Julia Garner is going into business with Tomorrow Studios. The Ozark star — who formed Alma Margo with producing partner Rowan Riley — has signed a first-look deal with the company founded by CEO Marty Adelstein.
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EXCLUSIVE: WME has inked Daryl McCormack, the star of critically acclaimed Good Luck to You, Leo Grande which made its world premiere at Sundance in January and was scooped up by Searchlight for $7.5M.
In the Sophie Hyde-directed movie, McCormack plays a sex worker hired by Thompson’s character, a widow yearning for some adventure, human connection and good sex after a stale but stable marriage.
McCormack can currently be seen on Amazon’s fantasy drama The Wheel of Time opposite Rosamund Pike. On the series, McCormack plays Aram, a handsome young man who lures men and women into his community of traveling nomads through the art of seduction.
The actor has a recurring role on the BBC 2/ Netflix series Peaky Blinders as Isiah Jesus. He also stars on Channel 4’s I Am Maria opposite award-winning actress Lesley Manville and starred in Stephen Frears’ A Very English Scandal! opposite Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw for BBC One.
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Additional credits include the feature film Pixie opposite Olivia Cooke and Ben Hardy and Michael Grandage’s production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre.
McCormack was recently selected as one of Screen International’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow,’ which highlights the most promising actors in the U.K. and Ireland.
He continues to be represented by Christian Hodell and Alexander Cooke at Hamilton Hodell and Peter McGrath at Echo Lake.
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Julia Garner is going into business with Tomorrow Studios. The Ozark star — who formed Alma Margo with producing partner Rowan Riley — has signed a first-look deal with the company founded by CEO Marty Adelstein.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterJulia Garner has signed a first-look television deal with Tomorrow Studios, Variety has learned.Under the deal, Garner and her producing partner, Rowan Riley, will develop scripted series via their Alma Margo production company for Tomorrow Studios, an ITV partnership.“Above all else, Alma Margo is looking for bold and original content, so we thought it only natural to partner with a studio that also fits that description,” said Garner and Riley. “We are incredibly proud to be working with Tomorrow Studios who exhibit every quality that we’re looking for in a partner: intelligence, drive, experience and passion.”Garner is perhaps best known for her role in the critically-acclaimed Netflix series “Ozark,” which will release the second half of its fourth and final season in April.
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Angelique Jackson Searchlight Pictures has set summer release dates for “Fire Island,” “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” and “Not Okay.”All three films will stream exclusively as Hulu Originals in the U.S. with “Fire Island” and “Not Okay” streaming internationally on Disney Plus as Star Originals.
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