Woody Norman's star-is-born performance as Jesse in 2021's C'mon C'mon, stealing scenes from Joaquin Phoenix, captivated audiences. Critics raved about his chemistry with Phoenix and emotional range, from mischievous glee to aching doubt. Now, he has notched one more milestone by signing with elite agency.

Norman has signed with UTA, an agency famous for representing a massive roster of A-list celebrities, including Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Harrison Ford, Kevin Hart, and Bad Bunny. Norman continues to be represented by SYA, Ace MGMT and HJTH. For Norman, this milestone comes fresh off filming Paul Greengrass's historical epic The Uprising.

The film, centred on England's fourteenth-century Peasants' Revolt, pairs him with heavyweights like Andrew Garfield, Cosmo Jarvis, Jamie Bell, Katherine Waterston, and Thomasin McKenzie for a later-this-year release. Norman's screen credits boast collaborations with directors like the Russo Brothers on The Electric State, André Øvredal for The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and Samuel Bodin in Cobweb.

He is also part of Sukkwan Island, a Sundance-premiered adaptation of David Vann's novella opposite Swann Arlaud. This UTA move positions the prodigy for even bigger roles ahead.

While Woody Norman levels up with UTA, A24 scores a hot book adaptation that could spark its own franchise fire.

A24 snags rights to Laura Shepherd-Robinson's thriller

A24 outbid nearly twenty competitors to snag television adaptation rights for Laura Shepherd-Robinson's hotly anticipated We Are the Dead. The novel launches with a gruesome decapitation at the Tower of London, claiming the ex-British Army commander who ran its military enclave.

Enter Brontë Hayes, steely leader of an elite London police squad tackling nation-shaking cases. Still nascent in development under A24 United Kingdom's Piers Wenger and Rose Garnett, the project lacks a writer or cast but follows the author's Frankfurt Book Fair splash last year.

It bolsters A24's television push alongside The Husbands, Major Players, and Michaela Coel's First Day on Earth. Woody Norman's UTA signing post C'mon C'mon breakthrough spotlights a rising talent ready for bigger leaps, blending indie roots with blockbuster potential that keeps Hollywood's youth wave rolling.

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Written by

Pratham Gurung

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Hriddhi Maitra