Johnnie Planco, a former Wma agent and co-founder of the Parseghian Planco management and production company, died on Sunday from a brain and respiratory infection. He was 68.
Planco started out in the Wma mailroom in 1972 and rose in the ranks at the talent agency before he left in 2000. He was the youngest department head and senior vice president in the company’s history, and ran both the motion picture department in New York and the William Morris talent department, which he created. Some of the clients he represented included Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, John Malkovich, Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon.
After leaving, he and Gene Parseghian formed Parseghian Planco and represented Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Schrader, Judi Dench, F. Murray Abraham and many others. The company produced two feature films, “Perfume” in 2001 with Jeff Goldblum and Peter Gallagher and Schrader’s “The Walker” in 2007 starring Woody Harrelson, plus William Mastrosimone’s...
Planco started out in the Wma mailroom in 1972 and rose in the ranks at the talent agency before he left in 2000. He was the youngest department head and senior vice president in the company’s history, and ran both the motion picture department in New York and the William Morris talent department, which he created. Some of the clients he represented included Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, John Malkovich, Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon.
After leaving, he and Gene Parseghian formed Parseghian Planco and represented Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Schrader, Judi Dench, F. Murray Abraham and many others. The company produced two feature films, “Perfume” in 2001 with Jeff Goldblum and Peter Gallagher and Schrader’s “The Walker” in 2007 starring Woody Harrelson, plus William Mastrosimone’s...
- 6/6/2019
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Johnnie Planco, a former William Morris agent and co-founder of the Parseghian Planco management and production company, has died. He was 68.
Planco died Sunday in New York after struggling with an infection that affected his brain and respiratory system, his daughter, Viewpoint publicist Sara Planco, announced.
Planco spent nearly three decades at the William Morris Agency, where he represented the likes of Peter O'Toole, Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Madeline Kahn, Sterling Hayden, Lauren Bacall, Richard Harris, Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, John Malkovich, Vincent Gardenia, Michael Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Susan Sarandon, Abel Ferrara ...
Planco died Sunday in New York after struggling with an infection that affected his brain and respiratory system, his daughter, Viewpoint publicist Sara Planco, announced.
Planco spent nearly three decades at the William Morris Agency, where he represented the likes of Peter O'Toole, Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Madeline Kahn, Sterling Hayden, Lauren Bacall, Richard Harris, Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, John Malkovich, Vincent Gardenia, Michael Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Susan Sarandon, Abel Ferrara ...
Johnnie Planco, a former William Morris agent and co-founder of the Parseghian Planco management and production company, has died. He was 68.
Planco died Sunday in New York after struggling with an infection that affected his brain and respiratory system, his daughter, Viewpoint publicist Sara Planco, announced.
Planco spent nearly three decades at the William Morris Agency, where he represented the likes of Peter O'Toole, Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Madeline Kahn, Sterling Hayden, Lauren Bacall, Richard Harris, Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, John Malkovich, Vincent Gardenia, Michael Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Susan Sarandon, Abel Ferrara ...
Planco died Sunday in New York after struggling with an infection that affected his brain and respiratory system, his daughter, Viewpoint publicist Sara Planco, announced.
Planco spent nearly three decades at the William Morris Agency, where he represented the likes of Peter O'Toole, Rock Hudson, John Cassavetes, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Madeline Kahn, Sterling Hayden, Lauren Bacall, Richard Harris, Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, John Malkovich, Vincent Gardenia, Michael Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Susan Sarandon, Abel Ferrara ...
Johnnie Planco, a former New York-based William Morris Agency (Wma) agent and co-founder of management/production company Parseghian Planco, has died. He was 68.
Planco passed away on Sunday in New York City after suffering from an infection that his brain and respiratory system.
Planco joined the Wma mailroom after he graduated from Fordham University at Lincoln Center in 1972, and he stayed at the agency until 2000. During his tenure at Wma, he became the youngest department head and senior vice president, running both the motion picture department in New York and creating the William Morris Talent Department. In his career, he represented talent like Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Lauren Bacall and John Malkovich, among many others.
