Gear up for an adrenaline-fueled showdown in the rugged landscapes of Scotland with Season 3 Episode 1 of “Ed Stafford: First Man Out”! Set your alarms for 6:00 Am this Friday, April 26, as Discovery takes viewers on an epic journey of survival and competition.
In this highly anticipated episode, renowned adventurer Ed Stafford invites ultramarathon runner Matt Graham to join him once again, this time in the challenging terrain of Scotland. After being left in the dust by Matt during their previous encounter in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Ed is determined to reclaim his pride and emerge victorious in this ultimate test of endurance and skill.
As the two formidable competitors navigate the unforgiving Scottish wilderness, viewers will be on the edge of their seats, witnessing every twist and turn of their epic battle. With breathtaking scenery and heart-pounding challenges, this episode promises to be an exhilarating adventure from start to finish.
In this highly anticipated episode, renowned adventurer Ed Stafford invites ultramarathon runner Matt Graham to join him once again, this time in the challenging terrain of Scotland. After being left in the dust by Matt during their previous encounter in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, Ed is determined to reclaim his pride and emerge victorious in this ultimate test of endurance and skill.
As the two formidable competitors navigate the unforgiving Scottish wilderness, viewers will be on the edge of their seats, witnessing every twist and turn of their epic battle. With breathtaking scenery and heart-pounding challenges, this episode promises to be an exhilarating adventure from start to finish.
- 4/19/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Range Media Partners on Wednesday announced its hiring of William Lowery and Shawn McSpadden, a pair of Nashville-based music industry veterans who will help it broaden the reach of label Range Music while continuing to work out of the Tennessee capital.
Lowery will serve as SVP of Partnerships and Business Development, focusing on business development ventures and content opportunities, with McSpadden to help grow the company’s already robust music division, talent roster and shared services department as Range Nashville’s first Managing Partner.
“I have known Will for years and we were always circling similar ideas. I am thrilled to have him join our team at Range to help identify IP and talent that can plug into our wider business opportunities and content plays,” said Matt Graham, who co-founded Range Media Partners and is a founding partner at Range Music. “Shawn is a newer relationship, but I knew immediately...
Lowery will serve as SVP of Partnerships and Business Development, focusing on business development ventures and content opportunities, with McSpadden to help grow the company’s already robust music division, talent roster and shared services department as Range Nashville’s first Managing Partner.
“I have known Will for years and we were always circling similar ideas. I am thrilled to have him join our team at Range to help identify IP and talent that can plug into our wider business opportunities and content plays,” said Matt Graham, who co-founded Range Media Partners and is a founding partner at Range Music. “Shawn is a newer relationship, but I knew immediately...
- 8/30/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Prolific TV director Jessica Lowrey has inked with Range Media Partners for management. The signing comes at a pivotal moment in her career, as she looks to expand into features, while mounting TV pilots.
Lowrey is perhaps best known for directing episodes of such series as Starz’s Heels, AMC’s Fear the Walking, USA Network’s Briarpatch, Queen of the South and Shooter, Fox’s The Passage, Paramount Network’s Heathers, and DC Universe/HBO Max’s Doom Patrol, to name a few.
The rising director recently wrapped shooting blocks of HBO’s Perry Mason and Paramount+’s Halo, as well as Prime Video’s Night Sky. Up next for Lowrey is a block of the eight-episode Netflix limited series The Madness, starring Euphoria‘s Colman Domingo. She continues to be represented by WME.
Other recent signings by Range Media Partners that we were first to report on include Academy Award-winning actress,...
Lowrey is perhaps best known for directing episodes of such series as Starz’s Heels, AMC’s Fear the Walking, USA Network’s Briarpatch, Queen of the South and Shooter, Fox’s The Passage, Paramount Network’s Heathers, and DC Universe/HBO Max’s Doom Patrol, to name a few.
The rising director recently wrapped shooting blocks of HBO’s Perry Mason and Paramount+’s Halo, as well as Prime Video’s Night Sky. Up next for Lowrey is a block of the eight-episode Netflix limited series The Madness, starring Euphoria‘s Colman Domingo. She continues to be represented by WME.
Other recent signings by Range Media Partners that we were first to report on include Academy Award-winning actress,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: A+E Studios and Range Media Partners have prevailed in a competitive auction surrounding Swedish crime novelist Christoffer Carlsson’s International bestseller Blaze Me a Sun and its follow-up, Under the Storm, securing film and TV rights to both titles.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of Good Morning America‘s naming of Blaze Me a Sun as its Buzz Pick of the Week. The title, first published in the U.S. by Hogarth Books on January 3, tells the tale of a small town’s collective guilt when a serial killer commits his first murder the same night the prime minister is assassinated. Under the Storm has not yet been published in the U.S., though it’s currently available in Sweden.
“We are delighted to be working with Christoffer to adapt Blaze Me A Sun and Under The Storm,” said Range’s Co-Heads of International, Oliver Riddle & Thomas Daley.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of Good Morning America‘s naming of Blaze Me a Sun as its Buzz Pick of the Week. The title, first published in the U.S. by Hogarth Books on January 3, tells the tale of a small town’s collective guilt when a serial killer commits his first murder the same night the prime minister is assassinated. Under the Storm has not yet been published in the U.S., though it’s currently available in Sweden.
“We are delighted to be working with Christoffer to adapt Blaze Me A Sun and Under The Storm,” said Range’s Co-Heads of International, Oliver Riddle & Thomas Daley.
- 1/13/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed actress, writer and producer Antonia Desplat for management.
Desplat most recently starred opposite Charlie Hunnam in Apple TV+’s series Shantaram, based on the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. Prior television credits include ITV’s The Durrells and Victoria, as well as the Netflix drama The Letter for the King.
Desplat’s most recent big-screen role came as part of the ensemble of Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, which had her appearing alongside Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton. Additional film credits include MGM’s Operation Finale with Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley and Mélanie Laurent, and the French short film Naissance d’une étoile, in which she starred alongside Oscar nominee Catherine Deneuve.
Desplat is best known on the filmmaking side for producing and starring in the short Held for a Moment. The film won her...
Desplat most recently starred opposite Charlie Hunnam in Apple TV+’s series Shantaram, based on the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. Prior television credits include ITV’s The Durrells and Victoria, as well as the Netflix drama The Letter for the King.
Desplat’s most recent big-screen role came as part of the ensemble of Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, which had her appearing alongside Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton. Additional film credits include MGM’s Operation Finale with Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley and Mélanie Laurent, and the French short film Naissance d’une étoile, in which she starred alongside Oscar nominee Catherine Deneuve.
Desplat is best known on the filmmaking side for producing and starring in the short Held for a Moment. The film won her...
- 1/11/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Filmmaker William Brent Bell has signed with Range Media Partners for management in all areas.
Bell is a writer, director and producer who most recently helmed Paramount Players’ Orphan: First Kill, a follow-up to the fan-favorite horror-thriller Orphan, released worldwide by Warner Bros. in 2009. The film picks up with Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) — the Estonian murderer with the appearance of a child — after she orchestrates a brilliant escape from a psychiatric facility, watching as she travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Julia Stiles also stars.
Bell’s feature directorial credits also include the cult classic 2006 horror film Stay Alive; the box office smash The Devil Inside, which he also co-wrote; and the horror Wer, as well as The Boy and its sequel Brahms: The Boy II.
Bell is currently in post-production on his latest feature, Lord of Misrule — a contemporary folk horror starring Tuppence Middleton,...
Bell is a writer, director and producer who most recently helmed Paramount Players’ Orphan: First Kill, a follow-up to the fan-favorite horror-thriller Orphan, released worldwide by Warner Bros. in 2009. The film picks up with Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) — the Estonian murderer with the appearance of a child — after she orchestrates a brilliant escape from a psychiatric facility, watching as she travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. Julia Stiles also stars.
