Fisher Stevens & His Highly Flammable Banner Sign With WME
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Fisher Stevens and his production company Highly Flammable, which he launched last spring alongside producers Maura Anderson and Zak Kilberg.
They’ll rep the Academy Award-winning multi-hyphenate, going forward, across all scripted and documentary projects. The move comes less than a week after Stevens’ Beckham docuseries was released on Netflix, debuting as the streamer’s most-watched English-language series of the week.
The four-parter, on which he teamed with Oscar and Emmy-winning producer John Battsek (Searching for Sugar Man), tells the inside story of the global football star and cultural icon, offering unprecedented access not only to Beckham, but also to his wife Victoria, his family, his friends and his teammates.
Fisher’s scripted directing credits include the ex-convict drama Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake, which remains one of Apple TV+’s top 10 most popular films; the comedic thriller Stand Up Guys, starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, and Julianna Margulies, which he directed for Lionsgate; and most recently, the pilot for Apple TV+’s Jason Katims drama Dear Edward, for which he also served as EP.
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