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In 2000, he partnered with Gene Parseghian to create Parseghian Planco, which has represented talent like Daniel-Day Lewis, Paul Schrader and Judi Dench.
Planco passed away on Sunday in New York City after suffering from an infection that his brain and respiratory system.
Planco joined the Wma mailroom after he graduated from Fordham University at Lincoln Center in 1972, and he stayed at the agency until 2000. During his tenure at Wma, he became the youngest department head and senior vice president, running both the motion picture department in New York and creating the William Morris Talent Department. In his career, he represented talent like Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Lauren Bacall and John Malkovich, among many others.
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In 2000, he partnered with Gene Parseghian to create Parseghian Planco, which has represented talent like Daniel-Day Lewis, Paul Schrader and Judi Dench.
- 6/3/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Johnnie Planco, the longtime New York-based Wma agent who partnered with Gene Parseghian in the management/production company Parseghian Planco, has died. Planco passed away on Sunday, June 2 in New York City, after struggling with an infection that quickly affected both his brain and respiratory system. He was 68.
Planco was born and raised in New York City, as was his father and grandfather, latter of whom was a Rough Rider under Teddy Roosevelt. Planco joined the famed Wma mailroom after graduating Fordham U at Lincoln Center with a BA in Theater. This was in 1972, and he would remain with that agency until 2000.
In those 28 years he became the youngest Department Head and Senior Vice President in the agency’s history, running both the Motion Picture department in New York and creating and running the William Morris Talent Department. Among the clients he represented were Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, John Malkovich,...
Planco was born and raised in New York City, as was his father and grandfather, latter of whom was a Rough Rider under Teddy Roosevelt. Planco joined the famed Wma mailroom after graduating Fordham U at Lincoln Center with a BA in Theater. This was in 1972, and he would remain with that agency until 2000.
In those 28 years he became the youngest Department Head and Senior Vice President in the agency’s history, running both the Motion Picture department in New York and creating and running the William Morris Talent Department. Among the clients he represented were Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, John Malkovich,...
- 6/3/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Gene Parseghian, the co-founder of the Parseghian Planco management and production company that represented the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench and Betty Buckley, died Thursday. He was 72.
Angela Carbonetti, his associate for 22 years, told The Hollywood Reporter that Parseghian died of cancer at his home in Manhattan.
In 1999, Parseghian left William Morris and teamed with Johnnie Planco to launch the New York-based Parseghian Planco with a roster that also included Lauren Bacall, Christopher Walken, Franco Zeffirelli and Peter Bogdanovich.
A native of Oneonta, N.Y., Parseghian was aiming for a career as an actor, studying...
Angela Carbonetti, his associate for 22 years, told The Hollywood Reporter that Parseghian died of cancer at his home in Manhattan.
In 1999, Parseghian left William Morris and teamed with Johnnie Planco to launch the New York-based Parseghian Planco with a roster that also included Lauren Bacall, Christopher Walken, Franco Zeffirelli and Peter Bogdanovich.
A native of Oneonta, N.Y., Parseghian was aiming for a career as an actor, studying...
- 3/16/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried will star for Killer Films in Paul Schrader’s First Reformed, which Arclight is financing and introducing to worldwide buyers here.
Hawke will play a former military chaplain tortured by the loss of a son in the Armed Forces.
When the man befriends a young parishioner played by Seyfried and her radical environmentalist husband, he uncovers corruption in the Church.
”First Reformed is a script I’ve been moving toward for almost fifty years,” said Schrader, who will attend Toronto for the September 16 North American premiere of Dog Eat Dog following its world premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
“Ethan Hawke’s image appeared to me while I was writing and he responded days after reading the script. Now we are delighted to be able to add Amanda Seyfried. These are unique performers with a special charisma.”
“Following Dog Eat Dog, we’re excited to be working with Paul again,” said Arclight...
Hawke will play a former military chaplain tortured by the loss of a son in the Armed Forces.
When the man befriends a young parishioner played by Seyfried and her radical environmentalist husband, he uncovers corruption in the Church.
