CAA Signs Oscar-Winning Composer Hans Zimmer

Haley Bosselman editor“Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Chu sees his error in casting brown actors in subservient roles.While promoting his new film “In the Heights,” Chu told Insider that he should have made the South Asian characters in “Crazy Rich Asians” “more human” and that he “totally gets” the criticism.The 2018 rom-com hit centers on the relationship between Chinese American professor Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) and history professor Nick Young (Henry Golding).

The buzz around “In The Heights” has been building for a year. Warner Bros.’ crowd-pleasing movie musical that helped Jon M.

Spike Spiegel, Jet Black and Faye Valentine will return to space and screen for Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop live action series later this year.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaCAA has signed filmmaker Karen Cinorre, who made her debut with the action fantasy film “May.”The film, which Cinorre also wrote and produced, was recently acquired by Magnolia Pictures. The indie studio recently announced that it plans to release “Mayday” this fall.“Mayday” premiered in the U.S.

Mariah Carey has landed at Range Media Partners for management, sources said. The company declined comment.

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning filmmaker Brenda Chapman has signed with Range Media Partners.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed writer and director Max Barbakow. Barbakow most recently directed Palm Springs, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, which broke the record for the largest sale in Sundance history when it was acquired by NEON and Hulu at the 2020 film festival.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterStacey Sher has signed an overall deal with FX Productions.“It’s been a great privilege for me and the whole FX team to work with Stacey as an executive producer, and I’m grateful that she will continue to call FX her home,” said John Landgraf, chairman of FX. “Stacey’s track record of success speaks for itself.

Jerome Hellman, the producer of landmark films such as Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home has died. The Oscar winner’s wife, Elizabeth Empleton Hellman, confirmed Hellman’s May 26 passing saying simply, “we will miss him terribly.” He was 92.

While Queen Elizabeth reportedly did give Prince Harry the go-ahead for his Apple TV+ series, she apparently didn’t expect him to trash talk the entire royal family in it!

EXCLUSIVE: Commercial production and management company, Spark & Riot has inked Justin Baldoni for director representation. The Five Feet Apart filmmaker will continue to be repped by WME in all other areas as well.

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-producer-playwright Laura Jacqmin (One Piece) has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.

Antonio Ferme editorTikTok creator Victoria Paris has signed with Range Media Partners in all areas.After creating a TikTok account on a whim as a way to drive traffic to her Depop store, Paris gained over 800,000 followers in her first four months on the platform. Considered one of the fastest-growing content creators on TikTok with over one million followers, Paris earns an average of 1.1 million likes on her posts per day.

Writer and director Travon Free, who won the 2021 Oscar for Best Live-Action Short with “Two Distant Strangers”, makes an in-studio appearance on Tuesday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorOscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer has signed with CAA in all areas worldwide.

Famed photographer Chi Modu has died. The artist, who captured iconic shots of Tupac and many more, was 54.