WME Signs Sam Esmail and Esmail Corp
The agency will represent the Mr. Robot creator and his production company in all areas, with his Warner Bros. film Panic Carefully set for April 2027.
WME has signed writer, director and producer Sam Esmail and his production company Esmail Corp for representation in all areas, according to deadline.com.
Esmail runs Esmail Corp with longtime partner Chad Hamilton. Their television credits include Amazon's Homecoming (2018-2020), Briarpatch (2020), Gaslit (2022), Angelyne (2022) and The Resort (2022); Esmail directed the first season of Homecoming.
From 2015 to 2019, Mr. Robot ran for four seasons on USA Network, created by Esmail, who was writer, director and executive producer. The series won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Drama, a Peabody Award and the Writers Guild Award for New Series, and Esmail received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
In 2023, Esmail wrote and directed Netflix's Leave the World Behind, based on the novel by Rumaan Alam and starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Ethan Hawke. He and Hamilton produced the film through Esmail Corp, with Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions executive producing.
Esmail wrote and directed Warner Bros.' Panic Carefully, starring Julia Roberts, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Olsen and Brian Tyree Henry, produced with Hamilton through Esmail Corp. The film is slated for theatrical release on April 9, 2027. Esmail continues to be represented by McKuin Frankel.
Quick answers
Who signed Sam Esmail and Esmail Corp?
WME signed Sam Esmail and his production company Esmail Corp for representation in all areas.
When is Sam Esmail's Panic Carefully coming out?
Panic Carefully is slated for theatrical release on April 9, 2027.
Who stars in Panic Carefully?
The Warner Bros. film stars Julia Roberts, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Olsen and Brian Tyree Henry.