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Notes from the Rep Biz - 8-10-2018

At WME:
 
Writer/producer Ben Watkins has signed with Ashley Holland. Watkins most recently was the creator and showrunner of Hand of God for Amazon. Watkins currently has Trainhoppers in development at FX and Roar in development at USA. He will next produce the series Are You Sleeping, starring Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul and Lizzy Caplan for Apple.
 

At CAA:
 
Up and coming actress Natalia Reyes has signed with Elan Ruspoli. Reyes will next appear in the James Cameron produced, Tim Miller directed Terminator reboot, scheduled to be released next year. She also starred in Ciro Guerra’s Birds of Passage, which premiered at Cannes earlier this year. She continues to be repped by managers Andres Budnik and Liam Scholey at Vision Entertainment.
 

At ICM:
 
Celestine Au, Madeline Feder and Viviane Telio have been promoted to agents at ICM. Au and Feder will be in the talent department, while Telio will be in Motion Picture Lit.
 

At UTA:
 
Christian comedian John Crist has signed with Joe Eshenbaugh. Crist’s comedy doesn’t pander to the Christian audience, but instead lampoons church culture. His video sketches have all gone viral, and garnered roughly 86 million views. Crist also headlined a sold out comedy tour last fall. His next tour will start on Monday, and will travel to 61 cities nationwide.
 

Other Notes Around Town:
 
Actor Diego Tinoco has signed with Nick LoPiccolo and Shawn Scallon at Paradigm. Tinoco is an up and comer who’s been making waves the Netflix series On My Block. Tinoco is managed by Peter Kluge at Impact Artist Group.
 
Dance Moms star Chloe Lukasiak has signed with Rob Cassandro, Jade Sherman and Melissa DeMarco at Abrams Artists. The seventeen year-old Lukasiak has also been acting recently, taking roles in A Cowgirl’s Story and Loophole. She also stars in and co-executive produced the upcoming indie F.R.E.D.I. On top of all that she’s also released a book, Girl on Pointe: Chloe’s Guide to Taking on the World. Additionally she has signed on with manager Seth Jacobs at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Management Notes:
 
Authentic Talent and Literary Management is absorbing Magnet Management. The two companies will be working under the Authentic banner. Magnet brings along with them writers, directors and producers. Clients include Brett Conrad, Christian Taylor, Craig Titley and Elliott Owen, among many others.
 
Gersh agent Tovah Silberman is joining Mosaic as a manager. Silberman will be in the comedy department, and the first manager to work out of New York. At Gersh, Tovah was in touring. It is not known if her clients will follow her to the new gig, but they include Jenny Jaffe, Taylor Ortega and Erica Hernandez.
 
Primary Wave manager Brad Pence has moved to Atlas Artists. It is believed that Pence will be bringing along all his clients, including Richard Cabral, Melissa Roxburgh, Tiera Skovbye and Emily Hampshire among others.
 

Sources: Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline