Exclusive: Stephanie Moy has joined M88 as manager, bringing with her clients including Damson Idris, Simone Missick, Karena Evans, DeVaughn Nixon (Winning Time), Necar Zadegan, Jes Macallan (Legends of Tomorrow), Cameron Gellman (Stargirl) and Zoe Renee (Master).
“I couldn’t be more excited to join the M88/Macro family. What Phil [Sun] and Charles [King] have built is a testament to their veteran experience, impeccable taste, and forward-thinking philosophy,” said Moy in an exclusive statement to Deadline.
“I’ve known Stephanie since her Luber Roklin days and have always admired her fierce advocacy on behalf of her clients and underrepresented communities,” said Sun, President/Co-Founder, M88. “We are excited to join forces and support her skillset and clients within our ecosystem, continuing our broader mission of uniting and empowering talented executives and artists of color.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join the M88/Macro family. What Phil [Sun] and Charles [King] have built is a testament to their veteran experience, impeccable taste, and forward-thinking philosophy,” said Moy in an exclusive statement to Deadline.
“I’ve known Stephanie since her Luber Roklin days and have always admired her fierce advocacy on behalf of her clients and underrepresented communities,” said Sun, President/Co-Founder, M88. “We are excited to join forces and support her skillset and clients within our ecosystem, continuing our broader mission of uniting and empowering talented executives and artists of color.
- 6/29/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Multi-hyphenate Karena Evans has signed with CAA for representation.
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, the director-actor hit the spotlight in 2018 by starring in the critically acclaimed Firecrackers, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She also directed several of music videos that year for Drake, Coldplay, and Sza.
Since then, Evans helmed the pilot episode of P-Valley, the first two episodes of Gossip Girl, episodes of Snowfall and Y: The Last Man, and, most recently, Dead Ringers.
Evans won Video Director of The Year at the 2019 BET Awards and 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards, where she also took home the Video of The Year Award for her work on Drake’s “God’s Plan.” She won Best Director at the Much Music Video Awards in 2018, and became the first woman ever to be honored with the Prism Prize Lipsett Award for her innovative approach to music videos.
She also...
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, the director-actor hit the spotlight in 2018 by starring in the critically acclaimed Firecrackers, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She also directed several of music videos that year for Drake, Coldplay, and Sza.
Since then, Evans helmed the pilot episode of P-Valley, the first two episodes of Gossip Girl, episodes of Snowfall and Y: The Last Man, and, most recently, Dead Ringers.
Evans won Video Director of The Year at the 2019 BET Awards and 2018 BET Hip-Hop Awards, where she also took home the Video of The Year Award for her work on Drake’s “God’s Plan.” She won Best Director at the Much Music Video Awards in 2018, and became the first woman ever to be honored with the Prism Prize Lipsett Award for her innovative approach to music videos.
She also...
- 6/6/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Eleanor Fanyinka has been cast in a leading role on ABC’s pilot “Epic,” marking the first actor to sign on to the project from “Once Upon a Time” creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis.
The potential show is described as “a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairy tales for a new audience.” Fanyinka has joined the pilot in the role of The Seer, a mysterious and playful figure who can lead you down the path of true love.
Hororwitz and Kitsis, who most recently reteamed to reboot Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” at Apple TV+, are executive producing “Epic.” Brigitte Hales, a veteran of “Once Upon a Time” and Hulu’s “11.22.63,” is writing the pilot and executive producing as well.
The project is being produced by ABC Signature.
Hororwitz and Kitsis’ “Once Upon a Time” ran on ABC for seven seasons, from 2011 to 2018. The show, which centered around...
The potential show is described as “a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairy tales for a new audience.” Fanyinka has joined the pilot in the role of The Seer, a mysterious and playful figure who can lead you down the path of true love.
Hororwitz and Kitsis, who most recently reteamed to reboot Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories” at Apple TV+, are executive producing “Epic.” Brigitte Hales, a veteran of “Once Upon a Time” and Hulu’s “11.22.63,” is writing the pilot and executive producing as well.
The project is being produced by ABC Signature.
