Exclusive: The majority of the managers working at LA rep firm The Green Room have abruptly exited to launch management and production outfit Untamed Artists LA.
The move was made in the last few weeks and follows what the group described to us as “irreconcilable differences” with Green Room founder Alex Czuleger, who as of last week was understood to be the only manager left at the firm.
Czuleger, who set up The Green Room in 2014, declined to comment on the reason for the departures but noted that the Green Room would continue to operate as a management company and that replacements for the departing staff would be joining shortly. There is discrepancy between the two parties as to whether all agents left of their own accord.
The departing reps comprise Jemme Harper, Brenda Fisher, Chris Cope, Sasha Vassell, Nicole MacNaughton, Andrew Leon, and Eric Ziech. At least three are...
The move was made in the last few weeks and follows what the group described to us as “irreconcilable differences” with Green Room founder Alex Czuleger, who as of last week was understood to be the only manager left at the firm.
Czuleger, who set up The Green Room in 2014, declined to comment on the reason for the departures but noted that the Green Room would continue to operate as a management company and that replacements for the departing staff would be joining shortly. There is discrepancy between the two parties as to whether all agents left of their own accord.
The departing reps comprise Jemme Harper, Brenda Fisher, Chris Cope, Sasha Vassell, Nicole MacNaughton, Andrew Leon, and Eric Ziech. At least three are...
- 2/20/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Wicked City is returning for a third season. The supernatural drama, co-created by Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee, has been renewed by the Allblk streaming service two months after the second season finale aired on December 7th.
Starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Shaquita Smith, Gary Sturgis, Chantel Maurice, and Chanel Mack, the Wicked City series follows five urban witches who have pushed their powers to the limit.
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Starring Vanessa Bell Calloway, Shaquita Smith, Gary Sturgis, Chantel Maurice, and Chanel Mack, the Wicked City series follows five urban witches who have pushed their powers to the limit.
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- 2/17/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: The AMC Allblk supernatural drama Wicked City has been renewed for a third season with production set to begin in March.
From co-creators and co-writers Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee, Wicked City follows five urban witches who push their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden.
Season 2 was set three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler (Karon Joseph Riley) when the Atlanta coven found themselves broken and separated. Jordan (Shaquita Smith) – who runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela (Chantal Maurice) try and fail to find Sherise (Chanel Mack) who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona (Mercedez McDowell) moved away, and Camille.
Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha (Vanessa Bell Calloway) and Caden (Malika Blessing) are trapped inside...
From co-creators and co-writers Kristin Iris Johnson and Serena M. Lee, Wicked City follows five urban witches who push their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden.
Season 2 was set three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler (Karon Joseph Riley) when the Atlanta coven found themselves broken and separated. Jordan (Shaquita Smith) – who runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela (Chantal Maurice) try and fail to find Sherise (Chanel Mack) who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona (Mercedez McDowell) moved away, and Camille.
Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha (Vanessa Bell Calloway) and Caden (Malika Blessing) are trapped inside...
- 2/15/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Allblk, the popular streaming service for Black television from AMC Networks, has unleashed the trailer for the sophomore season of supernatural drama, “Wicked City.”
The 8-episode series premieres Thursday, October 19, with new episodes dropping every Thursday exclusively on Allblk. Watch the trailer for Season 2 below, only here on Bd.
In season one, we followed a coven of Black witches who pushed their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden. This season, three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler, the Atlanta coven find themselves broken and separated.
Jordan – who now runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela try and fail to find Sherise who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona has moved away, and Camille is put in permanent hiding by her birth mother, Claudette. Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha and Caden are trapped inside...
The 8-episode series premieres Thursday, October 19, with new episodes dropping every Thursday exclusively on Allblk. Watch the trailer for Season 2 below, only here on Bd.
In season one, we followed a coven of Black witches who pushed their supernatural powers to new heights after uncovering dark secrets and accidentally entering the world of the forbidden. This season, three months after failing to stop a magical slaver named The Handler, the Atlanta coven find themselves broken and separated.
Jordan – who now runs The Mystic Haven – and Angela try and fail to find Sherise who’s being held captive by The Handler. Mona has moved away, and Camille is put in permanent hiding by her birth mother, Claudette. Unbeknownst to the coven, Tabitha and Caden are trapped inside...
- 10/4/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Shaquita Smith, known for her breakout role in AllBlk’s supernatural drama series Wicked City, has signed with The Green Room for management.
Smith starred as Jordan Davis alongside Vanessa Bell Calloway, Taylor Polidore, Mercedez McDowell, Chantal Maurice and Chanel Mack, in Wicked City, directed by Dale S. Lewis and executive produced by Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood and Donte Lee.
