Smuggler has added Megan Campbell as its UK head of sales. Prior to joining Smuggler, Campbell most recently served as talent manager for the creative collective Working Not Working, spearheading outreach efforts across the US, UK, and Europe.
Minerva and Mr. Bartlett, two independent business development firms that have shared one client (Strike Anywhere Films) over the past year, have merged their operations and signed three new clients for East Coast representation. The newly combined companies will share their respective rosters and retain their own names going forward. New clients are Lord Danger, London- and NY-based animation shop Jelly, and BODEGA Animation, a division of BODEGA Studios….
If you ask Brian Tyree Henry about taking time off, he bursts out laughing.
Since breaking out as rapper Paper Boi in the FX series "Atlanta," he's become one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. He's worked consistently — with directors including Barry Jenkins, Steve McQueen and Chloe Zhao and big-name actors like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Hemsworth and Melissa McCarthy. Henry's been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and an Oscar.
His latest role is in the limited series "Dope Thief" for Apple TV+ premiering Friday. Henry and Wagner Moura play Ray and Manny, two longtime friends in Philadelphia who pose as federal agents, conducting fake raids to steal drugs and money. It's a series of easy scores until they rob the wrong people and become targets themselves. Soon they're hiding out from the real DEA and a drug kingpin while trying to keep their family safe.
"The minute that Wagner and I met each other, it was an instant electricity... We just felt like we knew each other all our lives," said Henry. "That is exactly what you needed for Ray and Manny."
The first episode was directed by Ridley Scott, and the series was created and written by Peter Craig, adapted from a novel by Dennis Tafoya.
Craig describes Henry's versatility as an actor as "like a jazz musician... It's fantastic for a writer, because you can throw him all kinds of added moments, and he'll incorporate and use them all."
When the opportunity to star in "Dope Thief" came about, Henry was ready for that long-awaited break — from TV. He wrapped "Atlanta" and had "about two days off" before going into another FX show, "Class of '09," where he played a character's past, present and future, and he was... Read More
