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Exclusive: Insanity, which reps the likes of Maya Jama and Roman Kemp, has promoted two to talent director.

Effective immediately, Courtneay Mann and Ed Griffiths become talent directors within the London shop’s entertainment team.

Mann has been with Insanity for nearly a decade, representing the likes of presenters Yinka Bokinni, Sian Eleri and Kemi Rodgers, along with Channel 4 documentary maker and explorer Lucy Shepherd. She previously worked for First Artists and James Grant (now Ymu), with former clients including Richard Branson, Alison Hammond and Greg James.

Since joining Insanity in 2019, Griffiths has had a talent roster including Zara McDermott, broadcaster Jo Whiley, journalist and beauty expert Sali Hughes, Channel 4 food presenter Ravneet Gill and Mama Still Got It’s Louise Boyce. He used to work for InterTalent, where he played a key role in guiding the career of Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams.

Insanity boss Andy Varley said...

Criminal Record season 1 concluded its eight-episode run on Apple TV+ on February 21. Executive producers Elaine Collins and Paul Rutman were asked about the future of the show and Collins revealed that they are still focused on the success of season 1. Paul Rutman says that "we'll see" once audiences have had a chance to finish the season.

The executive producers of Criminal Record have offered a cautious update on season 2. The show, which just concluded the eight-episode season 1 on Apple TV+ as of February 21, is a new British crime show starring former Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi as Dci Daniel Hegarty. The show, which also stars Cush Jumbo, Zoë Wanamaker, Charlie Creed-Miles, Cathy Tyson, Stephen Campbell Moore, and Shaun Dooley, follows two mismatched detectives attempting to solve a cold murder case.

TV Insider has now published an interview with the Criminal Record cast and crew, including executive producers Elaine Collins and Paul Rutman,...

While delving into the lore of Jack Reacher, it seemed strange and kind of funny to notice that most well-known everyman heroes in the modern action-crime genre of movies share names that start with ‘J.’ We don’t know for sure whether it is completely arbitrary or whether it implies some intertextual commentary, but one aspect can certainly be pointed out: aside from the initial alphabet of the name, the majority of the protagonists share similar, quite basic characteristic traits, i.e., they’re invariably a mentally unstable stoic loner, a do-gooder with an infallible moral compass and a penchant for fashionable appearance. The character on point, Jack Reacher, the burly happy-go-lucky protagonist of James Grant’s crime novel series, strays from this generic portrayal by being an out-of-time, vagabond wanderer—a knight-errant of sorts, roaming through the drudgeries of Midwestern America and doling out justice as he deems necessary.

Exclusive: Asylum Entertainment Group, the Endeavor-backed production group run by Steve Michaels, has invested in British producer Moon&Back Media, founded by veteran UK execs Dawn Airey, Nigel Hall and Russ Lindsay.

It marks the company’s first investment in an international production company and comes after Endeavor invested in Asylum earlier this year, as revealed by Deadline.

Airey has worked for British broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky. She is best known as the inaugural director of programmes for Channel 5, where she coined the term ‘films, football and f*cking’ to describe its content strategy, before becoming CEO of the network, which is now owned by Paramount. She subsequently ran channels at Sky before becoming Director of Global Content at ITV. She has also held senior roles at Rtl, Yahoo and Getty Images.

Hall is best known as Global Head of TV for Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment,...

Exclusive: UK management agency Ymu is set to make up to 9% of staff redundant following a company review. At the same time, key lender Permira Credit will become its majority shareholder as part of the restructure, we can reveal.

Staff have been informed of the plans internally in the past hour. We hear headcount will be reduced by around 8-9% — up to 32 of Ymu’s 350 employees — and the redundancy process will begin in September. This comes after an independent review of the business by AlixPartners was undertaken to assess routes to a firmer financial footing following a testing post-pandemic period.

Specialist credit investor Permira Credit, which has been a major lender to Ymu, is planning to make what’s thought to be a sizeable investment in the company, and the agency’s leadership team will also equity partners as part of the agreement. Ymu’s clients include British presenting duo Ant and Dec,...

A new photo from Mortal Kombat 2's cast is seemingly teasing the look of Karl Urban's Johnny Cage. The upcoming sequel to 2021's Mortal Kombat will see Johnny Cage make his debut in the rebooted movie franchise after being teased during its predecessor's ending, where Cole Young (Lewis Tan) travels to Los Angeles to look for Cage. Linden Ashby and Chris Conrad previously portrayed the character in 1995's Mortal Kombat and 1997's Mortal Kombat Annihilation, respectively.

Producer Todd Garner has taken to twitter to share a picture of Mortal Kombat 2's main cast hanging out at a restaurant, as the movie has recently begun filming.

New friends and old friends… pic.twitter.com/S4al4gRZ8k — Todd Garner (@Todd_Garner) June 24, 2023

Fans were also quick to spot Urban pictured above with his beard shaven and having frosted tips in his hair, seemingly for his Johnny Cage look.

The new Broadway production of Parade starring Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond has completed casting, with rehearsals beginning today for the February 21 preview.