Smith also guest-starred in television series including New Amsterdam, NCIS: New Orleans, Hap & Leonard, Homicide Hunter and Survivor’s Remorse, among others.
She most recently was seen starring in BET+ rom-com, My Valentine Crush, directed by Christopher A. Nolen, alongside Travis Cure and Jeff Logan.
Smith continues to be repped by Amy Lord at Eris Talent Agency and Noonie Relations.
Smith starred as Jordan Davis alongside Vanessa Bell Calloway, Taylor Polidore, Mercedez McDowell, Chantal Maurice and Chanel Mack, in Wicked City, directed by Dale S. Lewis and executive produced by Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood and Donte Lee.
Smith also guest-starred in television series including New Amsterdam, NCIS: New Orleans, Hap & Leonard, Homicide Hunter and Survivor’s Remorse, among others.
She most recently was seen starring in BET+ rom-com, My Valentine Crush, directed by Christopher A. Nolen, alongside Travis Cure and Jeff Logan.
Smith continues to be repped by Amy Lord at Eris Talent Agency and Noonie Relations.
- 9/8/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Shaquita Smith (Wicked City) will front a Valentine’s Day movie for Paramount Global’s BET+ opposite Travis Cure (The Oval) and Jeff Logan (Double Cross).
My Valentine Crush is a rom-com in which a woman (Smith) makes an unexpected connection with an internet technician (Cure), leading her to have a Valentine’s Day she’ll never forget and evaluate her current relationship with her boyfriend (Logan).
Supporting cast is Dawn Halfkenny (The Family Business), Monti Washington (Bruh), Tiffany Snow (Just As I Am), Jenean Coleman (Merry Switchmas) and Ta’Rhonda Jones (Empire).
Christopher A. Nolen is the director. Cassandra Mann is the writer and executive producers are Devin Griffin and Maureen Guthman. Co-executive producers are Lorisa Bates and Marvin Neil and consulting producers John Baldasare, Noelle Broussard and Rene Rodriguez-Lopez. Nolen and Loretta Edwards Wilson are the producers.
The film forms part of BET+’s Valentine’s Day romcom line-up,...
My Valentine Crush is a rom-com in which a woman (Smith) makes an unexpected connection with an internet technician (Cure), leading her to have a Valentine’s Day she’ll never forget and evaluate her current relationship with her boyfriend (Logan).
Supporting cast is Dawn Halfkenny (The Family Business), Monti Washington (Bruh), Tiffany Snow (Just As I Am), Jenean Coleman (Merry Switchmas) and Ta’Rhonda Jones (Empire).
Christopher A. Nolen is the director. Cassandra Mann is the writer and executive producers are Devin Griffin and Maureen Guthman. Co-executive producers are Lorisa Bates and Marvin Neil and consulting producers John Baldasare, Noelle Broussard and Rene Rodriguez-Lopez. Nolen and Loretta Edwards Wilson are the producers.
The film forms part of BET+’s Valentine’s Day romcom line-up,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Dina Meyer (All American), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), Julia Tolchin (Loveland), Colin Bates (Broadway’s Girl from the North Country) and Jason Wiles (Third Watch) will star in the comedy Katie’s Mom (formerly The Dropout), marking the feature directorial debut of Tyrrell Shaffner.
The film is about a divorcée, played by Meyer, whose holiday celebration with her adult children derails when she falls for her daughter’s charming new boyfriend, played by Dominguez. Its cast also includes Jade Ramirez (You Cannot Hide), Clara York (Euphoria), Lexie Stevenson (The Young and The Restless) and Shannon Dee (Good Girls).
Shaffner and Meryl Branch-McTiernan wrote the script, which was a quarterfinalist in the Academy’s Nicholl screenplay competition two years in a row. Branch-McTiernan and Shaffner are producing for their banner Ex Files Productions alongside Corey Moss (White Elephant) of Bold Soul Studios. Executive Producers include Milan Chakraborty...
The film is about a divorcée, played by Meyer, whose holiday celebration with her adult children derails when she falls for her daughter’s charming new boyfriend, played by Dominguez. Its cast also includes Jade Ramirez (You Cannot Hide), Clara York (Euphoria), Lexie Stevenson (The Young and The Restless) and Shannon Dee (Good Girls).
Shaffner and Meryl Branch-McTiernan wrote the script, which was a quarterfinalist in the Academy’s Nicholl screenplay competition two years in a row. Branch-McTiernan and Shaffner are producing for their banner Ex Files Productions alongside Corey Moss (White Elephant) of Bold Soul Studios. Executive Producers include Milan Chakraborty...
- 7/15/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AllBlk has greenlit the supernatural drama Wicked City from executive producers Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood and Donte Lee set to debut this winter.
