Broadway’s upcoming Macbeth, starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, has completed its cast, with Hadestown‘s Amber Gray, Billions‘ Asia Kate Dillon and Phillip James Brannon from M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant among those joining the production.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDaniel MacDonald, the creator known online as Daniel Mac who shot to fame on TikTok by asking luxury auto owners and celebrities “What do you do for a living?”, has signed with CAA for representation.MacDonald is one of the largest automotive and entrepreneurial content creators on TikTok, having amassed an audience of more than 12.4 million followers just one year after joining the platform. He has a 1.6 million followers on Instagram, 1.3 million subs for his YouTube channel and 1.2 million on Snapchat.Daniel Mac’s most popular videos on YouTube are one in which a “complete stranger” lets him party on the guy’s superyacht (62 million views), followed by a 36-second video in which he walks up to Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, and interrupts Portnoy’s pizza video review (47 million views).
“Excuse me man, what do you do for a living?” MacDonald asks Portnoy, who responds, “What does it look like I’m fuckin’ doing? I eat pizza for a living… every day, on the hour, every fuckin’ day I eat pizza.” (In the video description, MacDonald says, “But on the real I love Dave and Barstool Sports. Man tells it like it is!”)MacDonald’s format has lent itself to buzzworthy global events, such as the launch of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, which attended and filmed content with CEO Richard Branson.
He also was at the premiere of Universal Pictures’ “Fast 9,” shooting content with CAA clients Helen Mirren and Sung Kang. Last year, MacDonald attended and shot content at the first-ever Formula 1 Grand Prix in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.CAA said it has closed deals for MacDonald with brands including Chevy, Bugatti, Gillette, Activision, Amazon, Epic Games, Xbox, UPS and most recently Formula 1.
.Broadway’s upcoming Macbeth, starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, has completed its cast, with Hadestown‘s Amber Gray, Billions‘ Asia Kate Dillon and Phillip James Brannon from M. Night Shyamalan’s Servant among those joining the production.
EXCLUSIVE: Emerging filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, whose narrative feature debut We’re All Going to the World’s Fair premiered in the NEXT section of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, has signed with CAA for representation.
Another cutie for Quentin Tarantino! The filmmaker’s wife, Daniella Pick, is pregnant with their second baby.
Sheffield to star in the critically-acclaimed show The Play What I Wrote. The play, which sold out every show during its West End run, will be showing at the Lyceum Theatre from Monday, February 28 – Saturday, March 5. Famed for delighting critics and audiences alike, the show has a special twist: every performance features a mystery guest star.
Manori Ravindran International Editor“Kim’s Convenience” star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee has set up his next project.The Canadian actor, who played Appa on the CBC comedy over five seasons, is set to host “Fandemonium,” a new series delving into the sub-cultures of makers, artists and collectors inspired by franchises such as Star Wars, Ghostbusters and Nintendo.The show is in development at Great Pacific Media, the factual production company owned by Vancouver’s Thunderbird Entertainment Group, who also produced “Kim’s Convenience.”“‘Fandemonium’ will bring to the forefront the creative enthusiasts who have turned their love of pop culture into something spectacular,” said David Way, president of Great Pacific Media. “Hosted by the acclaimed actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, who is a die-hard fan himself, the series will showcase all the creativity and community that a fictional world can create, from a fan-built, one-of-a-kind custom pinball machine to the mechanic who makes screen-accurate movie car replicas to the YouTubers turning fictional movie props into reality.” Lee will investigate different fandoms in each episode, highlighting everything from rare collectables to long-lost props and outrageous fan builds — all while meeting the people behind them.“‘Fandemonium’ is a passion project made for the fans, about the fans, by a fan,” says Lee.
Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank has returned to filming on the cobbles after months off.
EXCLUSIVE: After teaming in the Disney/Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Michelle Yeoh is set to top an international cast for the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed Disney+ fantastical series American Born Chinese. She will star alongside Ben Wang (MacGyver), Yeo Yann Yann (Wet Season), Chin Han (Mortal Kombat), Daniel Wu (Reminiscence), Ke Huy Quan (Finding Ohana), former Taekwondo champion Jim Liu and Sydney Taylor (Just Add Magic).
Daniel Craig may be done with James Bond, but his next franchise is well and truly already established. Having portrayed Detective Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson's Knives Out, the No Time To Die star returns for another murder mystery as the Southern gentlemen. Untitled Knives Out 2 was shot on the Greek island of Spetses last summer and sees the former 007 opposite an amazing cast just like last time.
Daniel Ek is opening up about the controversy surrounding Spotify in a conference call which announced new quarterly numbers.
EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Peretti, the comedian, actress and writer best known for her role as Gina Linetti on the hit comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has signed with CAA for representation.
EXCLUSIVE: Frances Haugen, who last year revealed herself as the Facebook whistleblower and testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, has signed with CAA.
Danniella Westbrook has assured EastEnders fans there will be as many bombshells in her next autobiography as there are on an average week in Albert Square. The actress tweeted a teaser of what fans can expect in her new book on Sunday 30 January, after threatening to take legal action against the BBC soap after she was snubbed for the revival role of Sam Mitchell. Actress Kim Medcalf, who played Sam from 2002 to 2005, has been chosen as the Sam that will return to Albert Square.
Matt Smith and Morfydd Clark are already set to be part of the casts of two of the biggest TV series of 2022. Smith is one of the stars of HBO’s first “Game of Thrones” spinoff, “House of the Dragons.” Clark, on the other hand, is part of the cast of Amazon’s highly anticipated “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” And now, they’re set to cross paths in the new horror film, “Starve Acre.” READ MORE: Matt Smith Says His Scrapped ‘Rise Of Skywalker’ Role Was “Transformative” & Would Have Meant “A Shift In The History of The Franchise” According to THR, Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith are set to lead the cast of “Starve Acre,” a new horror film from director Daniel Kokotajlo.
EXCLUSIVE: Jenny Slate has signed with CAA for representation.
Josh Duhamel has been tapped to star opposite Lauren Graham in the second season of Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.
EXCLUSIVE: Carlota Pereda, the writer-director whose debut feature Piggy (Cerdita) makes its world premiere tonight in the Midnight Section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, has signed with CAA.
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Sofía Vergara has signed with CAA. Vergara is best known for her role in the five-time Emmy-winning comedy series Modern Family, which ran on ABC for 11 seasons. She stars in the titular role of the upcoming Netflix limited drama series Griselda, chronicling the real life of savvy and ambitious Colombian business woman, Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history. Vergara has developed the series over eight years and executive produces with Luis Balaguer through Latin World Entertainment (LWE), an entertainment and media company they founded in the 1990’s.
Corbin Bleu is headed home to East High!