4 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly a decade into their clip astatine Mainstay Entertainment, Derek Van Pelt and Ray Moheet person been upped to co-CEOs.
In their caller roles, Van Pelt and Moheet will oversee day-to-day operations astatine Mainstay. They’ll proceed to activity pinch Aladjem connected strategical guidance and nan company’s semipermanent growth, while besides continuing to fulfill their guidance and producing responsibilities.
Both Van Pelt and Moheet person been manager/producers astatine Mainstay Entertainment since its inception successful March 2017.
In television, Van Pelt’s credits arsenic executive shaper see MSNBC’s The Turning Point, Showtime’s The World According to Football, The Great American Joke Off, Nickelodeon’s Kid of The Year, and galore drama specials, specified arsenic Roy Wood Jr. : Lonely Flowers, Trevor Noah: Where Was I, and Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag).
Moheet has produced films including Before I Go starring Annabella Sciorra, A Simple Wedding starring Rita Wilson and Shoreh Aghdashloo, and Jimmy Vestvood starring Maz Jobrani and John Heard. Additionally, he’s exec produced Blumhouse/Hulu’s Into nan Dark and drama specials including The Birds and nan Bees and Immigrant from Maz Jobrani and Heather McDonald’s I Don’t Mean to Brag.
In a connection connected nan promotions, Mainstay’s Aladjem said, “This announcement reflects some nan history and nan early of Mainstay Entertainment. We founded nan institution astir a shared belief successful thoughtfully architecting artists’ careers and helping them show their stories — a accuracy Ray and Derek person consistently embodied for astir a decade. I’m excited to proceed to activity intimately pinch them successful this adjacent chapter.”
Said Moheet and Van Pelt successful a associated statement: “We’re honored by nan spot that’s been placed successful america and grateful for nan opportunity to proceed building nan institution together. The activity ethic, values, and attack that person guided america from nan opening stay unchanged, and we’re excited to lead nan business guardant alongside Norm and this unthinkable team.”
Clients astatine Mainstay Entertainment see David Archuleta, Tisha Campbell, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook, James Frain, Samantha Hanratty, Katherine Heigl, Laurie Holden, Chris Lee, Maz Jobrani, Aaron McGruder, Omar Benson Miller, Trevor Noah, Hayden Pannettiere, Danielle Pinnock, Laura Prepon, Zach Sang, and Roy Wood Jr.
In film, Mainstay’s improvement projects see an adjustment of Trevor Noah’s bestselling memoir Born a Crime and nan genre-bending vampire western The Sun Always Sets successful nan West for Lionsgate, which has a 2026 commencement date. On nan mini screen, they’re processing Patti Stanger’s Strike a Match bid for The CW, Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters for Discovery ID, De Viajes Con Los Derbez for Univision and Amazon International, and a bid of I Am documentaries for The CW. Most recently, it was announced that they’re exec producing Martha’s Vineyard v. DeSantis, nan upcoming documentary for MSNBC and Peacock.
