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Kelly Cannon Joins WME As MP Lit Agent
Kelly Cannon has joined WME as an agent in the motion picture lit department, coming over from Universal Pictures, where she worked for two years.
In that role, she focused on the studio’s Universal Monsters IP, specializing in projects that took fresh, new directions on classic characters from Uni’s iconic horror library. At Universal, Cannon was also responsible for activating the IP across all business units within the greater ecosystem beyond film including consumer products, gaming, publishing, theme parks and more. WME’s motion picture literary department, led by co-heads Roger Green and Sarah Self, reps 2024 Oscar winners and nominees including Christopher Nolan ( Oppenheimer) and Martin Scorsese ( Killers of the Flower Moon), as well as such A-list filmmakers as Alex Garland ( Civil War), Gil Kenan ( Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) and Jason Reitman ( SNL 1975).
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