Rep Moves: CAA, UTA, Resolution

Agencies

APA: Writer Yule Caise is now repped by Kyle Loftus.  He has also signed for management with Jairo S Alvarado at 3 Arts Entertainment.  Caise was selected as the Fox Writers Intensive Fellow from among 10 finalists last July. Shortly afterwards, he signed a development deal with FX Networks, in conjunction with Fox Broadcasting and 20th Century Fox TV Studios.  Among his credits, Caise wrote and directed the 2010 comedy Swishbucklers.  He also directed the episodes of the web series Heroes: Going Postal and Takezo Kensei: Sword Saint. Caise originally began his career as a child actor and since that point he has worked off and on as an actor, appearing in such features as Watching Ellie, Doctor Dolittle and Liar’s Dice.  Caise also wrote the 1998 Sidney Poitier television movie Free of Eden for Showtime. APA: Writer Daniel Turkewitz is now repped by David E Saunders. Turkewitz recently sold his sci-fi spec Tranquility Base to Ridley Scott and 20^th Century Fox in a pre-emptive buy.  Prior to his screenwriting career, Turkewitz was a New York City architect who specialized in 3-D renderings and computer animation. He made a career switch in 2001 after graduating with a Certificate in Screenwriting from New York University’s School of Continuing Education.  Since moving into film, Turkewitz has worked as a set photographer, cinematographer, editor, screenwriter and director. His docu-short A Day in the Life of Coney Island won the “Best Made in Coney Island” award and earlier this year, his documentary short Last Ride… First Ride premiered at the 4th Siren Screen Series at the Museum Of Modern Art. CAA: Tony Award-winning actor James Corden is now repped by Joel Lubin.  Corden is riding buzz off his performance in Can a Song Save Your Life?, which made its premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. He will also soon appear in the upcoming Paul Potts biopic One Chance. After cutting his teeth in small roles on television drama series, Corden got his first notable role on the British TV comedy-drama Fat Friends.  Soon after, he performed the role of Timms in the original London stage production of The History Boys and took part in its subsequent international tour. Corden is probably best known, however, for co-creating, co-writing and starring in the sitcom Gavin & Stacy, for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance.  More recently, Corden performed on Broadway in the award-winning comedy play One Man, Two Guvnors, which won Corden the 2012 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Next up, Corden will appear in Rob Marshall’s feature film adaptation of Into the Woods, which stars Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp. CAA: Television personality, correspondent and host Ali Fedotowsky is now repped by Cat Carson, Nick Khan, Carla Laur, Katie Maloney and Adam Netler.  Fedotowsky is currently an on-air correspondent for E! News. She also appeared in Woody Allen’s latest film, Blue Jasmine, as Alec Baldwin’s personal trainer/love interest, Melanie.  Fedotowsky got her start when she was selected as a contestant on the 2010 season of The Bachelor.  Shortly afterwards, she returned as the star of The Bachelorette.  Since The Bachelorette,  Fedotowsky’s other credits have included hosting the weekly travel show 1^st Look and serving on the live judging panel for Miss USA 2012. CAA: Actress Allison Williams is now repped by Jeremy Plager, Michael Katcher, Bryan Lourd and Alex Mebed. She was previously with Paradigm.  Williams currently stars as Marnie, one of Hannah’s best friends on the HBO series Girls.  The daughter of TV producer Jane Gillan Stoddard and NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, she spent four years with the comedy troupe Just Add Water while she was attending Yale.  After Judd Apatow saw Williams in a YouTube mashup of “Nature Boy,” he brought her in for an audition and she soon landed the part on Girls.  Outside of Girls, Williams has written and performed in several Funny or Die sketches, including playing Kate Middleton in Will & Kate: Before Happily Ever After.  Williams has also appeared on The League and she had a recurring role earlier this year on The Mindy Project. Resolution: Actor and comedian Lamorne Morris has signed with Resolution in all areas.  Morris currently stars as Winston on the hit Fox series New Girl and will soon appear in the indie features Sex Ed and Friend Zone.  After starting out as a member of Second City’s Outreach and Diversity Ensemble, Morris got a gig hosting HotWyred on BET.  Becoming a regular fixture on BET soon afterwards, Morris co-hosted BET Now and appeared on various award shows. Morris’ other credits have included roles in the feature films April Fools and The Assistants, as well as web series like The Guild and 24/7 Tebow vs. Mayweather. He also hosted the Cartoon Network game show BrainRush. Earlier this year, Morris appeared as Martin Luther King Jr. on Comedy Central’s Drunk History. UTA: Comedian and actress Loni Love is now repped by Max Stubblefield.  Love currently co-hosts the Fox talk show The Real.  Before launching into her stand-up career, Love spent about ten years working as an engineer for Xerox and other companies.  After leaving her day job to become a regular at The Laugh Factory, Love placed as a runner up on Star Search in 2003. She has since appeared in numerous films and television series. Williams was named “Hot Comic” for 2009 in Campus Activity magazine and has also been named among the “Top Ten Comics to Watch” in both Variety and Comedy Central. Her television appearances have included The Tonight Show with Jay Lay Leno and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as well as Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, Girlfriends, Kickin’ It and Whitney. In 2009, Love worked as a CNN correspondent for their show D.L. Hughley Breaks the News. UTA: Scottish writer and director David Mackenzie is now a client.  Mackenzie’s latest film, Starred Up, just made a buzzed-about premiere at Telluride and Toronto.  The film will make its European debut at the London Film Festival this October.  Mackenzie began his career making short films, winning an award for his debut short California Sunshine in 1997.  After completing nine shorts and a documentary, his first feature was 2002’s The Last Great Wilderness, which starred his younger brother Alastair Mackenzie.  In 2004, Mackenzie gained international attention with Young Adam, which starred Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton. That film won Mackenzie the British Newcomer of the Year award from the 2004 London Critics Circle Film Awards.  His subsequent features have included Perfect Sense, Spread, Mister Foe and Asylum.

