Notes From the Rep Biz ~ 10/30/2026

An up and coming writer to WME! Comedic content creators to CAA and UTA! Two major stars, and a rising country star all get new management, while our project of the month is hunted above the Amazon rainforest! All this and more in today’s Notes From the Rep Biz! 

At WME:

Writer/producer Michael Learner is now repped by WME. Learner had been in the spec trenches for years while working as an executive at Hammerstone Studios where he worked on such projects as By Any Means starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abul-Mateen II. His script Seeker is about an Uber driver who becomes convinced his mysterious passenger one night is the man who abducted his fiancee. The film will be produced by Hammerston and has Adam Rehmeier attached to direct. Additionally Learner is also now managed by Untitled.

WME has also signed golfer Casandra Alexander. Hailing from South Africa, Alexander started golfing at the young age of ten and turned pro in 2018 joining the Sunshine Ladies Tour. In 2024 she tied for 7th in the Women’s British Open and this year she’s had runner up finishes at PIF Saudi Ladies International, Australian WGPA Championship, and the Amundi German Masters. Alexander won the KPMG Women’s Irish Open by three strokes. 

San Antonio Spurs forward Jayden Quaintance is also a new sign for the agency.

At CAA:

Triple threat Annie Hamilton is now agented by CAA. Hamilton is a screenwriter, director and actor who first got her start acting in the 2016 film Dance Camp. In 2020 she starred in her breakout role in Jim Cummings’ horror comedy The Wolf of Snow Hollow, from there she had roles in Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Outcome and TV series Dickenson, Hawkeye, and American Horror Stories. On the writing front Hamilton’s script Three Times a Lady is being produced by A24 and Margot Robbie’s Lucky Chap, and directed by Rebecca Hall. Hamilton will also write and direct Susannah’s Still Alive, a semi-autobiographical film set up at Emma Stone’s Fruit Tree. 

Comedians and podcasters Landon Mauk and Riley Mitchell are also new signs for the Death Star. Mauk and Riley are cousins who host the hangout podcast Bloodline Banter. The duo also have a strong internet presence with 32,000 followers on Instagram, while the podcast has 100,000 followers. Bloodline Banter Live! a live version of the podcast has been touring around the country to strong crowds, selling out their first show in Hunstville, AL in roughly ten minutes.  

Brianne of Tarth has new reps! Actress Gwendoline Christie has also signed with the agency. Christie is best known for her Emmy nominated performance as the honorable and loyal Brianne of Tarth on HBO’s massively successful Game of Thrones. She also made an appearance in the first two Star Wars sequels as Captain Phasma, and recently appeared in Netflix’s Wednesday and The Sandman, and garnered another Emmy nomination for her role in Apple TV’s Severance. 

At UTA:

Actress Nicole Wallace is a new sign for UTA. Wallace is best known for her leading role in the Culpa trilogy of films (Culpa Mia, Culpa Tuya, Culpa Nuestra). The first film became the most watched non-English language original in Amazon’s history, the second had the platform’s largest international launch, while the third smashed to number one on Amazon’s global charts. Coming up, Wallace will appear in Amazon limited series The House of the Spirits based on Isabel Allende’s novel of the same name, and also Amazon’s motorsports racing drama Throttled. 

Content creators Slushy Noobz have also signed with UTA. The Canadian comedic duo of Martin Andrijasevic and Hamzah Al-Emad are known for their YouTube channel, podcast, and TikTok and boast over a million followers across all platforms. Their podcast Out of Character has joined Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players network.   

UTA also now reps singer/songwriter Chris Young. Young has been a staple in the country music scene for nearly two decades and his tenth album I Didn’t Come Here to Leave was released last year. Since the release Young has been playing multiple headlining shows across the country and will be starting his annual Christmas tour again this December.

OTHER NOTES AROUND TOWN

McDreamy has a new agent! Patrick Dempsey is now repped by Gersh. Dempsey has had a long and storied career, but is probably best known for playing Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd on Grey’s Anatomy for 11 seasons. He also has had roles in Enchanted, Scream 3, and Dexter: Original Sin. He currently stars in and produces the series Memory of a Killer for Fox which is now in production for its second season.

Zac Efron is now managed by Range Media Partners. Efron’s first claim to fame was in the High School Musical film series where he played hot shot basketball player Troy Bolton. From there Efron has had a prolific career in comedies and dramas such as Neighbors and Iron Claw. He has a full dance card coming up: Efron will be starring in Jody Hill’s Famous with Phoebe Dynevor and Judgement Day with Will Ferrell and directed by Nicholas Stoller. Also announced is a new adaptation of Falling Angel which Efron will also produce.

Managers Dara Gordon and Tony Lipp have left Anonymous Content and joined Entertainment 360. It is believed their clients will be following them to their new digs. Gordon’s list includes: Aaron Pierre, Lewis Pullman, and Lili Reinhart. Lipp’s list includes: Betty Gilpin, Jack Quaid, and Santino Fontana.

Miles Teller is now repped by LBI Entertainment. Teller has been a mainstay in both small dramas and big blockbusters such as Whiplash, Top Gun: Maverick, and The Gorge. He will next be seen in James Gray’s Paper Tiger which will come out in limited release on November 13th and go wide on November 20th.

MUSIC NOTES

Country pop singer/songwriter Stella Lefty is now managed by Make Wake Artists. Lefty’s debut album Long Way Home dropped this past August and made huge waves in the country scene and hit number on Spotify’s album charts and the single Boston topped the Billboard Country Airplay chart. With comparisons to Luke Combs (and sharing his manager) the 24 year-old is about to hit the big time with tour dates lined up for this year and well into the next.

SPORTS NOTES

Octagon has signed Green Bay Packers Quarterback Tyrod Taylor.

CASTING NOTES

The hotly anticipated adaptation of Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing series has found its leads!  Esther McGregor and Emilio Sakraya will play Violet Sorrengail and Xaden Riorsen respectively in the Amazon Prime TV series. Meredith Averill is set as the showrunner of the dragon riding BookTok Romantasy phenomenon. 

Amanda Seyfried is set to star in Martha & Muhammad Ramy Youssef’s directorial debut. Youssef is also writing and starring in the film, which will also feature Sharon Stone. Plot and character details are being kept a secret at this time.

Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie is apparently in talks for a role in the MCU’s upcoming Ghost Rider film. Rumor has it that Storrie could potentially play a villain in the film starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Shawn Levy, and written by Jonathan Tropper.

PROJECT OF THE MONTH

Whether it’s King Kong, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Predator, Tremors, or Anaconda moviegoers can’t get enough of creature features, and to cap off the spooky season is Brandon Feldman’s Canopy. 

A young botanist searching deep into the Amazon rainforest in search of a rare medical cure, finds herself hunted by an apex predator in the jungle’s canopy. According to Deadline Canopy was acquired by Netflix in what they describe as a six-figure deal. Feldman posted the script to The Black List website, but this is not his first sale as he and writing partner Ben Agron’s script Manimony is set up with Emma Roberts to star. 

As of this writing there are no directors or stars attached, but Canopy could be a breakout hit for the streamer given audiences evergreen appetite for creature features. Feldman is repped by Verve, Independent Artist Media, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes. 

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Sources: Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Variety, Celebrity Access, Music Row, Billboard, Pollstar

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