Hororwitz and Kitsis’ “Once Upon a Time” ran on ABC for seven seasons, from 2011 to 2018. The show, which centered around...
- 3/22/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Eleanor Fanyinka has been cast as a lead in ABC’s drama pilot Epic. From the creators of Once Upon a Time, Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, Epic is described as a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairy tales for a new audience.
Fanyinka, the first actor cast in the project, will play The Seer, a mysterious and playful figure who can lead you down the path of true love.
Epic was written by former Once Upon a Time scribe Brigitte Hales, who executive produces with Horowitz and Kitsis. ABC Signature is the studio.
2021 ABC Pilots & Series Orders
Fanyinka recently completed an arc as Rachel on Netflix’s upcoming series Sandman, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s popular comic books. She was a series regular on BBC’s Holby City and guest-starred/recurred on ITV’s Endeavour and Midsomer Murders, BBC’s Shakespeare and Hathaway and Death In Paradise,...
Fanyinka, the first actor cast in the project, will play The Seer, a mysterious and playful figure who can lead you down the path of true love.
Epic was written by former Once Upon a Time scribe Brigitte Hales, who executive produces with Horowitz and Kitsis. ABC Signature is the studio.
2021 ABC Pilots & Series Orders
Fanyinka recently completed an arc as Rachel on Netflix’s upcoming series Sandman, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s popular comic books. She was a series regular on BBC’s Holby City and guest-starred/recurred on ITV’s Endeavour and Midsomer Murders, BBC’s Shakespeare and Hathaway and Death In Paradise,...
- 3/22/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Damson Idris, star of FX’s critically acclaimed drama series Snowfall, has signed with CAA.
Idris portrays Franklin Saint in Snowfall, the drama about the start of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles, which is heading into its fourth season on FX.
Idris can also be seen as the star of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s film Farming, opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Kate Beckinsale, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. For his performance, Idris won the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film, as well as the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film.
Idris has previously guest-starred in episodes of Netflix’s Black Mirror and the anthology series, The Twilight Zone, hosted by Jordan Peele.
Idris can next be seen in the upcoming Netflix film Outside the Wire, starring alongside Anthony Mackie this fall.
Idris continues to be repped...
Idris portrays Franklin Saint in Snowfall, the drama about the start of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles, which is heading into its fourth season on FX.
Idris can also be seen as the star of Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s film Farming, opposite Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Kate Beckinsale, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. For his performance, Idris won the Edinburgh International Film Festival’s Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film, as well as the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film.
Idris has previously guest-starred in episodes of Netflix’s Black Mirror and the anthology series, The Twilight Zone, hosted by Jordan Peele.
Idris can next be seen in the upcoming Netflix film Outside the Wire, starring alongside Anthony Mackie this fall.
Idris continues to be repped...
- 6/23/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Wme has signed director, actor, and writer Karena Evans and will work to expand her business in all areas including film, television and non-scripted.
Evans is a protege of SuperFly’s Director X and is best known as a music video director, helming high profile videos. She worked with Drake on his videos for “God’s Plan” and the star-studded “Nice For What” which featured A-listers Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Rashida Jones,Tracee Ellis Ross, Misty Copland, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Yara Shahidi, Letitia Wright and more. She also directed Sza’s music video, “Garden,” featuring Donald Glover.
She is the first female recipient of the Prism Prize’s, Lipsett Award and worked on a Nike Air Max campaign influenced by the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
Evans is managed by Poprock and Daniel Birnbaum in Canada. Stateside, she is managed by Stephanie Moy at Elevate.
Evans is a protege of SuperFly’s Director X and is best known as a music video director, helming high profile videos. She worked with Drake on his videos for “God’s Plan” and the star-studded “Nice For What” which featured A-listers Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Rashida Jones,Tracee Ellis Ross, Misty Copland, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Yara Shahidi, Letitia Wright and more. She also directed Sza’s music video, “Garden,” featuring Donald Glover.
She is the first female recipient of the Prism Prize’s, Lipsett Award and worked on a Nike Air Max campaign influenced by the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
Evans is managed by Poprock and Daniel Birnbaum in Canada. Stateside, she is managed by Stephanie Moy at Elevate.
- 5/23/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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