Bell’s feature directorial credits also include the cult classic 2006 horror film Stay Alive; the box office smash The Devil Inside, which he also co-wrote; and the horror Wer, as well as The Boy and its sequel Brahms: The Boy II.
Bell is currently in post-production on his latest feature, Lord of Misrule — a contemporary folk horror starring Tuppence Middleton,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed acclaimed writer and playwright Stacy Osei-Kuffour, who recently became the first Black woman to pen a feature screenplay for Marvel Studios with the upcoming Blade, starring Mahershala Ali as the titular vampire hunter first brought to life on the big screen in 1998 by Wesley Snipes.
Osei-Kuffour won a WGA Award in 2020 as part of the writing staff behind HBO’s Emmy-winning series Watchmen, from creator Damon Lindelof. She was previously nominated for an Emmy in 2019 for her work on the “Anan Ishii Peters” episode of Hulu’s hit comedy series, PEN15.
Additional television credits on Osei-Kuffour’s part include HBO’s Run and Prime Video’s Hunters, as well as the latter service’s upcoming series The Power, which boasts an all-female writers’ room and will star Rob Delaney and Alice Eve.
Before turning to writing, Osei-Kuffour studied acting at New York University’s Stella Adler Studio of Acting,...
Osei-Kuffour won a WGA Award in 2020 as part of the writing staff behind HBO’s Emmy-winning series Watchmen, from creator Damon Lindelof. She was previously nominated for an Emmy in 2019 for her work on the “Anan Ishii Peters” episode of Hulu’s hit comedy series, PEN15.
Additional television credits on Osei-Kuffour’s part include HBO’s Run and Prime Video’s Hunters, as well as the latter service’s upcoming series The Power, which boasts an all-female writers’ room and will star Rob Delaney and Alice Eve.
Before turning to writing, Osei-Kuffour studied acting at New York University’s Stella Adler Studio of Acting,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has hired Thomas Daley as Co-President of their International division based in London.
Daley joins Oliver Riddle as Co-President and the plan is for them to oversee the development and production of the growing U.S. management firm’s international TV and film content.
The division is working with Range clients to option IP, develop material and produce international-skewing projects. In addition to their first look deals with A+E Studios, FilmNation and Anton Capital, the division has 12 projects with UK and European firms in active development.
Daley joins Heather Kadin (President of Scripted TV) and Mark Herwick (President of Unscripted) as the heads Range Studios.
The executive recently left Universal International Studios, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of UK Creative, as Deadline revealed in June. As part of the senior leadership team he worked closely with Carnival Films, Heyday Television, Working Title, Matchbox Pictures and Lark.
Daley joins Oliver Riddle as Co-President and the plan is for them to oversee the development and production of the growing U.S. management firm’s international TV and film content.
The division is working with Range clients to option IP, develop material and produce international-skewing projects. In addition to their first look deals with A+E Studios, FilmNation and Anton Capital, the division has 12 projects with UK and European firms in active development.
Daley joins Heather Kadin (President of Scripted TV) and Mark Herwick (President of Unscripted) as the heads Range Studios.
The executive recently left Universal International Studios, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of UK Creative, as Deadline revealed in June. As part of the senior leadership team he worked closely with Carnival Films, Heyday Television, Working Title, Matchbox Pictures and Lark.
- 9/14/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Networks has renewed the Emmy-nominated short-form series “Cooper’s Bar” for a second season, while Acorn TV — AMC Networks’ streamer devoted to British and international fare — has given a Season 2 renewal to “Harry Wild,” starring and executive produced by Jane Seymour.
Both pickups were announced Wednesday during AMC Networks’ portion of the Television Critics Assn. press tour.
“Cooper’s Bar” is nominated this year at the Emmys for outstanding actress in a short form comedy or drama series, for Rhea Seehorn (who stars and also directed Season 1). According to AMC, the short-form digital series has already generated nearly four million views on a variety of platforms including AMC+, AMC.com, video on demand and the company’s Facebook, Instagram and YouTube feeds, since its spring launch.
“Cooper’s Bar” was developed and pitched by Seehorn and Louis Mustillo (“Mike & Molly”), and followed the tale of a struggling actor who pitched his Tiki Bar...
Both pickups were announced Wednesday during AMC Networks’ portion of the Television Critics Assn. press tour.
“Cooper’s Bar” is nominated this year at the Emmys for outstanding actress in a short form comedy or drama series, for Rhea Seehorn (who stars and also directed Season 1). According to AMC, the short-form digital series has already generated nearly four million views on a variety of platforms including AMC+, AMC.com, video on demand and the company’s Facebook, Instagram and YouTube feeds, since its spring launch.
“Cooper’s Bar” was developed and pitched by Seehorn and Louis Mustillo (“Mike & Molly”), and followed the tale of a struggling actor who pitched his Tiki Bar...
- 8/10/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
It has been nearly two years since a group of the best and brightest young agents and partners told their bosses they were stepping away from their million-dollar salaries to follow former eOne strategy officer and CAA television veteran Peter Micelli and be the founding partners of a new management company, Range Media Partners.
They made their dramatic pivot at the height of industry instability; movie theaters remained closed from Covid, production was slow to rebound as no one was writing Covid policies, and that meant no completion bonds; and studio tentpoles were being unloaded to streamers. The rep business was also in flux, with the WGA bent on eradicating the packages and affiliated productions that had increasingly fueled agency coffers.
So, a consortium of agents from CAA, UTA, WME and other firms, repping such A-listers as Bradley Cooper, Tom Hardy, Keira Knightley, Emilia Clarke and Ramy Youssef, decided to embrace change,...
They made their dramatic pivot at the height of industry instability; movie theaters remained closed from Covid, production was slow to rebound as no one was writing Covid policies, and that meant no completion bonds; and studio tentpoles were being unloaded to streamers. The rep business was also in flux, with the WGA bent on eradicating the packages and affiliated productions that had increasingly fueled agency coffers.
So, a consortium of agents from CAA, UTA, WME and other firms, repping such A-listers as Bradley Cooper, Tom Hardy, Keira Knightley, Emilia Clarke and Ramy Youssef, decided to embrace change,...
- 5/23/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
A+E Networks has taken a minority stake in management and production firm Range Media Partners. No financial details are being disclosed but the stake is believed to be in the high teens percent and the deal in the $50 million ballpark, with Range’s valuation at around $300 million. That is a hefty valuation, especially for a company that is just a year and a half old. It is close to what one of Hollywood biggest, most established management-production companies, 3 Arts, sold for in 2018 after 27 years in the business.
The investment, spearheaded by Paul Buccieri, President & Chairman, A+E Networks, and Range CEO Peter Micelli, will see A+E Studios, A+E Networks’ production arm led by Barry Jossen, become a co-production partner for scripted TV projects emerging from Range. It also gives A+E Networks, which operates the likes of A&e, History and Lifetime, a first-look deal on factual television content...
The investment, spearheaded by Paul Buccieri, President & Chairman, A+E Networks, and Range CEO Peter Micelli, will see A+E Studios, A+E Networks’ production arm led by Barry Jossen, become a co-production partner for scripted TV projects emerging from Range. It also gives A+E Networks, which operates the likes of A&e, History and Lifetime, a first-look deal on factual television content...
- 3/4/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva and Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
A+E Networks has set a broad content production and business development venture with Range Media Partners, the talent management startup that launched 16 months ago by CAA and Entertainment One alum Peter Micelli.
As part of the deal, A+E Networks has taken a minority stake in Range, which has grown quickly with a roster of talent managers and executives, from across film, TV, music, talent representation, production, activism, branded content and venture strategy. A+E Networks is home to cable stalwarts A&e Network, History and Lifetime, the A+E Studios banner and a growing collection of Fast streaming channels.
