EP John McAdorey moves to NY office which plans to expand its production capabilities
The Martin Agency has hired Letitia Jacobs as sr. VP/executive producer. She most recently served as executive director of content production at Y&R NY. In addition to freelancing on several Martin projects during the years, Jacobs started her career at The Martin Agency as an associate producer from 1995-1999.
Jacobs returns to The Martin Agency with 20 years experience and a strong portfolio of work producing for top flight creative agencies including Wieden + Kennedy, Droga5, Mother and Fallon.
“As a native of Richmond, I am thrilled to be coming home to work with one of the top agencies in the country,” said Jacobs. “Martin is the perfect place to make great work with great people like [EVP/managing director-production & development] Steve Humble and his team who are true believers and supporters of production as a whole.”
In addition to Jacobs’ arrival, The Martin Agency will be expanding production capabilities in its New York office.
“We are doing a swap with New York moving Letitia to Richmond and moving long-time executive producer John McAdorey to our 5th Avenue office to build up our content and digital production capabilities there,” Humble shared.
The Martin Agency maintains offices in Richmond, NY and London.
Movie Armorer On “Rust” Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge In Separate Case
The weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film "Rust" pleaded guilty Monday to a separate criminal charge of carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment.
Movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed agreed to change her plea to guilty on the charge in exchange for a reduced sentence of 18 months supervised probation.
Judge T. Glenn Ellington approved the agreement that allows Gutierrez-Reed to begin probation while serving out an 18-month prison term at a New Mexico state penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
In the "Rust" case, prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the movie set and for failing to follow basic gun safety protocols.
Gutierrez-Reed shuffled into the Santa Fe courtroom Monday in a beige jumpsuit, handcuffs and ankle shackles to change her plea to guilty and waive her right to trial.
"I'd just like to apologize to the court and thank you for your judgment today," she said.
The case stems from evidence that a few weeks before "Rust" began filming in October 2021, Gutierrez-Reed carried a gun into a downtown bar in Santa Fe where firearms are prohibited.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey said Gutierrez-Reed filmed herself in the bathroom of the bar with a handgun — explaining how she snuck in the prohibited firearm in a video that was obtained when authorities searched the armorer's phone during the "Rust" investigation.
Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March at trial of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Hutchins. She has an appeal of that conviction pending in a higher court.
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