WME unveils Creator Labs to help clients build media businesses (exclusive). Clients including creator Julian Shapiro-Barnum, soccer star Erling Haaland and more have tapped into the services. October 1, 2026 9:30am As more clients own their content, talent agency WME is introducing new tools to help them build out their own media businesses. WME is unveiling Creator Labs, an in-house digital operations team that helps creators build and scale their businesses on YouTube and elsewhere. Situated within WME's Digital Division, the team helps clients, from podcasters to creators and more, with channel management, content syndication and more. Additionally, WME has made a strategic investment in video strategy and operations company Astra Media, which has already been used to power projects from clients including Khloe Kardashian and Kevin Hart, and expanded its creators sales team, led by Doreen Dinour, to attain further brand sponsorships and advertisements for client content. The idea for Creator Labs, and the build out of other services, came as the many clients looked to become more entrepreneurial and retain ownership of their own content. Creator Labs is led by Joanne Lee, who joined WME in 2024 and previously held leadership roles at Meta, YouTube and Sony Pictures. "We've been investing in it and building this out slowly over the past couple years and testing and iterating around it and have found traction born out of how do we evolve our services for this new day and age? Our clients now own their distribution, so how does the role of an agent change," said Ben Davis, co-head of WME's digital group. "This was largely a reaction to the state of the entertainment industry and the marketplace where we find ourselves, where YouTube has in many ways deconstructed all the different pieces that you have in what historically was a network or distribution operation and put that in the hands of the creator," said Jad Dayeh, co-head of the digital group. He added that the idea is to help clients early on, in the ideation phase, and then move into the build-out, including posting, scheduling and distribution of content in order to build a subscriber base, without having to take on the overhead personnel of creating their own production company. Early adopters of these services have included World Cup breakout Erling Haaland, who worked with the team on the create his YouTube channel and attain sponsorships, as well as Julian Shapiro-Barnum, creator of Recess Therapy and Celebrity Substitute, who worked with WME to get multiple sponsorships for the launch of his own late night show on YouTube. WME has hired 11 people to support Creator Labs and Creator Sales, with 50 full-time employees and contractors also working as part of the team at Astra Media. The agency plans to expand the group in the future. You May Like

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'24 Jump Street' officially confirms 2027 Release Date as returning cast is revealed. Published Sep 30, 2026, 4:59 PM EDT Richard is a writer/journalist from Oregon (by way of California) with a love of Marvel, Star Wars, DC, and all kinds of entertainment. He joined MovieWeb in January 2026 as a Movie & TV Writer/Editor. Richard has published articles, videos, and interviews with The Direct (Senior Writer), Agents of Fandom, and The Illuminerdi. In Richard's first year at MovieWeb, he has already reached new career heights. This includes his first press event for Netflix's 'Ray Gunn' and his first on-camera junket interviews for 'Insidious: Out of the Further,' and more is on the way. 15 years ago, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill brought the Jump Street franchise back to life in theaters with a 21 Jump Street reboot movie. Featuring Tatum as Morton Schmidt and Hill as Greg Jenko, the two start off as enemies in high school and eventually become police academy partners, later being reassigned to a secret undercover unit at 21 Jump Street led by Ice Cube's Captain Dickson. The two led a pair of R-rated movies in 2012 and 2014, both of which earned higher than 80% positive critic ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and combined to gross over $530 million at the worldwide box office. Shockingly, over a decade after the most recent movie, reports indicated that a third movie is now in development, titled 24 Jump Street. The title only adds to the hilarity of how long it has taken to make the movie happen, as 22 Jump Street concluded by joking about dozens of fake 23 Jump Street sequels that could be made for the next chapter in the story. The reports on the threequel also teased that the trio of core stars from the first two movies would return, although no other details were revealed. Now, while the movie largely remains a mystery, new information teases how long viewers will have to wait to see it come to fruition. Sony Pictures confirmed in a press release that 24 Jump Street is set for release in theaters on Dec. 10, 2027. This will be the first movie from this franchise to hit the big screen in more than 13 years, after 22 Jump Street debuted on Jun. 4, 2014. Additionally, stars Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, and Ice Cube are all confirmed to reprise their roles in the sequel, bringing back Greg Jenko, Morton Schmidt, and Captain Dickson for another round of action. Although no plot details have been revealed, having Hill, Tatum, and Ice Cube back will only drive anticipation forward to see where this story goes after a 13-year gap. Phil Lord, who co-directed the first two movies and will be an executive producer on the third, explained the title change after it was announced, jokingly saying the decision was made "out of respect for the dead" for the version of 23 Jump Street that was developed but never made. Now, with the sequel arriving in about 15 months, the big questions moving forward are when story details will be revealed and when production will get underway for this highly anticipated sequel. 24 Jump Street will debut in theaters on Dec. 10, 2027. * Release Date - March 16, 2012 * Runtime - 109 minutes * Director - Christopher Miller, Phil Lord