Film And Television Sports Collective ‘The Big Picture’ Launches With Industry Initiative Focusing On Supporting Young Athletes In The Arts

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EXCLUSIVE: Cut Throat City producer William Clevinger, multi-hyphenate Sidney Elle Brocious, actor Jonny Weston (Chasing Mavericks, Project Almanac), Chairman & CEO of Amalgam Jeremy Jordan Jones, Jerry Easter and Trena Cook-Easter—the parents of high school basketball prodigy Jerry Easter II—are joining forces to launch The Big Picture.The Big Picture is a collective that will produce cutting edge film and TV projects while also creating first look opportunities and mentorship for young athletes throughout their careers.

The company’s mission statement is: “A collective of artists, this is bigger than us, this is family: we are legacy producers.”The collective will assist athletes with representation in professional sports, Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), and a united focused vision creating opportunities in entertainment throughout their sports careers.

The Big Picture will function with a supportive family environment for them to succeed and excel in life with proper mental health support from the beginning.The blueprint starting the vision is Jerry Easter II, the 6 foot-5 freshman basketball prodigy from Emmanuel Christian School in Toledo, Ohio, where he is a 3.9 GPA student and has been ranked as the #1 9th grader in the country, holding Power-5 offers from UCLA, Ohio State, and Michigan State before he ever played one high school game.

He’s currently holding a season average of 25 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists, & 5 steals per game while leadings his team to a 10-2 record to date.This concept of nurturing and working with high character young athletes alongside their families to afford them a unique situation where all of the relationships consisting of a group of culturally diverse individuals spread throughout