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42 has made a big name hire. Former Netflix and Tiger Aspect Productions exec Ben Cavey is joining as Head of Comedy and Entertainment. Cavey will be based in the UK- and U.S.-based firm's LA office, growing its expanding group of managers and producers on the West Coast. He'll focus on…

Elon Musk’s reluctant $44BN Twitter buyout and Warner Bros' merger with Discovery were the most market-shifting M&A deals of the year but outside the U.S. there were several major developments that have impacted the global market. Scroll through the gallery above for a reminder of the other splashy M…

EXCLUSIVE: LA and London-based management and production company 42 has hired former UTA literary agent Jev Valles as a manager. Based in the LA office, Valles will focus on representing emerging creators and diverse and underrepresented voices across film and TV.  Valles spent five years at…

EXCLUSIVE: In an eye-catching acquisition, 42 has bought respected UK talent and literary agency Dalzell and Beresford, we can reveal. Veteran British agent Simon Beresford has joined the LA and London-based management and production company as a Partner and Manager and his roster is moving over with him. Clients…

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…

Noel Clarke’s former agent Gary O’Sullivan has been abruptly let go from UK management firm 42. The company split with Clarke in recent weeks in light of a Guardian exposé alleging multiple instances of misconduct by the Brit actor. Now, Clarke’s longtime rep has also been shown the door. A spokesperson for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot new transatlantic project to start 2021: The Morning Show star Gugu Mbatha-Raw is set to be cast as the lead in a BBC adaptation of JP Delaney's best-selling psychological thriller The Girl Before. Deadline can reveal that 42, the UK production outfit behind Netflix’s The English Game and the…

PACT Appointments UK producers group PACT has appointed See-Saw Films' TV chief Hakan Kousetta as Pact Chair for the next two years. Kousetta succeeds All3Media COO, Sara Geater, who stands down at the end of the year having served the maximum four-year term as Chair. During her tenure, Geater has overseen Pact's…

EXCLUSIVE: In the latest high-profile exit from UK agency Troika (now known as YMU Drama and Comedy), the firm’s Director & Head Of Comedy Sophie Chapman has joined management outfit 42. Respected rep Chapman spent six years at Troika and before that 12 years at Avalon. She specialises in comedy, with clients…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Troika talent agent and partner Gary O'Sullivan and Troika agent Ellie Martin-Sperry have joined fellow UK rep firm 42 as managers. O'Sullivan was an agent and partner at Troika for 13 years and previously worked in casting with well-known UK casting directors John and Ros Hubbard, whom he now…

EXCLUSIVE: UK and LA-based management and production firm 42 has appointed Heather Rabbatts as non-executive chair to the board. Rabbatts' prolific career spans a number of different sectors including law, sports, government and media. She is currently MD of film and TV production company Cove Pictures, where she…

UPDATE: In celebration of Chadwick Boseman's life and his work, 42, in which he portrayed MLB’s first Black ballplayer Jackie Robinson, will be booked at 740 locations nationwide at AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Alamo Drafthouse, Marcus, Harkins and other chains. AMC has 42 booked at 300 of its locations, starting Thursday…