Writer and executive producer Ed Solomon, whose extensive list of credits includes the “Men in Black” and “Bill & Ted” film series, has signed with London and L.A.-based management and production company 42.
Solomon’s upcoming projects include Steven Soderbergh’s “The Christophers,” set to star Ian McKellen, Michaela Coel and James Corden and about the estranged children of a once-famous artist who hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be discovered and sold after his death. Production is due to start in early 2025. Solomon is also developing “The Spot,” a psychological thriller which he created and is executive producing. Kate Winslet is attached to lead the A24 series, about a successful surgeon and her school teacher husband who suspect she might be responsible for a child’s hit-and-run death. It’s due to premiere in summer 2026 on Hulu.
Solomon is best known for writing the first “Men in Black” and “Charlie’s Angels” films plus all three “Bill & Ted” titles, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey” and “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” He also worked on the “Now You See Me” franchise, alongside numerous projects directed by longtime collaborator Soderbergh, including HBO series “Full Circle” and “Mosaic” and feature “No Sudden Move.”
He joins a growing crop of talent at 42, whose list of clients includes Jesse Armstrong (“Succession”), Julian Fellowes (“Downton Abbey”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), Anna Sawai (“Shogun”), Joe Penhall (“Mindhunter”) Nicholas Hoult (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), Charlie Brooker (“Black Mirror”), Lynne Ramsay (“You Were Never Really Here”), Krysty Wilson-Cairns (“1917”), Darius Marder (“Sound of Metal”), Abi Morgan (“The Iron Lady”), and Alena Smith (“Dickinson”), Monica Beletsky (“Manhunt”).
Solomon will continue to be represented by CAA.
