Jessica Lacy, the top indie film sales and packaging executive at Range Media Partners, is is expected to depart the company next year, numerous sources told Variety.
Lacy joined the management firm in 2022 as a partner, to head up the speciality division Range Select. Insiders said the split was mutual, and Lacy will carry her existing team through the 2026 Sundance Film Festival market as she weighs her options.
Range Media Partners had no comment on the matter. It’s unclear when Range will seek to replace her.
Lacy joined the upstart management firm after two decades at ICM Partners, where she worked with top filmmakers on titles that have competed in or sold out of prominent global festivals, including Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca, Berlin and SXSW.
Her notable career deals include the eye-popping $25 million Sundance sale of “CODA,” which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2022; Cooper Raiff’s “Cha Cha Real Smooth”; Regina King’s “One Night in Miami”; the 9/11 drama “Worth” starring Michael Keaton; and two of Karyn Kusama’s buzzy titles in “Destroyer” and “The Invitation.”
Range Media Partners was founded in 2020, by a faction of top agents who pivoted to management following the WGA-mandated cease in TV packaging fees. Former eOne executive Pete Micelli and a list of cohorts, including former CAA agent Dave Bugliari and Jack Whigham, all have ownership stakes in the venture.
Range also has a film production outfit in development on several titles, such as: a biopic of legendary musician and Velvet Underground co-founder Lou Reed, based on the 2023 biography “Lou Reed: The King of New York” by Will Hermes; a look at the screen partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; and “Soul Train,” a movie adaptation of the upcoming stage musical about legendary producer Don Cornelius.