Jerry Rig, an independent production shop, has hired Katie Matson-Walker as executive producer. Matson-Walker was previously production director at Publicis Groupe’s Razorfish and is a specialist in transmedia brand storytelling and content production. Prior to that, she helped build he NY office of San Francisco-based Mekanism, a digital and social media agency. She began her career as a producer at Believe Media working with A-List directors.
In her new role, she’ll be responsible for branded-content video production across all Jerry Rig clients, which include Mike’s Hard Lemonade, ConAgra, Kawasaki and Kimberly-Clark. Walker reports to Gary Curtin, VP of marketing operations.
Matson-Walker has produced award-winning commercials, web films, documentaries, music videos and social-media campaigns for top global brands including AT&T, ESPN, GE, Mac Cosmetics, Samsung, and Stella Artois. Her work has been recognized by the Webbys, the One Show and FWA.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More