The deal calls for A+E Studios to serve as Range’s production partner on scripted project. A+E Networks also has a first-look deal with Range for unscripted projects for its networks and production imprints Category 6 Media and Six West Media.
The expansive pact came about in part because the...
As part of the deal, A+E Networks has taken a minority stake in Range, which has grown quickly with a roster of talent managers and executives, from across film, TV, music, talent representation, production, activism, branded content and venture strategy. A+E Networks is home to cable stalwarts A&e Network, History and Lifetime, the A+E Studios banner and a growing collection of Fast streaming channels.
The deal calls for A+E Studios to serve as Range’s production partner on scripted project. A+E Networks also has a first-look deal with Range for unscripted projects for its networks and production imprints Category 6 Media and Six West Media.
The expansive pact came about in part because the...
- 3/4/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Longtime ICM Partners agent Jeff Barry has joined Range Media Partners, where he will head up the company’s international TV department.
He arrives at the management company — founded by a trove of top representatives who defected from the legacy agencies over the past two years — as a partner. He will be tasked with building out numerous Range verticals including literary and scripted studio divisions.
Barry had been with ICM since 2008, where he specialized in helping international writers, directors and actors crossover into Hollywood. Barry is one of many stalwart agents expected to find other gigs as ICM awaits a formal acquisition by CAA.
“If the last few years have taught us anything, it is that the future of television and film is international. There is a strong demand and interest in global content, and for the dynamic creators who tell these stories,” Barry said of the new gig. “Range...
He arrives at the management company — founded by a trove of top representatives who defected from the legacy agencies over the past two years — as a partner. He will be tasked with building out numerous Range verticals including literary and scripted studio divisions.
Barry had been with ICM since 2008, where he specialized in helping international writers, directors and actors crossover into Hollywood. Barry is one of many stalwart agents expected to find other gigs as ICM awaits a formal acquisition by CAA.
“If the last few years have taught us anything, it is that the future of television and film is international. There is a strong demand and interest in global content, and for the dynamic creators who tell these stories,” Barry said of the new gig. “Range...
- 2/7/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has inked Silent Night director and writer Camille Griffin.
The Keira Knightley-Matthew Goode drama horror feature repped Griffin’s feature directorial debut and made its world premiere at Toronto last year.
AMC+ and Rlje Films picked up stateside rights to the movie which follows Nell (Knightley), Simon (Goode), and their son Art who are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die. Roman Griffin Davis and Annabelle Wallis also star and the pic was produced by Marv. Silent Night won Best Screenplay and The Audience Award in the official selection at The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
In addition to Range, Griffin is co-repped with CAA.
Previously, Griffin wrote and directed seven short films that screened at over 20 international film festivals. She originally trained in...
The Keira Knightley-Matthew Goode drama horror feature repped Griffin’s feature directorial debut and made its world premiere at Toronto last year.
AMC+ and Rlje Films picked up stateside rights to the movie which follows Nell (Knightley), Simon (Goode), and their son Art who are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die. Roman Griffin Davis and Annabelle Wallis also star and the pic was produced by Marv. Silent Night won Best Screenplay and The Audience Award in the official selection at The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.
In addition to Range, Griffin is co-repped with CAA.
Previously, Griffin wrote and directed seven short films that screened at over 20 international film festivals. She originally trained in...
- 1/14/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed award-winning screenwriter, director, novelist, cinematographer, and musician S. Craig Zahler, Deadline has learned.
“We are deeply honored to partner with UTA and work with Craig. There’s one Zahler on the planet. And that’s for good reason. He’s a true multi hyphenate. And a singular voice in writing directing and pure creation,” Michael Cooper of Range Media Partners tells Deadline.
Zahler is most widely known as the writer, director, and co-composer for the Independent Spirit Award nominated film Bone Tomahawk starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins. The film was nominated in the categories of Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.
Recently, Zahler wrote and directed Brawl in Cell Block 99, a New York Times Critic’s Pick, starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, and Don Johnson. The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival and went on to critical acclaim.
“We are deeply honored to partner with UTA and work with Craig. There’s one Zahler on the planet. And that’s for good reason. He’s a true multi hyphenate. And a singular voice in writing directing and pure creation,” Michael Cooper of Range Media Partners tells Deadline.
Zahler is most widely known as the writer, director, and co-composer for the Independent Spirit Award nominated film Bone Tomahawk starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins. The film was nominated in the categories of Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.
Recently, Zahler wrote and directed Brawl in Cell Block 99, a New York Times Critic’s Pick, starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, and Don Johnson. The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival and went on to critical acclaim.
- 12/10/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners, which manages stars including Emilia Clarke, Bradley Cooper, Gabrielle Union and Michael Fassbender, is getting into the audio space.
The company has signed a partnership with fast-growing podcast company Audio Up that will include Range helping Audio Up adapt its slate of podcasts, which include Anthony Anderson-fronted Sonic Leap and James Ellroy’s Hollywood Death Trip, for film and television. The deal will also see Audio Up create branded audio content for Range clients.
It is the latest tie-up between a podcast company and a TV/film firm, following the likes of Chernin Entertainment and Spotify signing a first-look deal.
Range will package talent and other content opportunities for Audio Up’s IP and will be designated as the studio or executive producer on all Audio Up projects across film, tv, or non-scripted television series and features.
The two companies have entered into early discussions...
The company has signed a partnership with fast-growing podcast company Audio Up that will include Range helping Audio Up adapt its slate of podcasts, which include Anthony Anderson-fronted Sonic Leap and James Ellroy’s Hollywood Death Trip, for film and television. The deal will also see Audio Up create branded audio content for Range clients.
It is the latest tie-up between a podcast company and a TV/film firm, following the likes of Chernin Entertainment and Spotify signing a first-look deal.
Range will package talent and other content opportunities for Audio Up’s IP and will be designated as the studio or executive producer on all Audio Up projects across film, tv, or non-scripted television series and features.
The two companies have entered into early discussions...
- 10/18/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s “Squid Game’s” world, and we’re just living in it.
That was one takeaway from a wide-ranging conversation held during Rome’s Mia Market on Saturday, as top independent producers met to assess the state of international drama and explore how hit series like Netflix’s Korean phenomenon are rewriting the rules of the game.
From heated competition between new and established streaming platforms to increasingly complicated rights deals to skyrocketing demand for non-English-language content, it’s a landscape that looks unrecognizable from even just a few years ago. Yet that’s opened the door for innovation – and more opportunities than ever before.
“The industry is ripe for disruption,” said Erik Barmack, CEO and founder of Wild Sheep Content. “I do think the room for independent producers is only going to grow.”
The former VP and head of international original series at Netflix helped shape the modern TV business,...
That was one takeaway from a wide-ranging conversation held during Rome’s Mia Market on Saturday, as top independent producers met to assess the state of international drama and explore how hit series like Netflix’s Korean phenomenon are rewriting the rules of the game.
From heated competition between new and established streaming platforms to increasingly complicated rights deals to skyrocketing demand for non-English-language content, it’s a landscape that looks unrecognizable from even just a few years ago. Yet that’s opened the door for innovation – and more opportunities than ever before.
“The industry is ripe for disruption,” said Erik Barmack, CEO and founder of Wild Sheep Content. “I do think the room for independent producers is only going to grow.”
The former VP and head of international original series at Netflix helped shape the modern TV business,...
- 10/17/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Range Media Partners has launched a new international division and hired Oliver Riddle as head of international content.
As head, Riddle will oversee the development and production of Range Media’s international film and television content, with an initial focus on content originating out of Europe. Riddle will join Range manager and producer Caroline Marques in London.
