Exclusive: Veteran manager Leonard Torgan, formerly of Cohn Torgan management, has joined forces with Brett Carducci as a partner in his new shingle, Aligned Entertainment Group, which will both manage and produce projects alongside clients.
Joining Leonard at Aligned are longtime clients Russell Hornsby (Bmf), Ash Zukerman (Succession), Tequan Richmond (Everybody Hates Chris), Samm Levine (Freaks and Geeks), David Rogers (Abbott Elementary), Kenric Green (The Walking Dead) and Hamish Michael (One More Shot), among others. They’re now part of a roster which also includes the likes of Ken Jeong, Omar J. Dorsey (Bookie) and Danielle Pinnock (Ghosts).
In addition to Torgan and Carducci, who founded the prior iteration of Aligned in 2009, others participating in the new venture include managers Frank Gonzales and Nikki Daurio.
Serving as a Partner at Cohn Torgan Management for the last 12 years, Torgan previously worked at The Collective and Leverage Management,...
Joining Leonard at Aligned are longtime clients Russell Hornsby (Bmf), Ash Zukerman (Succession), Tequan Richmond (Everybody Hates Chris), Samm Levine (Freaks and Geeks), David Rogers (Abbott Elementary), Kenric Green (The Walking Dead) and Hamish Michael (One More Shot), among others. They’re now part of a roster which also includes the likes of Ken Jeong, Omar J. Dorsey (Bookie) and Danielle Pinnock (Ghosts).
In addition to Torgan and Carducci, who founded the prior iteration of Aligned in 2009, others participating in the new venture include managers Frank Gonzales and Nikki Daurio.
Serving as a Partner at Cohn Torgan Management for the last 12 years, Torgan previously worked at The Collective and Leverage Management,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bmf star Russell Hornsby has signed with APA for representation in all areas. Hornsby is the second prominent client to follow longtime agent Andrew Rogers there, joining Regina Hall who also recently signed with APA. Veteran ICM Partners agent Rogers last month became the head of Global Talent at APA.
Hornsby headlines the Starz series Bmf (aka Black Mafia Family) and will next be seen starring as Don King in Hulu’s limited series Mike about the rise of Mike Tyson. APA also reps Bmf executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and fellow star Demetrius “lil meech” Flennory Jr.
Hornsby’s resume includes the feature Fences opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in which he reprised his role from the Tony-winning Broadway production, the Fox 2000 film The Hate U Give with Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall, Creed II opposite Michael B. Jordan as well as series Seven Seconds opposite Regina...
Hornsby headlines the Starz series Bmf (aka Black Mafia Family) and will next be seen starring as Don King in Hulu’s limited series Mike about the rise of Mike Tyson. APA also reps Bmf executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and fellow star Demetrius “lil meech” Flennory Jr.
Hornsby’s resume includes the feature Fences opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in which he reprised his role from the Tony-winning Broadway production, the Fox 2000 film The Hate U Give with Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall, Creed II opposite Michael B. Jordan as well as series Seven Seconds opposite Regina...
- 8/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, up-and-comer Anna Pniowsky books another role, Jonathan Demme’s archive is donated and “Rachel Hollis Presents: Made For More” generates strong grosses.
Casting
Anna Pniowsky has been cast in a lead role in the independent comedy “Judy Small” opposite Rob Corddry, Alicia Silverstone, Haley Joel Osment, and Michaela Watkins.
She will play the daughter of Silverstone’s character, who persuades her husband to see a marriage counselor, the titular Judy Small, played by Watkins. The daughter is the first to distrust the manipulative Small.
William Teitler is producing and directing from a script based on the novel by Nancy Doyle. Gina Resnick is also producing.
Pniowsky will be seen next as the lead opposite Casey Affleck in “Light of My Life,” in which their characters are trapped in the woods after a deadly pandemic. Teddy Schwarzman is producing and financing through his Black Bear Pictures banner.
Casting
Anna Pniowsky has been cast in a lead role in the independent comedy “Judy Small” opposite Rob Corddry, Alicia Silverstone, Haley Joel Osment, and Michaela Watkins.
She will play the daughter of Silverstone’s character, who persuades her husband to see a marriage counselor, the titular Judy Small, played by Watkins. The daughter is the first to distrust the manipulative Small.
William Teitler is producing and directing from a script based on the novel by Nancy Doyle. Gina Resnick is also producing.
Pniowsky will be seen next as the lead opposite Casey Affleck in “Light of My Life,” in which their characters are trapped in the woods after a deadly pandemic. Teddy Schwarzman is producing and financing through his Black Bear Pictures banner.
- 8/4/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
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