CAA: Writer-director Stella Meghie has signed with the agency for representation in all areas. Her first feature Jean Of The Joneses premiered in the Narrative Spotlight section at SXSW this year. The film starts when chaos ensues after the estranged patriarch of the Jones family dies on their doorstep. When the paramedic who answers their 911 call tries to win over acerbic Jean Jones, his attempts are disrupted by old conflicts that come to a boil at the funeral. Meghie also is developing a pilot at Warner Bros. with John Wells Productions.
UTA: Author, attorney and legal analyst Marcia Clark has shifted from CAA to UTA for film and television representation. The lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson case is also the author of The New York Times No. 1 best-seller Without a Doubt (about the Simpson case) along with best-selling legal thrillers in the Rachel Knight series, including The Competition, Killer Ambition, Guilt by Degrees and Guilt by Association.
Abrams: Actor William Forsythe has signed with the agency. He’s a veteran actor with credits that include Raising Arizona, Once Upon a Time in America and The Rock. Recently he played Manny Horvitz (the butcher) on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and appeared on Hawaii Five-0 and Daredevil.
UTA: 13-time Oscar nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins and his partner James Ellis Deakins have shifted from ICM to UTA. They are currently in pre-production on the Blade Runner sequel that Denis Villenueve is directing with Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling starring.
ICM: Actor Alex Pettyfer has signed with ICM Partners. His previous films include I Am Number Four, Magic Mike, Beastly, Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Endless Love. Pettyfer will next be seen in the Liza Johnson-directed historical comedy Elvis & Nixon, which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Buffalo 8: Actress Saycon Sengbloh has signed with Steven Adams of Buffalo 8 Management. She stars alongside Lupita Nyong’o in Broadway’s Eclipsed where she plays Number One of the captive “wives”. Previously, she also has appeared onstage in Motown: The Musical, Hair, The Color Purple, Wicked and Aida. She’ll also soon be seen onscreen in the crime drama The Night Of for HBO and in the indie film Double Play.
ICM: Actor Dean S. Jagger has signed with ICM Partners. He is soon to be seen on the upcoming sixth season of HBO’s Game of Thrones Smalljon Umber, son of Greatjon. He is currently shooting Brightlight Pictures and Lighthouse Pictures’ action movie Scorched Earth with Gina Carano and John Hannah directed by Sliding Doors’ Peter Howitt.