Riddle previously oversaw strategy and operations for Netflix’s international original film team, where he worked closely with David Kosse to build a slate of high-budget European films including Paolo Sorrentino’s “Hand of God.” Prior to his international work, Riddle worked for Netflix’s English language original film team in Los Angeles, providing strategic and financial counsel for Scott Stuber’s feature film slate.
“I’m thrilled to be joining Pete, Rich and the rest of the Range team,” said Riddle. “It was clear from our first conversations that they share my...
As head, Riddle will oversee the development and production of Range Media’s international film and television content, with an initial focus on content originating out of Europe. Riddle will join Range manager and producer Caroline Marques in London.
Riddle previously oversaw strategy and operations for Netflix’s international original film team, where he worked closely with David Kosse to build a slate of high-budget European films including Paolo Sorrentino’s “Hand of God.” Prior to his international work, Riddle worked for Netflix’s English language original film team in Los Angeles, providing strategic and financial counsel for Scott Stuber’s feature film slate.
“I’m thrilled to be joining Pete, Rich and the rest of the Range team,” said Riddle. “It was clear from our first conversations that they share my...
- 10/12/2021
- by Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
Range Media Partners is expanding with the launch of an International Division, and has hired Oliver Riddle to serve as Head of International Content.
In his new role, Riddle will oversee the development and production of the company’s international film and TV content, with an initial focus on that originating in Europe. He will be based in London, working alongside manager and producer Caroline Marques.
“We are thrilled to welcome Oli to Range,” said Founding Partner, Rich Cook. “The globalization of content is undeniable and we’re incredibly excited to launch Range Media International in our continued efforts to embrace voices from around the world and bring their stories to life.”
“I’m thrilled to be joining Pete [Micelli], Rich and the rest of the Range team,” added Riddle. “It was clear from our first conversations that they share my excitement for amplifying international stories to a global audience. They...
In his new role, Riddle will oversee the development and production of the company’s international film and TV content, with an initial focus on that originating in Europe. He will be based in London, working alongside manager and producer Caroline Marques.
“We are thrilled to welcome Oli to Range,” said Founding Partner, Rich Cook. “The globalization of content is undeniable and we’re incredibly excited to launch Range Media International in our continued efforts to embrace voices from around the world and bring their stories to life.”
“I’m thrilled to be joining Pete [Micelli], Rich and the rest of the Range team,” added Riddle. “It was clear from our first conversations that they share my excitement for amplifying international stories to a global audience. They...
- 10/12/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Bert Marcus, founder and CEO of Bert Marcus Productions, has signed with Range Media Partners. Marcus will be represented by a core team consisting of Matt Graham, Cj Cook, Tyler Henry, Ben Grayson and Rich Cook.
“Bert is a creative engine, his mind works at a million miles an hour,” Graham, Range Media Partners’ co-founder and managing partner, said announcing the signing. “He is always finding the most interesting way into a world as a storyteller which is what has made his films so sticky. We believe his creativity, experience and resources are a force multiplier for us on the unscripted side of our business. We are beyond thrilled to collaborate with such a talent.”
Bert Marcus Productions creates and oversees unscripted feature film and television content, while Bert Marcus Film is the company’s scripted feature film and television arm, working toward the company’s overall mission to “craft distinctive,...
“Bert is a creative engine, his mind works at a million miles an hour,” Graham, Range Media Partners’ co-founder and managing partner, said announcing the signing. “He is always finding the most interesting way into a world as a storyteller which is what has made his films so sticky. We believe his creativity, experience and resources are a force multiplier for us on the unscripted side of our business. We are beyond thrilled to collaborate with such a talent.”
Bert Marcus Productions creates and oversees unscripted feature film and television content, while Bert Marcus Film is the company’s scripted feature film and television arm, working toward the company’s overall mission to “craft distinctive,...
- 7/14/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Anna Cobb has inked with Range Media Partners, and has also joined Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All which is currently shooting in the Ohio tri-state area.
The 18-year old New York-based actress won the role after a nationwide search. She broke out earlier this year in the Sundance movie We’re All Going to the World’s Fair which tells the story of Casey, who alone in her attic bedroom, becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Cobb joins the previously announced cast of Bones and All Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Andre Holland, Jessica Harper, Chloe Sevigny, Francesca Scorsese and David Gordon Green. The pic is an adaptation of the Camille DeAngelis novel scripted by Guadagnino’s long-time collaborator David Kajganich.
Utopia is set to release We’re All...
The 18-year old New York-based actress won the role after a nationwide search. She broke out earlier this year in the Sundance movie We’re All Going to the World’s Fair which tells the story of Casey, who alone in her attic bedroom, becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her.
Cobb joins the previously announced cast of Bones and All Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Andre Holland, Jessica Harper, Chloe Sevigny, Francesca Scorsese and David Gordon Green. The pic is an adaptation of the Camille DeAngelis novel scripted by Guadagnino’s long-time collaborator David Kajganich.
Utopia is set to release We’re All...
- 6/24/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Heavy Metal magazine, the influential sci-fi and fantasy publisher, has set a significant intellectual property deal with Range Media Partners.
In partnering with the upstart management company, Heavy Metal hopes to leverage its library for film and TV projects. The publisher is credited as an inspiration behind “Blade Runner” and “The Fifth Element,” and also authored the official “Alien” graphic novel beginning in 1979.
In step with the announcement, Heavy Metal has named Tommy Coriale as president and studio head. Coriale comes from Diga Studios and will oversee development, packaging, deals and production for Heavy Metal. He will serve as executive producer on scripted, unscripted, podcasting and publishing.
“I am still pinching myself that Heavy Metal is the brand I get to help shepherd off the page. Joining forces with Matt and David is a dream come true, and now with Range by our side as both partners and facilitators we are poised to make history,...
In partnering with the upstart management company, Heavy Metal hopes to leverage its library for film and TV projects. The publisher is credited as an inspiration behind “Blade Runner” and “The Fifth Element,” and also authored the official “Alien” graphic novel beginning in 1979.
In step with the announcement, Heavy Metal has named Tommy Coriale as president and studio head. Coriale comes from Diga Studios and will oversee development, packaging, deals and production for Heavy Metal. He will serve as executive producer on scripted, unscripted, podcasting and publishing.
“I am still pinching myself that Heavy Metal is the brand I get to help shepherd off the page. Joining forces with Matt and David is a dream come true, and now with Range by our side as both partners and facilitators we are poised to make history,...
- 4/27/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Three AMC Networks executives are broadening their oversight within the company as the company focuses more of its efforts on streaming.
Courtney Thomasma, most recently the executive director of BBC America, is stepping into the role of general manager of streaming service AMC Plus, reporting to AMC Networks president of SVOD Miguel Penella. In taking on AMC Plus, Thomasma will oversee the platform’s content and audience strategy, brand positioning and business development.
Acorn TV general manager Matt Graham is adding oversight of streaming service Sundance Now to his plate, acting as its general manager, and will now oversee all day-to-day operations and execution of both streamers. He will also continue to report to Penella.
And longtime exec Blake Callaway, executive director of the IFC and SundanceTV television networks, is incorporating oversight of BBC America to his duties as general manager of all three networks. He will work closely with...
Courtney Thomasma, most recently the executive director of BBC America, is stepping into the role of general manager of streaming service AMC Plus, reporting to AMC Networks president of SVOD Miguel Penella. In taking on AMC Plus, Thomasma will oversee the platform’s content and audience strategy, brand positioning and business development.
Acorn TV general manager Matt Graham is adding oversight of streaming service Sundance Now to his plate, acting as its general manager, and will now oversee all day-to-day operations and execution of both streamers. He will also continue to report to Penella.
