Brian Yorkey: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Brett Rosen, an agent in WME‘s Motion Picture department, has joined TFC Management, the company founded in 2020 by former WME and UTA partners David Stone and Ben Jacobson. With the hire, TFC has now a staff of nine managers, a coordinator, and a production executive.

Carole Rothman, co-founder of the renowned New York theater company Second Stage responsible for such acclaimed productions as Dear Evan Hansen, Next To Normal, This Is Our Youth and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, is leaving the company she started in 1979.

EXCLUSIVE: Television executive and producer Erynn Baldwin, most recently founder and CEO of the storytelling app Lugu, has joined Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Television as Vice President. In her new role, Baldwin will be responsible for bringing in new projects and developing series across comedy and drama.

Echoes, a mystery limited series from up-and-coming Australian TV creator Vanessa Gazy has surged in viewing in its first full week of release. Launching with little fanfare, the series, starring Michelle Monaghan and executive produced by 13 Reasons Why‘s Brian Yorkey, logged 68.5M hours viewed during the week of Aug. 22 jumping from #5 last week to #2 in Netflix’s weekly Top 10 for English-language series. It pushed The Sandman (53.8M) to #2 in its fourth week after a three-week reign at #1.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIt’s all too easy to understand the appeal of a show like “Echoes” to a streaming service like Netflix. From creator Vanessa Gazy and showrunners Quentin Peeples and Brian Yorkey (“13 Reasons Why”), “Echoes” feels like “Firefly Lane” and “Behind Her Eyes” collided to create a melodrama as deeply strange as it is quickly ingestible. Its seven episodes fly by fast enough to distract from the fact that they only barely make sense.

Michelle Monaghan fans will be seeing double with the actress portraying twins Leni and Gina in the new Netflix limited series Echoes.The streaming service released the first trailer and poster for the seven-episode series, which hails from creator Vanessa Gazy (Eden) and showrunnersBrian Yorkey (13 Reasons Why) and Quinton Peeples (Runaways).The new limited series also stars Matt Bomer, Daniel Sunjata and Ali Stroker, debuting August 19. Double:Michelle Monaghan fans will be seeing double with the actress portraying twins Leni and Gina in the new Netflix limited series Echoes Poster:The streaming service released the first trailer and poster for the seven-episode series, which hails from creator Vanessa Gazy (Eden) and showrunners Brian Yorkey (13 Reasons Why) and Quinton Peeples (Runaways) Debut:The new limited series also stars Matt Bomer, Daniel Sunjata and Ali Stroker, debuting August 19The trailer begins with Gina insisting, 'There's something you're not telling me,' but Leni says, 'There's not,' before they both wish each other a happy birthday.They both say, 'Another year,' as it appears that they're both naked together,' when the plot thickens as Jack Beck (Matt Bomer) calls Gina and tells her, 'Leni's missing.' We see missing person's signs posted for Leni, as Jack explains, 'She may have been taken,' which naturally upsets Gina.

Michelle Monaghan’s secret double life has gone awry in Netflix’s new series, “Echoes”.

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Yorkey (13 Reasons Why) has optioned the film rights to Dan Mathews’ memoir Like Crazy: Life with My Mother and Her Invisible Friends, tapping Ted Malawer (Halston) to adapt it for the screen.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Next to Normal,” the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning 2009 musical, will be reimagined as a live immersive theatrical event. The new version of the acclaimed production will have its world premiere at the Festival Grec de Barcelona this July.The show will be presented without sets or props in a 20,000 square-foot venue, utilizing a surround-sound system and 360-degree projections to create an immersive experience that places the audience alongside the actors. It is directed by Simon Pittman and carries the blessing of its writers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey.  Alice Ripley, who won a Tony for the original show, will reprise her performance who will be joined live by Andy Señor Jr., Jade Laurel, Eloi Gomez, and Lewis Edgar.

The fourth season premiere date for 13 Reasons Why was just announced this week, and now the showrunner, Brian Yorkey, is opening up about the final season.

The fourth season of the mystery drama will land on the streaming service next month