Platt and Diamond will lead a 33-person cast that features Alex Joseph Grayson as ‘Jim Conley,’ Sean Allan Krill as ‘Governor Slaton,’ Howard McGillin as ‘Old Soldier/Judge Roan,’ and Paul Alexander Nolan as ‘Hugh Dorsey.’ They will be joined by Jay Armstrong Johnson as ‘Britt Craig,’ Kelli Barrett as ‘Mrs. Phagan,’ Courtnee Carter as ‘Angela,’ Eddie Cooper as ‘Newt Lee,’ Erin Rose Doyle as ‘Mary Phagan,’ Manoel Felciano as ‘Tom Watson,’ Danielle Lee Greaves as ‘Minnie McKnight,’ Douglas Lyons as ‘Riley,’ and Jake Pedersen as ‘Frankie Epps.’

The cast is completed by Florrie Bagel as ‘Nurse,’ Stacie Bono as ‘Sally Slaton,’ Max Chernin as ‘Mr. Turner,’ Emily Rose DeMartino as ‘Essie & Others,’ Christopher Gurr as ‘Luther Rosser/Mr. Peavy,’ Beth Kirkpatrick as ‘Nina Formby,’ Ashlyn Maddox as ‘Monteen & Others,...

Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond will star in Parade on Broadway this spring, reprising their leading roles in the Tony-winning musical following a sold-out New York City Center run.

On Tuesday producers announced the Michael Arden-directed production will open at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre for a limited engagement run starting March 16. Previews will begin on Feb. 21 with a final performance slated for Aug. 6.

“Jason Robert Brown’s and Alfred Uhry’s masterpiece, Parade, is one of the most beloved musicals of the past 25 years. Whenever you mention the show to a theater fan, they light up talking about the first time they saw a production or heard a recording,” producers Seaview and Ambassador Theatre Group said in their own statement. “At City Center, Michael Arden mounted a magnificent production with incandescent performances from Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond that had audiences enraptured. We are overjoyed that we can...

There was an arena-sized group of ticked-off fans in Vancouver Friday night when Zac Brown Band was forced to cancel its show at Rogers Arena, just hours before they were scheduled to take to the stage.

According to a tweet from a Vancouver country radio station, the initial reason given for the cancellation was “unforeseen logistical issues,” adding, “At this time, there are no plans to reschedule.”

Update On Zac Brown Band Concert:

"Due to unforeseen logistical issues, the Zac Brown Band show scheduled for today at Rogers Arena has been cancelled.

At this time, there are no plans to reschedule." pic.twitter.com/1RE0yU6ORU

— 93.7 Jr Country (@937JRCountry) October 21, 2022

According to a statement the band gave to People, the concert had to be cancelled when some members of the band weren’t allowed to cross the border due to past criminal records.

“We’re sorry to announce that...

Sports Broadcasting trailblazer and award-winning Talk Show Host Ann Liguori will be hosting her 24th Annual Ann Liguori Foundation (Alf) Charity Golf Classic on Thursday, September 22nd, 2022, at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, N.Y.

Alex Lifeson, Hall of Fame Guitarist, Rush

The annual charity outing benefits not-for-profits that work in the field of cancer research and care including the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and East End Hospice.

Dan Pontecorvo, Global Director of Real Estate & Engineering, Jane Street Capital, is the 2022 Alf Business Honoree, and Alex Lifeson, Hall of Fame Guitarist, Rush, will accept the 2022 Alf Music Honoree Award at the Award’s Dinner that evening.

Sponsors for the annual event are Abm, Structure Tone, Platinum, and Tommy & Shounda Foster. Donors for the charity tournament include Dooney & Bourke, DunDonald Links, Dunning Apparel, Dune Jewelry & the Hamptons Rope Collection, Eye King, French Pool Toy Wine,...

Award-winning author Paul McAuley’s acclaimed science fiction novel “Austral” is set for an epic series adaptation from Circle of Confusion Television Studios and ITV Studios’ Big Talk Productions.

“Austral” is an expansive drama set in Antarctica during the year 2098, decades after the melting glaciers have given way to a new frontier of resource-rich land, and a generation of settlers from all around the dying world have converged there. But for Austral Ferrado, one of a number of “huskies,” or people who have been gene-edited to better withstand the still-unforgiving climate of the far south, this new Antarctica is no paradise. Trapped in a society that has imprisoned her and treated her kind more as animals than humans, Austral will stop at nothing to gain her freedom.

Elise McCredie — Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts screenplay award winner for Cate Blanchett-produced series “Stateless” — will adapt the novel, while Erik Skjoldbjaerg (“Occupied”) will direct.

Ymu Group, the management firm borne out of private equity firm Trilantic’s acquisition of the James Grant Group, has shuffled its management pack, creating a U.K. CEO position, and naming a new entertainment MD, and head of drama.

Ymu upped Mary Bekhait to a newly created U.K. CEO role last week that spans sport, music, drama, entertainment, and business management. On Thursday, Ymu said Holly Bott will fill the MD, entertainment, role vacated by Bekhait. Bott will lead the teams working with leading TV presenters, broadcasters, experts, social influencers, and authors.

Another change sees Paul Randle confirmed as the new boss at Troika, the Ymu drama and comedy division. He fills a newly created MD role and joins the business from NBCUniversal International Studios where he was senior legal and commercial officer.

Troika became part of James Grant before the Trilantic deal and subsequent rebranding. Jgg had also already absorbed L.