Agencies
WME: Oscar nominee Michelle Williams recently made the move from CAA to WME. At CAA she was with Hylda Queally, who reps superstar actresses like as Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet and Jessica Chastain. Williams is still repped by Bloom Hergott. She stars in Suite Francaise next.
Equitable Stewardship for Artists: Clark Mathis has signed with Equitable Stewardship for Artists. He has worked as D.P. and director on HBO’s previous incarnation of The Comeback, as well as NBC’s Grimm.
UTA: Director Mark Pellington has re-signed with UTA, and is on board to helm TNT's untitled cocaine drama pilot. He will direct the pilot and serve as an exec producer. Pellington left UTA for CAA last year. He's also repped by 3 Arts and Gang Tyre.
Gersh: Sinbad has signed with Gersh from APA. His recent stand-up special, Make Me Wanna Holla, premiered earlier this year on Comedy Central.
UTA: Parks and Recreation executive producer Dean Holland has signed with UTA. He also directs Parks and Rec, as well as episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Office, and he won an editing Emmy for The Office in 2007.
ICM Partners: Heida Reed, who will next be seen in BBC/Masterpiece drama series Poldark, has signed with ICM Partners. The Icelandic actress has appeared in TF1’s Paris-set crime series Jo opposite Jean Reno, Silent Witness, and the Anne Hathaway film One Day.
WME: South Korean writer and director Bong Joon-ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) has signed with WME. Bong was previously with CAA.
ICM Partners: Psych star James Roday has signed with ICM. He is most known for playing the lead on the USA crime dramedy created by Steve Franks.
UTA: The agency has signed Joshua Oppenheimer, who directed the acclaimed, award-winning documentary The Act Of Killing. His next release is the follow up doc The Look of Silence.
WME: Wiz Khalifa has signed with WME. The rapper’s most recent album is Blacc Hollywood, and he kicks off the Blacc Hollywood Big Secret Tour this month. Khalifa rose to stardom with his single “Black and Yellow.”
ICM: Elementary star Lucy Liu has signed with ICM Partners from UTA. Liu plays Dr. Joan Watson on the CBS crime procedural Sherlock. Pastseries credits include Ally McBeal, Cashmere Mafia, Dirty Sexy Money and Southland.
WME: Linda Woolverton has signed with WME. The go-to fairy tale scribe (Maleficent, Alice In Wonderland) has the Alice in Wonderland sequel now in production, and the 2D animated Disney classics Beauty And The Beast and The Lion King. She’s writing the TV pilot Clan Of The Cave Bear, and has written two YA books.
Management Companies
Inspire Entertainment: Jessica McNamee, star of the USA Network comedy Sirens, has signed with Inspire. She is shooting the second season and she played the sister of Rachel McAdams' character in The Vow. She made her film debut in Sean Byrne's The Loved Ones.