And longtime exec Blake Callaway, executive director of the IFC and SundanceTV television networks, is incorporating oversight of BBC America to his duties as general manager of all three networks. He will work closely with...
- 4/8/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Networks is shuffling its pack.
The company has named BBC America exec director Courtney Thomasma as general manager of its streaming service AMC+, with Blake Callaway now taking over responsibilities for the Killing Eve broadcaster and Acorn TV boss Matt Graham being given oversight of Sundance Now.
The move gives the company its first real boss of AMC+ with Thomasma working under Miguel Penella, AMC Networks’ President of SVOD. There are no departures as a result of the moves.
Callaway, who is executive director of the IFC and SundanceTV television networks, becomes general manager of BBC America. He will continue to report to AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll. Graham, general manager of Acorn TV will also become general manager of Sundance Now and will continue to report to Penella.
“Courtney, Matt and Blake are accomplished leaders who have all made meaningful contributions to the success of our company, particularly...
The company has named BBC America exec director Courtney Thomasma as general manager of its streaming service AMC+, with Blake Callaway now taking over responsibilities for the Killing Eve broadcaster and Acorn TV boss Matt Graham being given oversight of Sundance Now.
The move gives the company its first real boss of AMC+ with Thomasma working under Miguel Penella, AMC Networks’ President of SVOD. There are no departures as a result of the moves.
Callaway, who is executive director of the IFC and SundanceTV television networks, becomes general manager of BBC America. He will continue to report to AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll. Graham, general manager of Acorn TV will also become general manager of Sundance Now and will continue to report to Penella.
“Courtney, Matt and Blake are accomplished leaders who have all made meaningful contributions to the success of our company, particularly...
- 4/8/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Networks is giving several of its executives expanded responsibilities.
Courtney Thomasma, Matt Graham and Blake Callaway are taking on additional oversight as the company reorients around its suite of targeted SVOD platforms, while maintaining delivery to its cable outlets.
Thomasma will become general manager of AMC+; Acorn TV general manager Graham will add Sundance Now to his purview; and Callaway will be general manager of the Sundance, IFC and BBC America linear networks, adding the latter to his portfolio.
“Courtney, Matt and Blake are accomplished leaders who have all made meaningful contributions to the success of our company,...
Courtney Thomasma, Matt Graham and Blake Callaway are taking on additional oversight as the company reorients around its suite of targeted SVOD platforms, while maintaining delivery to its cable outlets.
Thomasma will become general manager of AMC+; Acorn TV general manager Graham will add Sundance Now to his purview; and Callaway will be general manager of the Sundance, IFC and BBC America linear networks, adding the latter to his portfolio.
“Courtney, Matt and Blake are accomplished leaders who have all made meaningful contributions to the success of our company,...
AMC Networks is giving several of its executives expanded responsibilities.
Courtney Thomasma, Matt Graham and Blake Callaway are taking on additional oversight as the company reorients around its suite of targeted SVOD platforms, while maintaining delivery to its cable outlets.
Thomasma will become general manager of AMC+; Acorn TV general manager Graham will add Sundance Now to his purview; and Callaway will be general manager of the Sundance, IFC and BBC America linear networks, adding the latter to his portfolio.
“Courtney, Matt and Blake are accomplished leaders who have all made meaningful contributions to the success of our company,...
Courtney Thomasma, Matt Graham and Blake Callaway are taking on additional oversight as the company reorients around its suite of targeted SVOD platforms, while maintaining delivery to its cable outlets.
Thomasma will become general manager of AMC+; Acorn TV general manager Graham will add Sundance Now to his purview; and Callaway will be general manager of the Sundance, IFC and BBC America linear networks, adding the latter to his portfolio.
“Courtney, Matt and Blake are accomplished leaders who have all made meaningful contributions to the success of our company,...
Range Media Partners and Legendary Television have teamed to develop and co-finance a series adaptation of the Ken Follett novel “The Evening and the Morning.”
The book is a prequel to Follett’s 1989 novel “The Pillars of the Earth.” It is set in 997 Ce, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder’s life is turned upside down when the only home he’s ever known is raided by Vikings, forcing him and his family to move and start their lives anew in a small hamlet where he does not fit in; A Norman noblewoman marries for love,...
The book is a prequel to Follett’s 1989 novel “The Pillars of the Earth.” It is set in 997 Ce, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder’s life is turned upside down when the only home he’s ever known is raided by Vikings, forcing him and his family to move and start their lives anew in a small hamlet where he does not fit in; A Norman noblewoman marries for love,...
- 3/30/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Aaron and Jordan Kandell , the identical twin brother screenwriters and producers, have signed with Range Media partners.
Operating through the banner Twin Ink, their previous credits include Disney’s award winning animated film “Moana” and the 2018 feature “Adrift,” starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin — helping the duo establish a reputation for world-building around projects inspired by true stories and four-quadrant family fare.
“Institutions don’t matter, relationships do, and for the past decade we have formed an unbreakable bond with Tanya Cohen, a tireless cheerleader and champion who we will follow to the ends of the earth,” the brothers told Variety, referencing the former WME partner who recently moved to Range. “Fortunately this move only required crossing Wilshire. We are honored to be a humble drop in the sea of talent Range Media Partners represents, and excited to join a family of fierce and fearless advocates. Without Rich Cook our...
Operating through the banner Twin Ink, their previous credits include Disney’s award winning animated film “Moana” and the 2018 feature “Adrift,” starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin — helping the duo establish a reputation for world-building around projects inspired by true stories and four-quadrant family fare.
“Institutions don’t matter, relationships do, and for the past decade we have formed an unbreakable bond with Tanya Cohen, a tireless cheerleader and champion who we will follow to the ends of the earth,” the brothers told Variety, referencing the former WME partner who recently moved to Range. “Fortunately this move only required crossing Wilshire. We are honored to be a humble drop in the sea of talent Range Media Partners represents, and excited to join a family of fierce and fearless advocates. Without Rich Cook our...
- 3/5/2021
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: South African filmmaker Michael Matthews has signed with Range Media Partners.
“Tanya Cohen and Rich Cook have been with me since my first feature Five Fingers for Marseilles,” said Matthews. “With their talent and incredible work ethic, I’m excited to join them and the Range Media team!”
Matthews most recently directed the critically-acclaimed adventure film, Love & Monsters starring Dylan O’Brien and Jessica Henwick for Paramount and 21 Laps, which was a hit PVOD release in fall of 2020 and will be released internationally by Netflix in April 2021. The film was hailed by critics as “One of the best surprises of 2020”, “Throwback to the Amblin-era fantasy adventure films”, “With surprising emotional depth” and debuted at #1 on iTunes and Amazon Prime. He first got attention for his contemporary African Spaghetti Western Five Fingers For Marseilles which was written by Drummond and premiered at TIFF in 2017 in the Discovery Program.
“Michael is a...
“Tanya Cohen and Rich Cook have been with me since my first feature Five Fingers for Marseilles,” said Matthews. “With their talent and incredible work ethic, I’m excited to join them and the Range Media team!”
Matthews most recently directed the critically-acclaimed adventure film, Love & Monsters starring Dylan O’Brien and Jessica Henwick for Paramount and 21 Laps, which was a hit PVOD release in fall of 2020 and will be released internationally by Netflix in April 2021. The film was hailed by critics as “One of the best surprises of 2020”, “Throwback to the Amblin-era fantasy adventure films”, “With surprising emotional depth” and debuted at #1 on iTunes and Amazon Prime. He first got attention for his contemporary African Spaghetti Western Five Fingers For Marseilles which was written by Drummond and premiered at TIFF in 2017 in the Discovery Program.
“Michael is a...
- 3/2/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Golden Globe- and Critics Choice-nominated showrunners, screenwriters and producers Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin have signed with Range Media Partners and ICM Partners.