”First Reformed is a script I’ve been moving toward for almost fifty years,” said Schrader, who will attend Toronto for the September 16 North American premiere of Dog Eat Dog following its world premiere in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
“Ethan Hawke’s image appeared to me while I was writing and he responded days after reading the script. Now we are delighted to be able to add Amanda Seyfried. These are unique performers with a special charisma.”
“Following Dog Eat Dog, we’re excited to be working with Paul again,” said Arclight...
- 9/10/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Jaeger-LeCoultre has announced the members selected for the Advisory Board for the new Filmmaker in Residence initiative. The new Advisory Board members include: Henry Bean, Brady Corbet, Charles Finch, Naomi Foner, Larry Gross, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Danny Huston, Tamara Jenkins, Ed Lachman, Bennett Miller, Matthew Modine, Ed Pressman, Ira Sachs, Paul Schrader and Marisa Tomei. To make the announcement, Fslc held a celebratory dinner last night to present the chosen advisors. In addition to a few of the honored members, guests at the dinner also included Christopher Abbott, Daniel Battsek, Tory Burch, J.C. Chandor, Jessica Diehl, Griffin Dunne, Ryan Fleck, Scott Frank, Tony Gilroy, Larry Gross, Jack Huston, Rose Kuo, Richard Lagravenese, Barry Levinson, Johnnie Planco, Ed Pressman, Bob Shaye, Todd Solondz, Ann Tenenbaum, James Toback, and Harvey Weinstein. The Filmmaker in Residence program is designed to...
- 6/13/2013
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
Christopher Abbott has signed with Wme. Abbott made headlines recently with his decision to abruptly leave HBO‘s comedy series Girls, on which he played Allison Williams’ boyfriend Charlie for the first two seasons. Abbott, who continues to be repped by Parseghian Planco, also co-stars in Burma, which debuted at this year’s SXSW where it received jury recognition for Best Ensemble. He will next be seen in Mona Fastvold’s The Sleepwalker.
- 5/21/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Mike Cahill, whose film Another Earth crushed it at 2011 Sundance, has set Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, The Walking Dead‘s Steven Yeun, and The Good Wife’s Archie Panjabi for his followup film, I Origins. Cahill wrote the script. Pitt plays a molecular biologist who, together with his brilliant lab partner (Marling) uncovers startling evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it. Marling co-wrote Another Earth with Cahill and starred in the film. Hunter Gray and Alex Orlovsky are producing I Origins under their Verisimilitude banner along with Cahill and WeWork Studio and in association with Bersin Pictures and Penny Jane Films. Pic will be exec produced by Tyler Brodie, Bonnie Timmermann, Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, Adam Neumann, Adam S. Bersin, Jayne Hong and Pitt. Cahill is repped by Wme, Pitt by Wme, Parseghian Planco and Untitled, Marling by CAA and Alan Siegel Entertainment, Yeun by...
- 4/30/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: Rufus Sewell is set to star as Autolycus alongside Dwayne Johnson in Hercules for MGM. Ryan Condal has written the film and Evan Spiliotopoulos rewrite it and Brett Ratner is directing. Ratner will produce with Barry Levine and Beau Flynn. After renouncing his mythological origins, Hercules lives in exile and fights as a mercenary for hire alongside his loyal but weary comrades. Hercules and his crew will face their most challenging labor yet when one battle forces the man behind the myth to question everything he once believed, and reconsider the truth behind his own legend. The pic has been set to open July 25, 2014. Sewell is currently starring in the play Old Times at the Harold Pinter Theater in London. He is repped by Wme, Parseghian Planco and Julian Belfrage & Associates.
- 3/20/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Among the things I never thought I'd be writing about The Amazing Spider-man, Andrew Garfield says that he was inspired by Spider-man XXX: A Porn Parody. “I watched it a few times. I watched it more from an inspirational stand point than from a sexual standpoint. I think you can find inspiration from anywhere when it comes to this character because it’s everyone’s; it belongs to everyone…”
Entertainment Weekly has some great photographs from the new season of Husbands the Series. I spoke to Jane Espenson and Cheeks last night about the new season, and will have that interview for you next week, but I can tell you that you're going to love it.
