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…

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Longino, who penned the upcoming Lionsgate comedy Uncle Drew toplined by NBA star Kyrie Irving, Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel Howery, has been set to adapt The Smart Money, a TV series in development based on Michael Konik's 2006 memoir about about life inside one of Las Vegas and the world's most sought…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Entertainment is in advanced negotiations to acquire top management/production company 3 Arts Entertainment, sources said. I hear Lionsgate is in talks to buy 50% of 3 Arts with an option to acquire the remaining 50% in five years. Details about the deal are sketchy, but I hear it pegs 3 Arts…

Katie Newman, director of development and production at Lord & Miller's 20th Century Fox TV-based production company, has joined 3 Arts Entertainment as a manager. She starts this week. Newman, who began her career as an assistant at UTA, spent the last three years as director of development and production for Lord…

3 Arts Entertainment has retained the independent investment bank Moelis & Co. to explore possible options, including a sale. The Beverly Hills-based management and production company retained Moelis about six months ago, sources say. Founded in 1991, 3 Arts gradually has became a comedy powerhouse with a strong…

EXCLUSIVE: OBB Pictures has optioned rights to The Smart Money, Michael Konik’s 2006 memoir about about life inside one of the world's most sought after gambling rings run by the industry's most feared player. OBB is teaming with 3 Arts Entertainment to fast-track development, with plans to adapt the book into a…

In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, FX has bought a pitch for Highway 59, a drama series based on Attica Locke’s new novel Bluebird, Bluebird from 3 Arts Entertainment. The book, set in Locke’s native East Texas, is the first of a trilogy published by Little Brown Company. Locke will write the series…

American Made executive producer Johnny Lin's Filmula and 3 Arts Entertainment are teaming to develop undercover agent Edward Follis' memoir The Dark Art: My Undercover Life in Narco-Terrorism for television. The story details Follis' 27 years in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and his pursuit of the world's…

EXCLUSIVE: Better Things co-creator, star and executive producer Pamela Adlon has parted ways with 3 Arts Entertainment’s Dave Becky as her manager in a fallout from the Louis C.K. sexual misconduct scandal. Becky was C.K.’s longtime manager until Friday afternoon, when 3 Arts fired the comedian following last week’s N…