The duo most recently served as the showrunners/executive producers of HBO Max’s hit series The Flight Attendan,t which was recognized with two Golden Globes nominations including Best Television Series-Musical/Comedy and Best Actress-Musical/Comedy for Kaley Cuoco; two Critics Choice nominations including Best Comedy Series and Best Actress for Cuoco; two SAG Award nominations including comedy ensemble and Actress for Cuoco; and a WGA Award nomination. The series ranked as HBO Max’s No. 1 show during its run and promptly received a Season 2 pickup after its Season 1 finale.
Previously, Lavender and Ulin were EPs on ABC’s Nashville, on which they both received a 2013 WGA New TV Series nomination. Lavender is also co-founder of the Atlanta-based production company Georgia Born.
Range Media Partners...
The duo most recently served as the showrunners/executive producers of HBO Max’s hit series The Flight Attendan,t which was recognized with two Golden Globes nominations including Best Television Series-Musical/Comedy and Best Actress-Musical/Comedy for Kaley Cuoco; two Critics Choice nominations including Best Comedy Series and Best Actress for Cuoco; two SAG Award nominations including comedy ensemble and Actress for Cuoco; and a WGA Award nomination. The series ranked as HBO Max’s No. 1 show during its run and promptly received a Season 2 pickup after its Season 1 finale.
Previously, Lavender and Ulin were EPs on ABC’s Nashville, on which they both received a 2013 WGA New TV Series nomination. Lavender is also co-founder of the Atlanta-based production company Georgia Born.
Range Media Partners...
- 2/9/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
AMC Networks and Toronto-based Shaftesbury have entered into a new strategic partnership that, through an investment in Shaftesbury, will grant AMC access to the production company’s slate and expand its content and development capabilities in Canada.
The partnership, which builds on AMC and Shaftesbury’s existing production ties, was forged with the intention of growing Shaftesbury’s content slate across genres and creating more opportunities for Canadian creators both in front of and behind the camera. Shaftesbury is known as the studio behind Acorn TV titles such as “Murdoch Mysteries”; Acorn TV is a subsidiary of AMC Networks.
Shaftesbury CEO and chairman Christina Jennings will continue to lead the company’s creative focus and day-to-day operations alongside executive vice president Scott Garvie.
“This new partnership will leverage the broad expertise of AMC Networks and Shaftesbury to deliver significant growth opportunities for the development, production, distribution and reach of our content,...
The partnership, which builds on AMC and Shaftesbury’s existing production ties, was forged with the intention of growing Shaftesbury’s content slate across genres and creating more opportunities for Canadian creators both in front of and behind the camera. Shaftesbury is known as the studio behind Acorn TV titles such as “Murdoch Mysteries”; Acorn TV is a subsidiary of AMC Networks.
Shaftesbury CEO and chairman Christina Jennings will continue to lead the company’s creative focus and day-to-day operations alongside executive vice president Scott Garvie.
“This new partnership will leverage the broad expertise of AMC Networks and Shaftesbury to deliver significant growth opportunities for the development, production, distribution and reach of our content,...
- 2/2/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
AMC Networks has struck a strategic partnership with Murdoch Mysteries and Slasher producer Shaftesbury.
The cable company has invested in the Canadian producer, giving it access to Shaftesbury’s slate and allowing it to expand its content and development capabilities north of the border.
Shaftesbury produces Murdoch Mysteries, which is one of the biggest shows for AMC Networks-owned Acorn TV as well as horror anthology Slasher, which was recently ordered for a fourth season by Shudder.
Shaftesbury CEO and Chairman Christina Jennings, who founded the company in 1987, will continue to lead the company alongside EVP Scott Garvie.
Jennings, Garvie and Shaftesbury board member Michael Levine will remain on Shaftesbury’s Board of Directors and will be joined by two new AMC Networks directors, Harold Gronenthal, EVP of Programming and Marketing for AMC Networks International, and Matt Graham, Gm of the AMC Networks-owned Acorn TV streaming service.
Shaftesbury and its shareholders...
The cable company has invested in the Canadian producer, giving it access to Shaftesbury’s slate and allowing it to expand its content and development capabilities north of the border.
Shaftesbury produces Murdoch Mysteries, which is one of the biggest shows for AMC Networks-owned Acorn TV as well as horror anthology Slasher, which was recently ordered for a fourth season by Shudder.
Shaftesbury CEO and Chairman Christina Jennings, who founded the company in 1987, will continue to lead the company alongside EVP Scott Garvie.
Jennings, Garvie and Shaftesbury board member Michael Levine will remain on Shaftesbury’s Board of Directors and will be joined by two new AMC Networks directors, Harold Gronenthal, EVP of Programming and Marketing for AMC Networks International, and Matt Graham, Gm of the AMC Networks-owned Acorn TV streaming service.
Shaftesbury and its shareholders...
- 2/2/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has promoted associates Austin Lantero, Laura Reddy, Jen Trofa and Paige Wandling to manager.
Range Media Partners was founded in September by Dave Bugliari, Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Matt Graham, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies, Peter Micelli, Mick Sullivan, Byron Wetzel, and Jack Whigham. The start-up management firm is promoting from within as they continue to sign business and grow the company.
Lantero began his career at NBCUniversal in the Finance & Strategy Department. He then segued into representation by starting in the CAA Mailroom, rising to become the first assistant for Motion Picture Department Head Jack Whigham.
Reddy produced for ABC News Nightline and ABC’s documentary unit, Lincoln Square Productions. Some of her producing projects include Back To The Beginning With Christiane Amanpour, Cosby: The Women Speak for A&e, and Let It Fall directed by John Ridley. Prior to joining Range,...
Range Media Partners was founded in September by Dave Bugliari, Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Matt Graham, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies, Peter Micelli, Mick Sullivan, Byron Wetzel, and Jack Whigham. The start-up management firm is promoting from within as they continue to sign business and grow the company.
Lantero began his career at NBCUniversal in the Finance & Strategy Department. He then segued into representation by starting in the CAA Mailroom, rising to become the first assistant for Motion Picture Department Head Jack Whigham.
Reddy produced for ABC News Nightline and ABC’s documentary unit, Lincoln Square Productions. Some of her producing projects include Back To The Beginning With Christiane Amanpour, Cosby: The Women Speak for A&e, and Let It Fall directed by John Ridley. Prior to joining Range,...
- 12/15/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
In an earlier life, Jason Owen worked in television for visionaries like Aaron Spelling. Now as one of Nashville’s most influential managers, he’s taking what he learned from the 90210 creator to revive country music’s long-standing history with TV — and maybe catapult the next real superstar in the process.
“If you think of Dolly or Reba, they had tremendous careers in TV and film, and we haven’t had anyone in that world since,” says Owen, who has transformed country singer Kacey Musgraves into a pop-culture sensation not...
“If you think of Dolly or Reba, they had tremendous careers in TV and film, and we haven’t had anyone in that world since,” says Owen, who has transformed country singer Kacey Musgraves into a pop-culture sensation not...
- 10/29/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Matt Graham admits he knew little about — and didn’t even like — country music before he signed the country trio Midland in 2014.
Graham had just left Scooter Braun Projects to start his own management company, Brnd Mgmt, and reshape his reputation as a “teen-pop guy” after working with Australian pop singer Cody Simpson and hip-hop artist Jack Harlow.
“I had an interesting and burgeoning business that was youth-pop focused. When I decided to sign Midland, it was the biggest departure musically of all the things I was looking at,” Graham,...
Graham had just left Scooter Braun Projects to start his own management company, Brnd Mgmt, and reshape his reputation as a “teen-pop guy” after working with Australian pop singer Cody Simpson and hip-hop artist Jack Harlow.
