'(In)Visible Portraits' Filmmaker Oge Egbuonu Signs With Sugar23 (Exclusive)

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed James Reed, the co-writer and director behind My Octopus Teacher, Netflix’s first original documentary from South Africa that is up for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. It follows Foster as he free-dives in a cold underwater kelp forest in South Africa and develops a relationship with a wild common octopus and documents a year in the unusual friendship.

Hip-hop artist 2 Chainz, who released his sixth studio album in November, has signed with APA for representation in all areas. The artist, whose name is Tauheed Epps, was previously at WME.2 Chainz’ debut album,Based on a T.R.U.

Actor Dylan Sprayberry has signed for representation with M88 in all areas. Sprayberry is best known for playing Liam Dunbar’ in MTV's Teen Wolf supernatural drama from its fourth season and portrayed the young Clark Kent in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel movie for Warner Bros- DC Universe.

CAA has signed prolific social media content producer Dhar Mann for representation in all areas. Mann as a writer and producer of inspirational content has 40 million social media followers and more than 16 billion views.

Adnan Virk, a Canadian sports broadcaster whose nine-year run at ESPN ended abruptly in 2019, is reuniting with ex-colleagues Dan Le Batard and John Skipper at Meadowlark Media.

New York Times bestselling author and artistAkwaeke Emezi has signed with Verve. Emezi’s firstnovel Freshwateris currently in development to be adapted as an FX series with Emezi writing and executive producing alongside Verve client Tamara P.

WME has signed chef and TV personality Matty Matheson. Matheson, who had been previously repped by UTA, made a name as the host of Vice’s food and travel show Dead Set on Life, regularly appeared on Vice's Munchies series and hosted Viceland's It's Suppertime! As he pivots to self-produced web series, his YouTube channel includes the 12-part show Just A Dash and Home Style Cookery series.

Frankie Jonas is following in his brothers' footsteps. The youngest Jonas has signed with UTA, the agency that represents his siblings Nick, Joe and Kevin.

UTA has signed social media and YouTube influencer Nailea Devora in all areas. Devora has secured over 9 million followers across social media accounts, including on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

EXCLUSIVE: Emory Cohen, who co-starred with Brit Marling in Netflix’s mystery drama series The OA and opposite Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn, has signed with ICM Partners.

EXCLUSIVE: Cavalry Media has inked Thom Zimny, filmmaker and longtime collaborator of 20-time Grammy winner Bruce Springsteen.

Peter Berg, the filmmaker behindDeepwater Horizon, Hancock, and Friday Night Lights,and his banner Film 44 have signed a first-look deal at Netflix to produce and direct live-action films and series. The pact comes just over a year after his last feature directorial effort, the action thriller Spenser Confidential, debuted on the streamer and become one of the company’s biggest hits of last year.

Angelique Jackson “Minari” star Alan S. Kim has already captured audiences and critics’ hearts, and now the young star has landed new agents.The eight-year-old has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.Kim earned rave reviews for his breakout performance as David Yi in Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” which has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture.

Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM) has selected the recipients of the very first BGDM Sustainable Artist Grants and the BGDM Black Directors Grants which will further support and sustain some of the most vital, distinctive voices in documentary today.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBritish singer, songwriter and actor ARLO has signed with Arista Records, the U.S. label owned by Sony Music Entertainment.London-based ARLO will release new music this year with Arista.

Director, writer and actor Matt Ross has signed with CAA. Ross will direct and executive produce Starz’s upcoming Watergate anthology series Gaslit, which stars Julia Roberts and Sean Penn.

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One of the stars of NBC's Young Rock is getting noticed. Bradley Constant, who plays a teenage Dwayne Johnson in the biographical series, has signed withBuchwald.

Tracy Oliver, the writer behind “Girls Trip,” “Little” and “The Sun Is Also a Star,” has signed an overall deal with Apple.Apple landed the multiyear deal with Oliver in a competitive bidding situation. The deal will span original TV series and films, all through Oliver’s Tracy Yvonne Productions banner.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorElsa Majimbo, comedian and social-media phenom, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.A native of Kenya, Majimbo attracted worldwide attention during last year’s COVID-19 lockdowns with her funny, pared-down Instagram monologues — coupled with her contagious laugh, tiny sunglasses and predilection for potato crisps (which Americans call “chips”).