"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" breakout Kelly Marie Tran has been cast in a lead role for Elizabeth Olsen's upcoming series for Facebook Watch, Variety has learned exclusively.The 10-episode series, now entitled "Sorry for Your Loss," is a dark comedy that explores the life of young widow Leigh Gibbs (Olsen) as she deals with the grief of losing her husband while reconnecting with relationships of her past.Tran will star as Jules, Leigh's younger sister. The character is described as the most...
Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Jon
Liebman
Chairman / CEO
Under Liebman’s leadership, the entertainment stalwart worked with clients to create direct-to-consumer businesses via its new Brillstein Ventures in 2022, including Courteney Cox (Homecourt) and “Nate & Jeremiah: Save My House” host-exec producer Nate Berkus (Nate Home), helping them source financing, manufacturing, product distribution and personnel. At the same time, he continued to expand the company with the hiring of new managers in digital, literary, talent and comedy while maintaining a stellar list of clients who did headline-grabbing work, including Brad Pitt (“Bullet Train,” “Babylon”), Florence Pugh (“Don’t Worry Darling”), Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”), Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”), Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”), Scott Derrickson (“The Black Phone”), Seth Meyers and Bill Maher.