EXCLUSIVE: Actor and shaper Mustafa Speaks (Landman) has expanded his practice pinch Innovative Artists Entertainment, which now reps some him and his accumulation banner Blue Meridian Studios connected nan literate side, successful summation to continuing to correspond him connected nan talent side.
Speaks and Blue Meridian person besides signed pinch Untitled for guidance successful each areas.
Recently, Speaks has been seen starring alongside Billy Bob Thornton successful nan Paramount+ play Landman from Taylor Sheridan, which is heading into its 3rd season, playing lead lipid crewman Theodore “Boss” Ramone. Previous credits successful tv see Netflix’s Seven Seconds, Paramount+’s Joe Pickett, and The CW’s All American.
In summation to his acting work, Speaks is processing a slate of projects done Blue Meridian Studios, focused connected premium, character-driven storytelling crossed movie and television. Among them is nan characteristic My Sweet Serenity, a father-daughter vacation play he is producing and processing to prima in, pinch Benny Boom attached to direct.
Speaks is besides processing Ten Hard, an seductive crime thriller bid based connected the Tennyson Hardwick novels by Blair Underwood, pinch Cheo Hodari Coker (Marvel’s Luke Cage) attached arsenic showrunner.
Before pursuing acting, Speaks studied Marine and Environmental Science astatine Hampton University and gained nickname for his investigation connected shark behaviour and marine ecosystems.
In a connection to Deadline, he said, “I’ve ever believed powerful storytelling comes from lived experience. With Innovative and Untitled beside me, I’m excited to build projects that are cinematic, meaningful, and tin of connecting pinch audiences astir nan world.”