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EXCLUSIVE: The single-camera comedy series Talk Nerdy to Me, created by writer and podcaster Dana Schwartz (She-Hulk: Attorney At Law), is in early development at CBS, Deadline has learned. The project is produced by Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit under their overall deal at Disney Television Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: Skydance Media has named industry veteran Carin Sage to the newly created role of Executive Vice President of Feature Film for the company. With more than 30 years of agency experience, Sage will be responsible for bringing in new feature projects and overseeing films through all phases from inception to…

EXCLUSIVE: Management-production company 3 Arts Entertainment is expanding its footprint with the launch of an office north of the border, focusing on Canadian talent, development and production. Headed by manager Trevor Rotenberg, the Toronto-based office plans to take advantage of the appetite for content in…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is finalizing a deal to acquire a minority stake in London- and Los Angeles-based management and production company 42, we can reveal. Management-production powerhouse 3 Arts Entertainment, of which Lionsgate is a majority owner, has been a key driver in concocting the deal and will look to…

EXCLUSIVE: BJ McDonnell, the director of the buzzed-about Foo Fighters horror-comedy Studio 666, set for release on February 25 via Open Road Films, has signed with UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment. McDonnell’s latest feature follows members of the legendary rock band Foo Fighters as they move into an Encino mansion…

UPDATED: The fallout from recent allegations that Chris D'Elia had solicited underage girls on social media continues. CAA has dropped the actor/comedian as a client. He also has been let go by management company 3 Arts Entertainment. The moves come after Whitney Cummings, D’Elia’s co-star on the NBC comedy series Whit…

EXCLUSIVE: WME’s TV lit agent and partner Matt Solo is transitioning to management and has joined 3 Arts Entertainment. He is one of the first big-name WME agents to land a new job following the recent cuts at WME. With dozens of senior agents in play, top management companies like 3 Arts have been approached by a…

ABC has put in development a limited series based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s bestselling book Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 to commemorate and honor the 20th anniversary of the events of September 11. ABC secured rights to the book for the series to be produced by Lionsgate and 3 Arts Entertainment, which had previously…

Daniel Vang has joined the literary division of 3 Arts Entertainment as a manager. Vang began his career in the feature literary department at WMA and went on to work at Benderspink/GoodFear for many years. Vang represents several up-and-coming writers who work predominantly on one-hour series such as 13 Reasons Why, Y…

EXCLUSIVE: OBB Pictures has optioned the life rights of Michael Clegg, the Catholic priest who became a prolific dealer of MDMA, a drug he would later dub Ecstasy as he saw it as a conduit to God. The company is teaming with 3 Arts Entertainment to develop a limited scripted TV series based on his story, with OBB's…

Veteran literary manager and producer Stacey Lubliner has joined 3 Arts Entertainment. She brings with her feature film clients including Hillary Seitz (Insomnia), Leo Matsuda (Zootopia), Lena Khan (The Tiger Hunter), Matt McConkey (Heathers), Josie McGibbon & Sara Parriott (Runaway Bride) and Shamar White…

As Deadline exclusively revealed in April would happen, Lionsgate Entertainment has bulked up its asset base of content generating and client representation by completing a majority stake purchase for top management/production company 3 Arts Entertainment. We reported last month that the deal was in the works, and…