International and woman-owned production company Chelsea Pictures has secured East Coast representation for its roster of directors, partnering with boutique talent management firm RepresentationCo, headed by partners Tara Averill and John Robertson. Chelsea Pictures will continue its longstanding representation partnership with Get Reehl Get Davis in the Midwest and on the West Coast, and Mel Fong in the U.K. Chelsea maintains a lineup of directors including Alex Gibney (U.S./U.K.), David Gordon Green (U.S./U.K.), Nadia Hallgren (U.S./U.K.), Johan Kramer (U.S./U.K.), Gandja Monteiro (U.S./U.K.), Stacy Peralta (U.S./U.K.), Anna & Ewan (U.S.), Jack Cole (U.S.), Glenn F. Clements (U.S.), Dumas Haddad (U.S.), Adi Halfin (U.S.), Courtney Hoffman (U.S.), Goh Iromoto (U.K.), Nadav Kander (U.S.) and Caroline Suh (U.S.). Chelsea operates with offices in New York, Los Angeles and London, owned and managed by Lisa Mehling. Pat McGoldrick and Donna Portaro serve as U.S. VP/executive producers and Nell Jordan as U.K. executive producer….
Great Guns USA, headed by managing director and exec producer Oliver Fuselier, has appointed Isabel Echeverry, founder of Kontakto Reps, to handle representation in the U.S. Hispanic advertising market. Kontakto maintains a roster of leading production companies with award-winning directors. Echeverry has also worked at ICM, as well as with A-list talent at Reber Covington. There, she identified vast potential in the Hispanic market, creating a successful targeted division. Echeverry’s appointment follows a period of growth into the Hispanic market for Great Guns USA, as well as a time of success across the U.S., currently reaping accolades including shortlists at the AICP, D&D, and Webby Awards, to name a few….
Los Angeles-based animation studio Fantoons has retained Astra Dorf of Astra Reps to help lead its business development initiatives in the entertainment marketing space. Fantoons has created cross-platform content for a wide range of clients. The studio’s healthy-eating PSA campaign for the Disney Channel was so successful that it was translated for international airing. Fantoons has also produced animated content for HBO Max’s sports dramedy Las Bravas, commercials for Nestlé, and a series of product videos for Microsoft Office 365. Fantoons has also collaborated with a number of music legends, including RUSH, The Beach Boys, Iron Maiden, and Frank Zappa. For the latter, Fantoons teamed with the guitar legend’s son, Ahmet Zappa, to create an experiential concert package for the Bizarre World of Frank Zappa Holographic Tour. Fantoons’ wild 2D animations were cast across seven screens. Beyond moving content, Fantoons has taken its unique perspective and expertise to the literary space, writing and illustrating many graphic novels including “Billie Holiday” with Ebony Gilbert, while also creating activity books and products for artists like Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Johnny Ramone, as well as several children’s books….
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More