“I had an interesting and burgeoning business that was youth-pop focused. When I decided to sign Midland, it was the biggest departure musically of all the things I was looking at,” Graham,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Range Media, a newly-formed talent management and brand development firm established in September by former agents from CAA, UTA, and WME, has tapped Kai Gayoso to lead of its digital business. He has also been named a partner at the company.
In this role, Gayoso -- who most recently served as a strategic partner manager for creators and emerging talent at Facebook -- will lead representation for digital talent at Range, and work with clients across the company to develop individualized digital strategies, per The Hollywood Reporter.
"We are thrilled to welcome Kai to the Range Media team," co-founding partner Dave Bugliari told the Reporter in a statement. "His reputation precedes him as a forward-thinking strategist with a deep understanding of the multimedia landscape."
Range reps talent across film, TV, music, and digital. Its founders include Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies,...
In this role, Gayoso -- who most recently served as a strategic partner manager for creators and emerging talent at Facebook -- will lead representation for digital talent at Range, and work with clients across the company to develop individualized digital strategies, per The Hollywood Reporter.
"We are thrilled to welcome Kai to the Range Media team," co-founding partner Dave Bugliari told the Reporter in a statement. "His reputation precedes him as a forward-thinking strategist with a deep understanding of the multimedia landscape."
Range reps talent across film, TV, music, and digital. Its founders include Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies,...
- 10/12/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed Vince Vaughn, the latest big name to join the upstart management company, which has been ramping up since its September launch.
Vaughn did not have a manager and remains repped by WME on the agency side.
The move comes as Vaughn is next up starring alongside Kathryn Newton in Freaky, the Blumhouse body-swap thriller that hits theaters via Universal on November 13. He is set to go into production on STX’s Queenpins, the comedy about the largest counterfeit coupon scam in U.S. history that also stars Kristen Bell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Paul Walter Hauser.
Vaughn’s film credits since his breakout in Swingers include Old School, Wedding Crashers, The Break Up, Hacksaw Ridge and Seberg. In TV, he most recently played Freddy Funkhouser on Season 10 of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.
As a producer, Vaughn’s Wild West Picture Show is behind among...
Vaughn did not have a manager and remains repped by WME on the agency side.
The move comes as Vaughn is next up starring alongside Kathryn Newton in Freaky, the Blumhouse body-swap thriller that hits theaters via Universal on November 13. He is set to go into production on STX’s Queenpins, the comedy about the largest counterfeit coupon scam in U.S. history that also stars Kristen Bell, Kirby Howell-Baptiste and Paul Walter Hauser.
Vaughn’s film credits since his breakout in Swingers include Old School, Wedding Crashers, The Break Up, Hacksaw Ridge and Seberg. In TV, he most recently played Freddy Funkhouser on Season 10 of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.
As a producer, Vaughn’s Wild West Picture Show is behind among...
- 10/7/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gregory Johnson has joined Range Media Partners, the management and brand development firm, as a partner. He will have a focus on entrepreneurs and activists across the multimedia landscape. He joins the team of Range Media Partners managers Dave Bugliari, Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Matt Graham, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies, Peter Micelli, Mick Sullivan, Byron Wetzel, and Jack Whigham. Johnson most recently served as founder and CEO of 5 Streams, a talent management and strategic planning firm focused on supporting world class creatives who were overlooked by Hollywood’s traditional gatekeepers.
His client roster includes writer/directors Jeanine Daniels, Nikki Taylor-Roberts, musicians D Smoke and Christen Lien, youth activists Taylor Richardson aka Astronaut Starbright, Havana Chapman-Edwards, along with other multi-hyphenate talent.
“I have had the good fortune of knowing Greg for ten years – he is a Renaissance man with a heart of gold,...
His client roster includes writer/directors Jeanine Daniels, Nikki Taylor-Roberts, musicians D Smoke and Christen Lien, youth activists Taylor Richardson aka Astronaut Starbright, Havana Chapman-Edwards, along with other multi-hyphenate talent.
“I have had the good fortune of knowing Greg for ten years – he is a Renaissance man with a heart of gold,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Range Media Partners has locked 17 more clients for the new management/production company. This comes as its lineup of ground floor partners has changed as Lucinda Moorhead, who left UTA to join Range, has decided she will instead stay with the agency and not join the upstart venture.
On the heels of its launch earlier this month, the new Range clients range from talent to filmmakers and TV writer/producers. The company has also confirmed the clients Deadline first reported would be joining the new company.
On the talent side, Range Media Partners has signed Alessandro Nivola, Alyssa Milano, Andrew Lincoln, Eric Singer, Shea Whigham, and Vincent Cassell. Also coming are filmmakers Baltasar Kormakur, Gareth Edwards; The Raid: Redemption director Gareth Evans (who continues to be repped by Management 360); Jc Chandor; Patrick Hughes (The Hitman’s Bodyguard); Ric Roman Waugh; and Martin Zandvliet.
On the TV writer/producer side, the new clients are Jackie Clarke; Gracie Glassmeyer; Rene Gube; and Rosa Handelman.
They join an original influx of clients that includes Naomi Ackie, Michael Bay, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Jessie Buckley, Jerrod Carmichael, Emilia Clarke, Bradley Cooper, Johnny Depp, Taron Egerton, Michael Fassbender, Luca Guadagnino, Tom Hardy, Stephan James, Anna Kendrick, Taylor Kitsch, Keira Knightley, Danny McBride/Rough House Pictures, Martin McDonagh, Michael Shannon and Ramy Youssef.
We hear that Moorhead’s deal with Range did not close and that UTA made her a strong offer to stay at the agency.
The exit of Moorhead means that the ground floor partners at Range Media Partners are Dave Bugliari, Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Matt Graham, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies, Peter Micelli, Mick Sullivan, Byron Wetzel, and Jack Whigham.
On the heels of its launch earlier this month, the new Range clients range from talent to filmmakers and TV writer/producers. The company has also confirmed the clients Deadline first reported would be joining the new company.
On the talent side, Range Media Partners has signed Alessandro Nivola, Alyssa Milano, Andrew Lincoln, Eric Singer, Shea Whigham, and Vincent Cassell. Also coming are filmmakers Baltasar Kormakur, Gareth Edwards; The Raid: Redemption director Gareth Evans (who continues to be repped by Management 360); Jc Chandor; Patrick Hughes (The Hitman’s Bodyguard); Ric Roman Waugh; and Martin Zandvliet.
On the TV writer/producer side, the new clients are Jackie Clarke; Gracie Glassmeyer; Rene Gube; and Rosa Handelman.
They join an original influx of clients that includes Naomi Ackie, Michael Bay, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Jessie Buckley, Jerrod Carmichael, Emilia Clarke, Bradley Cooper, Johnny Depp, Taron Egerton, Michael Fassbender, Luca Guadagnino, Tom Hardy, Stephan James, Anna Kendrick, Taylor Kitsch, Keira Knightley, Danny McBride/Rough House Pictures, Martin McDonagh, Michael Shannon and Ramy Youssef.
We hear that Moorhead’s deal with Range did not close and that UTA made her a strong offer to stay at the agency.
The exit of Moorhead means that the ground floor partners at Range Media Partners are Dave Bugliari, Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Matt Graham, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies, Peter Micelli, Mick Sullivan, Byron Wetzel, and Jack Whigham.
- 9/24/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Following the news of its launch and the announcement of its new name, Range Media Partners[/link] looks to have made a major splash with its first round of signings to its roster. Sources tell Deadline that the management company has signed 18 clients that include Naomi Ackie, Michael Bay, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Jessie Buckley, Jerrod Carmichael, Emilia Clarke, Bradley Cooper, Johnny Depp, Taron Egerton, Michael Fassbender, Luca Guadagnino, Tom Hardy, Stephan James, Anna Kendrick, Taylor Kitsch, Keira Knightley, Danny McBride/Rough House Pictures, Martin McDonagh, Michael Shannon and Ramy Youssef.
