Daniel J. Mertzlufft, TikTok Musical Star, Signs With CAA, Kraft-Engel Management (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaFilmmaker Maisie Crow was visiting a Texas high school to speak to students in a video production class about her career behind the camera when she saw something shocking. A group of teenagers were making their way through the hallways, SWAT team style, brandishing red plastic guns.“I was taken aback,” says Crow.

EXCLUSIVE: Producer and director Seth Porges (Class Action Park) has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.

telling the BBC: “I was a postman on Friday. Now I have just signed to the biggest record label in the world”.A version of ‘The Wellerman’ by The Longest Johns is already sitting at number 37 in the latest UK singles chart.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAaron Ryder, the Oscar-nominated producer of “Arrival,” is launching a new production company, Ryder Picture Company. In addition, the Ryder Picture Company has entered into a first-look feature film deal with MGM.In an interview with Variety, Ryder said the deal with MGM came about because of his friendship with the film group’s chairman, Michael De Luca.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaPeter J. Nygard and Louis Bacon were two of the world’s richest men, who also happened to be neighbors in a posh corner of the Bahamas.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed actress Alexandra Shipp.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMTV Documentary Films will make “76 Days,” a look at the frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, available for free beginning on January 23. The film is being offered gratis in recognition of the one-year anniversary of the start of the coronavirus lockdown in the Chinese city considered to be the early epicenter of a disease that has upended life.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe filmmakers behind “Tiger” and “Fed Up” are teaming with the producer of “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” on a new investigative documentary into food safety.Entitled “Poisoned,” the film will be directed by Stephanie Soechtig and executive produced by Jeff Benedict and produced by Ross Dinerstein’s Campfire. It will be based on Benedict’s book, “Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThink Jam will undergo a global restructuring, one that will consolidate the leadership of the entertainment marketing agency’s operations under current U.S agency heads Stella Ferguson and Louise Brennand. As part of the overhaul, Think Jam is embracing an office-less business model and a “work from anywhere” approach.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAbramorama has acquired North American theatrical and digital distribution rights for Maya Zinshtein’s “‘Til Kingdom Come.”The documentary pulls back the curtain on the bond between Jews and evangelical Christians in the U.S. and Israel.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media1091 Pictures has acquired worldwide and digital broadcast rights to “Tazmanian Devil,” the story of a Nigerian man who experiences culture shock when he comes to the U.S. to attend college.The film marks the feature-length directorial debut by Solomon Onita Jr.

Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield bring their immense talent to Shaka King’s new film, “Judas And The Black Messiah”.

Since its premiere on New Year’s Day, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical has raised a record-breaking total of $2 million to benefit The Actors Fund, making it the most successful fundraiser in the organization’s history. In its opening weekend, the musical initially raised $1 million in ticket sales for The Actors Fund, with over 200,000 tickets sold.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBlack Bear Pictures and Plan B Entertainment have acquired the feature film rights to Richard Powers’ upcoming novel, “Bewilderment,” in a highly competitive situation.There were multiple bidders circling the project, a degree of interest that’s probably due to the fact that Powers’ previous novel, “The Overstory,” won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and was critically adored.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian actress Madeleine Madden, known for her work in Amazon’s Picnic At Hanging Rock and soon-to-be-seen in a starring role in The Wheel of Time, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.

“Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” debuted online Friday for a three-day streaming run and immediately racked up more than $1 million in ticket sales.“You did it! You raised over $1 million to benefit @TheActorsFund!” the musical’s Twitter account tweeted on New Year’s Day.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIn March, Brian Stokes Mitchell was just four days away from performing a concert at New York’s City Center when the pandemic forced theaters to close. All the other jobs that Mitchell, who won a Tony in 2000 for his performance in “Kiss Me Kate,” had lined up for the year also vanished.

Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical is a hit!

To help kick off the new year,Tituss Burgess, Andrew Barth Feldman, Ashley Park and more stars of the screen and stage sang of Parisian cooking and one rat's dream to be a culinary iconinthe virtual benefit performanceRatatouille: The TikTok Musical.

Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, a virtual Broadway performance crowdsourced and organised via social media, has raised more than $1 million (£730,000) in premiere night ticket sales in support of The Actors Fund.The production began life as a viral TikTok video about a musical adaptation of the 2007 Disney/Pixar film, eventually expanding into a genuine full-scale performance that premiered on New Year’s Day – starring the likes of Titus Burgess, Wayne Brady, Adam Lambert, and Ashley Park.The