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EXCLUSIVE: Longtime lit agent and manager Shari Smiley has joined 3 Arts. Smiley had most recently been a manager at The Gotham Group, where in her four year stay she sold the dramatic rights to several titles, notably In A Dark, Dark Wood, The Barbizon and An Anonymous Girl, all of which resulted in bidding wars…

EXCLUSIVE: One young man's Sundance Film Festival is gaining some nice traction even before the film he's in opens. A day before Little Men makes its Park City debut, co-lead Michael Barbieri has signed with 3 Arts Entertainment, I've learned. The NYC-based film from Sundance alum Ira Sachs is the feature debut of the…

In a competitive situation, a single-camera comedy from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia co-executive producers John Chernin and Dave Chernin has landed at Fox with a script commitment plus penalty. The pitch was taken directly to the networks by the Chernin brothers and 3 Arts. With Fox on board, the project has now…

EXCLUSIVE: WME and 3 Arts has signed writer/director Joe White off his short film The Brain Hack. The film tells the story of two students who create a shortcut to induce hallucinogenic visions of God, and as a result find themselves hunted by a deadly religious sect. Not surprisingly, his short has caused quite a…

EXCLUSIVE: Will Rowbotham has exited Caliber Media to join 3 Arts as a lit manager. He will be headquartered in the company’s Gotham office, splitting time between there and LA. Rowbotham's clients will include: Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man, Magic Castle and the Black List script Die In A Gunfight), Ian…

In a most unusual spec script deal, Warner Bros has preemptively acquired an untitled “script-ment” from tyro screenwriter David Weil. Essentially, the studio bought the blue print for a 7-part movie franchise featuring interconnected stories contained in The Arabian Nights. 3 Arts is the sole producer. The…

Here is Deadline's annual list of The Overachievers Of Pilot Season. For anyone, landing a pilot is a major accomplishment. These selected few individuals/production companies took that achievement to the next level. Related: Primetime Pilot Panic! With marquee comedy clients including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Kevin…

Maria Sansone, co-anchor of Good Day LA on KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles, has signed with 3 Arts Entertainment. Sansone was named co-anchor of Good Day LA alongside Steve Edwards in September after four months of tryouts following the departure of original co-host Dorothy Lucey. She is a former field reporter for WNBC 4…

Chris Harrison has signed with 3 Arts Entertainment. The host of ABC’s The Bachelor did not have previous management representation and will continue to be repped by WME on the agency side. In addition to his duties on The Bachelor franchise, Harrison also is hosting Miss America for the next 3 years and leads TVGN’s…

Here is Deadline’s annual list of The Overachievers Of Pilot Season. For anyone, landing a pilot is a major accomplishment. These selected few took that achievement to the next level. Related: PILOT SEASON: The Overachievers 2012 Aaron Kaplan. Proving that his fast start as a producer was not just beginner’s luck, the…

Italy's De Angelis Group has reached a worldwide television distribution agreement with event miniseries specialist Tandem Communications on the $30 million Titanic: Blood And Steel. Chris Noth, Neve Campbell, Kevin Zegers and Derek Jacobi star in the 12-part series directed by The Tudors’ Ciaran Donnelly and slated…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has bought a comedy project to be co-written by Jonah Hill and standup comedian/writer Hannibal Buress with a blind script commitment plus penalty. The project, whose concept and format — single- or multi-camera — will be determined in the coming weeks, will star Buress. It will be produced by 20th…