Management Companies

Untitled Entertainment: Comedian and actor Dane Cook is now repped by Jason Weinberg.  Cook is currently performing his Under the Oath Tour and will soon reprise the lead voice role in the Planes sequel, Planes: Fire and Rescue, set for release in the summer of 2014.  Cook got his big break when he appeared on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend.  Since then, he has released five comedy albums. 2006’s Retaliation became the highest selling comedy album in 28 years, going platinum. He also performed an HBO special in 2006, Vicious Circle.  Cook’s film credits have included Mystery Men, Waiting…, Employee of the Month, Mr. Brooks, Good Luck Chuck, Dan in Real Life, My Best Friend’s Girl and Planes.  Television-wise, he’s appeared on Crank Yankers, Hawaii Five-O, Louie, and the web series Next Caller. Zero Gravity Entertainment: Actor Will Yun Lee is now repped by Mark Holder.  Lee currently plays a recurring role as gang informant Sang Min on Hawaii Five-O.  He will next be seen on the CBS series Intelligence opposite Josh Holloway and Marg Helgenberger. Lee also appeared earlier this year in The Wolverine.  An accomplished martial artist, Lee started his career with bit parts on series such as V.I.P and Profiler, before landing a role on the television movie Witchblade, which soon became a television series. After Witchblade, Lee got a major break when he landed the role of a scheming North Korean colonel in Die Another Day.  He has since played primarily villainous roles. Among his numerous credits, he has appeared in regular roles on the series Thief and Bionic Woman and he has appeared in the features Electra, The King of Fighters, Red Dawn and Total Recall. Lee has also recently ventured in the gaming world, voicing the sleeper hit Sleeping Dogs for Square Enix, which earned him MTV and G4 nominations for Best Voice Actor.