will feature the...
The new 10-episode season finds David, played by Kwame Patterson, faced with a decision that will change him and his community forever. The series began filming again in October 2020 in Orlando, Fla.
This announcement comes with a slew of new recurring cast members, including Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Lutrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago. Arlen Escarpeta, Akili McDowell, Alana Arenas, Travis Coles and Cayden K. Williams also return for Season 2.
Kiel Adrian Scott and Erica Watson will each direct half the season.
Watch the trailer below:
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Dates
HBO Max announced that “The Big Shot With Bethenny,” a new original series hosted by business tycoon and Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel, will premiere on April 29. The seven-episode series will feature the...
- 4/21/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
The “4400” reboot at The CW has cast Joseph David-Jones and Khaliah Johnson, Variety has learned.
The reboot was ordered to series at The CW in February. In the show, 4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.
David-Jones will play Rev Johnson, who was raised in a powerful and affluent church family, and disappeared in the 1990s. While he is a man of true faith and compassion, he is accustomed to the power and clout afforded his position.
The reboot was ordered to series at The CW in February. In the show, 4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.
David-Jones will play Rev Johnson, who was raised in a powerful and affluent church family, and disappeared in the 1990s. While he is a man of true faith and compassion, he is accustomed to the power and clout afforded his position.
- 3/30/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The CW’s reimagining of 2004 USA Network sci-fi drama series The 4400 has brought in its first cast members. Arrow alum Joseph David-Jones and newcomer Khailah Johnson have joined the project, which has a straight-to-series order and has shortened its title to 4400. (The CW also abbreviated the title to its Powerpuff Girls reboot to Powerpuff.)
In the new version, 4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people — two of them played by David-Jones and Johnson — who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few…upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.
In the new version, 4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people — two of them played by David-Jones and Johnson — who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few…upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.
- 3/30/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, CBS released the premiere date and teaser for its long-awaited drama “Clarice,” and OWN announced the recurring cast and directors for Season 2 of “David Makes Man.”
Casting
OWN announced Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago would recur on Season 2 of “David Makes Man.” They join the previously-announced series regulars Kwame Patterson as adult David and Arlen Escarpeta as adult Jg, alongside returning Season 1 regulars. Also, Kiel Adrian Scott and Erica Watson are tapped to direct five episodes each of the new season, which finds David in his 30s as a rising business man facing a potential opportunity that will change the course of his life. Filming commenced in October, with the season premiering in early summer 2021.
Dates
CBS’ highly-anticipated new drama “Clarice,” from executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet,...
Casting
OWN announced Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago would recur on Season 2 of “David Makes Man.” They join the previously-announced series regulars Kwame Patterson as adult David and Arlen Escarpeta as adult Jg, alongside returning Season 1 regulars. Also, Kiel Adrian Scott and Erica Watson are tapped to direct five episodes each of the new season, which finds David in his 30s as a rising business man facing a potential opportunity that will change the course of his life. Filming commenced in October, with the season premiering in early summer 2021.
Dates
CBS’ highly-anticipated new drama “Clarice,” from executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
As OWN ramps up for the second season of the Peabody Award-winning drama David Makes Man from Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and Warner Bros. Television, 10 actors are set to appear in recurring roles.
Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago have joined David Makes Man which returned to Orlando, Florida and continued production in October. On the directing side, Kiel Adrian Scott (The Bobby Brown Story) is set to return to direct five episodes of the new season while Erica Watson has been tapped to helm the remaining five episodes in the 10-episode sophomore season which is set to debut in the early summer of 2021.
McCraney serves as executive producer alongside showrunner Dee Harris-Lawrence who serves as showrunner. Mike Kelley and Melissa Loy also executive produce under their production banner Page Fright.
Tony Plana, Brittany S. Hall, Erica Luttrell, Zsané Jhé, Bobbi Baker, Patrice Arenas, Trinity Cidel, Brandi Huzzie, Rodney Gardiner and Janmarco Santiago have joined David Makes Man which returned to Orlando, Florida and continued production in October. On the directing side, Kiel Adrian Scott (The Bobby Brown Story) is set to return to direct five episodes of the new season while Erica Watson has been tapped to helm the remaining five episodes in the 10-episode sophomore season which is set to debut in the early summer of 2021.
McCraney serves as executive producer alongside showrunner Dee Harris-Lawrence who serves as showrunner. Mike Kelley and Melissa Loy also executive produce under their production banner Page Fright.
