TALENTEDXGIFTED
Authentic storytelling. Creators first.
STUDIO
A MULTI-PLATFORM CONTENT DEVELOPMENT HOUSE
Our credo is to influence popular culture through authentic storytelling. We thrive to create, develop, and produce impactful stories across feature films, scripted/unscripted television, literary representation, animation and branded digital content.
OUR FOCUS
We believe in elevating authentic stories by nurturing the creative process. Our focus cross pollinates across
4 business units:
Content Development
Independent Film Finance
Literary Representation
Brand Partnerships
UNIT I
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
Our team creates, develops and produces a myriad of content. From original stories, adapted properties and IP, we nurture the creative ecosystem from start to finish.
UNIT II
INDIE FILM FINANCE
We align strategic financing for independent feature films projects. Our team has a track record in securing private equity, senior debt and gap financing. Recent co-financing initiatives include aligning private equity for LaRoy, Texas, a feature film dark comedy starring John Magaro and Steve Zahn. LaRoy, Texas premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and is set for theatrical + digital distribution in 2024 under Brainstorm Media. Our team has aligned equity financing for Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk, an animated feature film musical starring will.i.am, Jennifer Coolidge, Jennifer Hudson, Whoopi Goldberg, Snoop Dogg and Howie Mandel. PTPH is in production under Exodus Film Group and animation studio, Toonz Media Group. Our team is currently working with filmmakers to secure financing for Flash Before The Bang, an inspirational sports drama based on a true story.
UNIT III
LITERARY REPRESENTATION
We provide traditional literary representation to a selective roster of authors. Most prominently, we represent Mitchell Writing authors Brian Mitchell, Evan Mitchell and their fiction thriller manuscript, All the Colors of Light – a psychological thriller, (93,500 words).
UNIT IV
BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
In collaboration with our brand partnership team we negotiate and produces branded content. Our team has secured over $2 million in revenue for creators procured through strategic partnerships that include Mattel, WWE, Android, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Electronic Arts, FIFA 22, Live Nation, Candy Crush Saga, Paramount Pictures, Hasbro, Nerf, BetterHelp, Honey, Young LA, Gamers8, 39er Time, World Youth Forum Egypt and more.
SENTWALI HOLDER PRESS
Thriller ‘LaRoy’ Starring John Magaro, Steve Zahn & Dylan Baker Sets Release With Brainstorm Media
Indie distributor Brainstorm Media has locked down North American rights to LaRoy, a darkly comedic thriller starring John Magaro (First Cow), Steve Zahn (The White Lotus) and Dylan Baker (Happiness) that world premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival and nabbed three awards at the Deauville American Film Festival, including the Grand Prix, Audience Award, and Critics Award.
Tara Nicole Whitaker Will Direct Animated Feature ‘Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Tara Nicole Whitaker will make her feature directorial debut with “Pierre the Pigeon-Hawk,” an upcoming musically-driven animated film which she will co-direct alongside John D. Eraklis.
will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, Snoop Dogg Added To Voice Cast Of ‘Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk’
The John D. Eraklis-directed animated feature Pierre The Pigeon-Hawk is adding more A-listers to its already star-studded voice cast. Grammy Award winner will.i.am (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Oscar, Golden Globe, and Grammy award winner Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, Sing), and multiplatinum-selling artist Snoop Dogg (The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run) have now on board, joining previously announced cast Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Coolidge, Kenan Thompson, Howie Mandel, Luis Guzmán, Domenick Lombardozzi, Paul Blackthorne, Jamal Trulove, Evan Ross, and Ashlee Simpson.
After Being Framed For Murder, ‘Last Black Man In San Francisco’s Jamal Trulove Speaks On George Floyd, Producing Docu On Integrated ’72 USC Trojans Football Team, & Docu-Series On His Own Six-Year Prison Ordeal
Shortly after Jamal Trulove celebrated his breakout turn in The Last Black Man in San Francisco at the film’s Sundance premiere, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to approve a $13.1 million settlement for Trulove after it was found he had been framed by police for the 2007 murder of a friend, serving six years before a retrial exonerated him and found two police officers deliberately fabricated evidence and failed to disclose exculpatory material.
Film News Roundup: Release of Elton John Biopic ‘Rocketman’ Pushed Back Two Weeks
In today’s film news roundup, Paramount moves “Rocketman” back slightly, Freestyle buys a thriller and TCM partners with the African American Film Critics Association.
REPRESENTATION
LEGAL COUNSEL
Andrew S. Howard, Attorney
Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer
Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Kelin, PC
THEATRICAL AGENT
Erich Smith, Agent
TCA Mgmt
PUBLICITY
Brithney Buchanan, Publicist
Buchanan PR