Sources added it is unknown at this time what these clients would be doing with regard to their other reps. Range Media Partners had no comment.
Deadline first revealed plans last month that the upstart management company was being launched by Pete Micelli with CAA agents Dave Bugliari, Michael Cooper, Mick Sullivan and Jack Whigham, UTA agents Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Susie Fox,...
Sources added it is unknown at this time what these clients would be doing with regard to their other reps. Range Media Partners had no comment.
Deadline first revealed plans last month that the upstart management company was being launched by Pete Micelli with CAA agents Dave Bugliari, Michael Cooper, Mick Sullivan and Jack Whigham, UTA agents Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Susie Fox,...
- 9/15/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Range Media Partners, the splashy new management venture led by a host of former agents from the big four Hollywood talent shops, has set up a music division.
The group has tapped Matt Graham, the founder and president of L.A.-based Brnd Mgmt, to run the unit with his partner Jack Minihan. Brnd focused on management and brand development, and brings with them clients including Grammy-nominated acts like country group Midland, rapper Wale, and Edm star Nicky Romero.
Other Brnd managers joining the new company include Jordan Dettmer, Stephanie Marks, Alicia Mathews, and associate Isaac Zepeda. Prior to forming Brnd, Graham was one of the initial members of Scooter Braun Projects, serving as senior manager. He’s also consulted at Awesomeness TV and Netflix.
“In challenging times like these, artists need forward-thinking partners to help navigate the many ways in which to monetize their creativity and diversify their businesses,...
The group has tapped Matt Graham, the founder and president of L.A.-based Brnd Mgmt, to run the unit with his partner Jack Minihan. Brnd focused on management and brand development, and brings with them clients including Grammy-nominated acts like country group Midland, rapper Wale, and Edm star Nicky Romero.
Other Brnd managers joining the new company include Jordan Dettmer, Stephanie Marks, Alicia Mathews, and associate Isaac Zepeda. Prior to forming Brnd, Graham was one of the initial members of Scooter Braun Projects, serving as senior manager. He’s also consulted at Awesomeness TV and Netflix.
“In challenging times like these, artists need forward-thinking partners to help navigate the many ways in which to monetize their creativity and diversify their businesses,...
- 9/11/2020
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Range Media Partners has set as a co-founding partner Matt Graham. The founder/president of LA-based music management company Brnd Mgmt, becomes Head of Music and will launch Range’s music touring business. He joins the team of Range Media Partners managers Dave Bugliari, Mackenzie Condon Roussos, Rich Cook, Michael Cooper, Susie Fox, Sandra Kang, Rachel Kropa, Chelsea McKinnies, Peter Micelli, Lucinda Moorhead, Mick Sullivan, Byron Wetzel, and Jack Whigham.
Graham will be joined by Brnd Mgmt Partner/Gm Jack Minihan, who previously worked for Warner Music and The Creed Co. He will serve as Range’s EVP of Music, and they are bringing their Brnd Mgmt’s existing team of managers: Jordan Dettmer, Stephanie Marks, and Alicia Mathews; and associate Isaac Zepeda. The goal is to expand and build out a forward-thinking music department representing artists of all genres, while developing and acquiring key assets in records, publishing and content,...
Graham will be joined by Brnd Mgmt Partner/Gm Jack Minihan, who previously worked for Warner Music and The Creed Co. He will serve as Range’s EVP of Music, and they are bringing their Brnd Mgmt’s existing team of managers: Jordan Dettmer, Stephanie Marks, and Alicia Mathews; and associate Isaac Zepeda. The goal is to expand and build out a forward-thinking music department representing artists of all genres, while developing and acquiring key assets in records, publishing and content,...
- 9/10/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Range Media, the newly launched management and brand development firm, has launched a music division, tapping Matt Graham of music representation firm Brnd Mgmt to lead it.
Graham, who becomes a co-founding partner and takes on the position of head of music, will be joined by Brnd partner and general manager, Jack Minihan, who will serve as Range’s exec vp of music. Also boarding Range are Brnd’s existing team of managers; Jordan Dettmer, Stephanie Marks, and Alicia Mathews; and associate Isaac Zepeda.
According to Range, the new division “will look to expand and build out a forward-thinking music department representing artists of ...
Graham, who becomes a co-founding partner and takes on the position of head of music, will be joined by Brnd partner and general manager, Jack Minihan, who will serve as Range’s exec vp of music. Also boarding Range are Brnd’s existing team of managers; Jordan Dettmer, Stephanie Marks, and Alicia Mathews; and associate Isaac Zepeda.
According to Range, the new division “will look to expand and build out a forward-thinking music department representing artists of ...
- 9/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Range Media, the newly launched management and brand development firm, has launched a music division, tapping Matt Graham of music representation firm Brnd Mgmt to lead it.
Graham, who becomes a co-founding partner and takes on the position of head of music, will be joined by Brnd partner and general manager, Jack Minihan, who will serve as Range’s exec vp of music. Also boarding Range are Brnd’s existing team of managers; Jordan Dettmer, Stephanie Marks, and Alicia Mathews; and associate Isaac Zepeda.
According to Range, the new division “will look to expand and build out a forward-thinking music department representing artists of ...
Graham, who becomes a co-founding partner and takes on the position of head of music, will be joined by Brnd partner and general manager, Jack Minihan, who will serve as Range’s exec vp of music. Also boarding Range are Brnd’s existing team of managers; Jordan Dettmer, Stephanie Marks, and Alicia Mathews; and associate Isaac Zepeda.
According to Range, the new division “will look to expand and build out a forward-thinking music department representing artists of ...
- 9/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The dog and pony show just wasn’t doing it for Hailey Whitters.
After her self-released, heartbreaking ode to the cruel realities of the Nashville music business, “Ten Year Town,” took off while she was waiting tables, Whitters found herself doing the usual rounds to major labels — singing a few songs, going through the motions, hearing the excuses for why they wouldn’t be able to sign her after all. She’d dress up just to get let down, and, 12 years into a 10-year town, the experience was still living...
After her self-released, heartbreaking ode to the cruel realities of the Nashville music business, “Ten Year Town,” took off while she was waiting tables, Whitters found herself doing the usual rounds to major labels — singing a few songs, going through the motions, hearing the excuses for why they wouldn’t be able to sign her after all. She’d dress up just to get let down, and, 12 years into a 10-year town, the experience was still living...
- 6/11/2020
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
In 1978, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings recorded Ed Bruce’s “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” for their duets album Waylon & Willie. Forty-plus years later, the outlaw-country pioneers’ sons unite for their own version.
Lukas Nelson and Shooter Jennings cut “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” as the theme song to the Netflix series The Ranch, but a full-length version wasn’t available until now. Nelson and Jennings’ rendition serves as the centerpiece to a new soundtrack to The Ranch,...
Lukas Nelson and Shooter Jennings cut “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” as the theme song to the Netflix series The Ranch, but a full-length version wasn’t available until now. Nelson and Jennings’ rendition serves as the centerpiece to a new soundtrack to The Ranch,...
- 1/23/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
It’s been a little over a week since it was announced that supermanager Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings would be buying Big Machine Label Group — and Taylor Swift’s masters — thus launching a war of words between Big Machine president Scott Borchetta and the superstar artist that made his label. But Music Row and country music in general are wondering about something more than just who is winning the PR battle: and that’s what the presence of Braun will mean to Nashville and the future of Big Machine itself.
- 7/10/2019
- by Marissa R. Moss
- Rollingstone.com
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