The ensemble cast includes Vanessa Bell Calloway, Taylor Polidore, Shaquita Smith, Mercedez McDowell, Chantal Maurice, Chanel Mack, Rhonda Morman, Malika Blessing, Columbus Short, and Rolonda Rochelle.
While living their best life in Atlanta, four young, chic, modern-day witches, Jordan Davis (Smith), Mona De La Cruz (McDowell), Angela Harris (Maurice), and Sherise Baker (Mack) make the acquaintance of Camille (Polidore), a naturally powerful witch who is oblivious to her gift.
Reluctantly, Camille joins the women for a spell, but things take a menacing turn resulting in an accidental death. The witches quickly perform a forbidden resurrection spell, however, it is too late, as a dark sinister being is brought back from the other side. Now, between their complicated personal lives, unearthed secrets of the past, and attempting to defeat a powerful wraith,...
The ensemble cast includes Vanessa Bell Calloway, Taylor Polidore, Shaquita Smith, Mercedez McDowell, Chantal Maurice, Chanel Mack, Rhonda Morman, Malika Blessing, Columbus Short, and Rolonda Rochelle.
While living their best life in Atlanta, four young, chic, modern-day witches, Jordan Davis (Smith), Mona De La Cruz (McDowell), Angela Harris (Maurice), and Sherise Baker (Mack) make the acquaintance of Camille (Polidore), a naturally powerful witch who is oblivious to her gift.
Reluctantly, Camille joins the women for a spell, but things take a menacing turn resulting in an accidental death. The witches quickly perform a forbidden resurrection spell, however, it is too late, as a dark sinister being is brought back from the other side. Now, between their complicated personal lives, unearthed secrets of the past, and attempting to defeat a powerful wraith,...
- 6/8/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Cabin Fever Star Joins Horror Pic Flesh
Exclusive: Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever) and Tiffany Shepis (Tales Of Halloween) have joined Danielle Harris (Halloween) in horror movie Flesh, which has just wrapped in Los Angeles. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we hear the movie involves a deranged individual who wants to sacrifice human flesh to a malevolent spirit. Script was written by Reine Swart and Chris McGowan. McGowan is set to direct with production slated for October. The film will mark McGowan’s sophomore film as a director. His directorial debut was last year’s Chasing Nightmares starring Anne Heche, Graham McTavish and Michelle Randolph. Pic is being produced by McGowan with Danielle Harris acting as executive producer. The film is being financed by Clear Media Finance, whose most recent production was Jenna Ortega SXSW drama The Fallout, which was picked up by HBO Max.
Producer Quartet Team...
Exclusive: Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever) and Tiffany Shepis (Tales Of Halloween) have joined Danielle Harris (Halloween) in horror movie Flesh, which has just wrapped in Los Angeles. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we hear the movie involves a deranged individual who wants to sacrifice human flesh to a malevolent spirit. Script was written by Reine Swart and Chris McGowan. McGowan is set to direct with production slated for October. The film will mark McGowan’s sophomore film as a director. His directorial debut was last year’s Chasing Nightmares starring Anne Heche, Graham McTavish and Michelle Randolph. Pic is being produced by McGowan with Danielle Harris acting as executive producer. The film is being financed by Clear Media Finance, whose most recent production was Jenna Ortega SXSW drama The Fallout, which was picked up by HBO Max.
Producer Quartet Team...
- 11/19/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Producer Tressa Azarel Smallwood of MegaMind Media has teamed with BET Networks on a new BET Her initiative for four female-centric original short films, which will be directed by prominent African American Hollywood stars Sheryl Lee Ralph (Sister Act 2), Kim Fields (Living Single), Vanessa Bell Calloway (Coming to America) and Victoria Rowell (Dumb and Dumber).
Shooting began this week in Maryland. The 20-minute dramatic shorts will cover a range of vital topics to today’s Black families ranging from breast cancer to mental health. The films will live under the BET Her “Her Stories” franchise, a platform to empower the next generation of Black women filmmakers.
“Even though I’ve licensed films to BET previously, being chosen to produce these crucial initiatives with all African-American women is such an honor,” said Smallwood.
“BET Her is dedicated to telling stories that support and celebrate Black women in front of and...
Shooting began this week in Maryland. The 20-minute dramatic shorts will cover a range of vital topics to today’s Black families ranging from breast cancer to mental health. The films will live under the BET Her “Her Stories” franchise, a platform to empower the next generation of Black women filmmakers.
“Even though I’ve licensed films to BET previously, being chosen to produce these crucial initiatives with all African-American women is such an honor,” said Smallwood.
“BET Her is dedicated to telling stories that support and celebrate Black women in front of and...
- 7/1/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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