I'm sure that The Vice Guide To Being Gay is going to offend some people – it trades on some stereotypes, but the A-to-z guide is pretty funny, and it has more than a few truths in it.
Entertainment Weekly has some great photographs from the new season of Husbands the Series. I spoke to Jane Espenson and Cheeks last night about the new season, and will have that interview for you next week, but I can tell you that you're going to love it.
I'm sure that The Vice Guide To Being Gay is going to offend some people – it trades on some stereotypes, but the A-to-z guide is pretty funny, and it has more than a few truths in it.
- 6/29/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Hellcats star Aly Michalka has been cast in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. The 20th TV project, written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman and directed by Jason Winer, is an uplifting comedy about Danny, a man recovering from the death of his fiancé with the help of the idiots on his pickup basketball team. Michalka, repped by CAA and Prospect Park, will play the girlfriend of one of Danny’s friends. Veteran Phylicia Rashad has joined NBC/Uni TV’s Jekyll & Hyde-style medical drama Do No Harm. The project, written by David Schulner, centers on Jeffrey Kohn (Steven Pasquale), a brilliant neurosurgeon who wrestles with his dangerous alter-ego Ian Price who threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and professional life. Rashad, repped by Innovative and Parseghian Planco, will play Dr. Vanessa Harris, the powerful, cutting and intimidating Chief of Surgery. David Arquette has been added to ABC...
- 3/1/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Kevin Spacey accepts the Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award from Johnnie Planco, President of The Players. (Photo copyright Ann Vellis/The Players)
Giacomo Selloni reports on a special evening at the legendary Players club in New York City.
For just the ninth time in its illustrious 123 year history, the Players club has awarded its prestigious Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award, on this occasion to Kevin Spacey. In a January 10 benefit dinner held at the famous club on Gramercy Park to support the Players Foundation for Theatre Education, Mr. Spacey joined the ranks of Edward Albee, Angela Lansbury, Jose Ferrer, Helen Hayes, Jack Lemmon, Christopher Plummer, Marian Seldes and Jason Robards, who all received the award for “promoting the arts and its ability to enrich lives.”
Mr. Spacey, who is in midst of his 7th year as artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre Company in London, presented the Booth Award...
Giacomo Selloni reports on a special evening at the legendary Players club in New York City.
For just the ninth time in its illustrious 123 year history, the Players club has awarded its prestigious Edwin Booth Lifetime Achievement Award, on this occasion to Kevin Spacey. In a January 10 benefit dinner held at the famous club on Gramercy Park to support the Players Foundation for Theatre Education, Mr. Spacey joined the ranks of Edward Albee, Angela Lansbury, Jose Ferrer, Helen Hayes, Jack Lemmon, Christopher Plummer, Marian Seldes and Jason Robards, who all received the award for “promoting the arts and its ability to enrich lives.”
Mr. Spacey, who is in midst of his 7th year as artistic director of the Old Vic Theatre Company in London, presented the Booth Award...
- 1/19/2011
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Exclusive: Management/production companies 3 Arts and Untitled Entertainment are in merger talks. I’m not certain they are going to join forces, but they are exploring it seriously. The potential mix of assets of the two companies is intriguing. 3 Arts--run by Erwin Stoff, Michael Rotenberg, Howard Klein, David Miner and Dave Becky--is particularly strong in the producing department. On the TV side, that includes 30 Rock, The Office, Parks and Recreation, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, HBO's Bored to Death, and the FX comedy Louie. Among the features is I Am Legend, Street Kings, and All You Need Is Kill, the latter a priority project at Warner Bros that just got Doug Liman aboard to direct. Untitled, which is run by Jason Weinberg, Stephanie Simon, Guy Oseary, Gene Parseghian and Johnnie Planco, has a strong talent list that include Daniel Day-Lewis, Hilary Swank, Alex Rodriguez, Madonna, Naomi Watts, David Caruso,...
- 7/21/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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