Patrick Massett & John Zinman, Writer-Producers Behind ‘Gold’ And ‘Friday Night Lights’, Sign With IAG

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Massett and John Zinman, the longtime collaborators known for their work as writers, producers and showrunners, have signed with Independent Artist Group for representation.

Massett and Zinman most recently ran Last Light, a dystopian thriler series for Peacock and Australia’s Stan, starring Matthew Fox and Joanne Froggatt. Their television careers began with the relic-hunter drama Veritas: The Quest, which they created and exec produced for ABC. The pair then went on to serve as co-executive producers of the Emmy Award-winning Friday Night Lights, along with shows like The Chicago Code and The Blacklist. They were also the showrunners for Wesley Snipes’ NBC pilot The Player.

On the feature side, Massett and Zinman wrote Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, starring Angelina Jolie, which grossed over $274M worldwide, and Black Bear Pictures’ crime drama Gold on the Bre-X mining scandal, starring Matthew McConaughey, Édgar Ramirez and Bryce Dallas Howard.

Most recently, the duo penned the sequel to Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River, starring Jason Clarke and Scott Eastwood, which delves back into the Native American reservation of the same name where a series of ritualistic murders remain unsolved. Massett and Zinman also developed the anime franchise Sword Art Online as part of their overall deal with Skydance Television.

The pair continues to be repped by Brandy Rivers and Andrew Deane at Industry Entertainment and Adam Kaller and Duncan Hedges at Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.