- 12/8/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS’ “All Rise” is a courthouse drama that follows the chaotic lives of its judges, prosecutors, and public defenders as they work with bailiffs, clerks, and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles, against the backdrop of a flawed and not always fair legal system. Now in its just-started second season, at the series’ center is newly appointed Judge Lola Carmichael (played by Simone Missick), a highly regarded former deputy district attorney. As the lead and a Black woman, she challenges expectations of what a judge is expected to be, and for her performance Missick channels both her own real life experiences as well as what’s in each script.
“It’s definitely a combination,” she said, singling out the second episode of the current season, titled “Keep Ya Head Up,” in which Judge Carmichael reflects on the angry Black woman trope with a powerful monologue. “That...
“It’s definitely a combination,” she said, singling out the second episode of the current season, titled “Keep Ya Head Up,” in which Judge Carmichael reflects on the angry Black woman trope with a powerful monologue. “That...
- 11/30/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment has promoted manager Josh Goldenberg to partner. Goldenberg has been with the firm for eight years, repping writers and directors in film, TV and theater. He joined after spending seven years as a film executive.
Goldenberg’s list includes showrunners Marja-Lewis Ryan (L Word) and Michael MacLennan (Tiny Pretty Things) and screenwriters Chris Bremner (Bad Boys 3), Brad Caleb Kane (Tokyo Vice), April Prosser (Plus One), and Oscar winners Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz (BlacKkKlansman). He also works with filmmakers Mark Raso (Kodachrome) and Erica Watson (L Word) and playwrights including Rajiv Joseph (Little America).
He began his career as an executive for Mike Karz and then a VP for Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher, before Kaplan and Perrone called him with the idea of management.
“Josh started working with us with no clients, a supply closet for an office, and a desk from Ikea he had...
Goldenberg’s list includes showrunners Marja-Lewis Ryan (L Word) and Michael MacLennan (Tiny Pretty Things) and screenwriters Chris Bremner (Bad Boys 3), Brad Caleb Kane (Tokyo Vice), April Prosser (Plus One), and Oscar winners Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz (BlacKkKlansman). He also works with filmmakers Mark Raso (Kodachrome) and Erica Watson (L Word) and playwrights including Rajiv Joseph (Little America).
He began his career as an executive for Mike Karz and then a VP for Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher, before Kaplan and Perrone called him with the idea of management.
“Josh started working with us with no clients, a supply closet for an office, and a desk from Ikea he had...
- 1/31/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Television has selected seven program fellows for its third annual Diverse Directors Program, which provides opportunities for skilled artists of diverse backgrounds to work with established TV directors on Spt series. The 2016 Program Fellows are: Erica Watson, Abi Corbin, Susan Dynner, Tahir Jetter, Kevin Berlandi, Christine Turner and Jabbar Raisani. Each will be assigned to work on Spt series including The Blacklist, Dr. Ken, The Goldbergs, The Undergroun…...
- 12/7/2016
- Deadline TV
French-American actress Mickaëlle X. Bizet has been cast opposite Lili Taylor and Timothy Hutton on the upcoming third installment of John Ridley's ABC anthology drama series American Crime. Bizet will play Gabrielle Durand, a nanny to Clair Coates (Taylor) and Nicholas Coates (Hutton's) child. Season 3 of the acclaimed drama explores labor issues, economic divides and individual rights in North Carolina. Bizet's U.S. credits include roles in Erica Watson’s acclaimed…...
- 11/17/2016
- Deadline TV
Whether you’re an emerging screenwriter, have already completed a couple of screenplays, or if you just want to know where to start writing your first one, and you live in the Los Angeles area, you’re in real luck. This Saturday, August 9th, stating at 3Pm, the 8th annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair in Los Angeles will host a “Writing for the Industry” panel, which will aid “beginning, advanced and aspiring screenwriters through the steps of writing their first feature length script, getting representation, being staffed on a TV show, pitching to studio executives and more." The panel, which will be moderated by writer/filmmaker Erica Watson...
- 8/6/2014
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Here’s you first look at the trailer for the new short film "Roubado" (Portuguese for “stolen”), made by writer/director Erica Watson, which she says she made because of her “passion to tell stories of the black faces that you don't often get to see on the screen.” Ms. Watson, a Detroit native who is a recent graduate of the Mfa program at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, says that she was inspired to make the film after a chance meeting with a young Afro-Portuguese photographer at Cannes, 3 years ago, where the film was shot (as well as in Los Angeles), and was entirely funded through a Kickstarter campaign, for which they raised considerably more than what was...
- 7/24/2014
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
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