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While movie theaters seem poised to open in the next month, and production is starting back up slowly, the debilitating impact of being slammed shut since March is still taking a toll, and money still is not yet coming in. In light of ongoing complications from the COVID-19 pandemic, APA just announced to staff that…

UPDATED with latest: APA observed Blackout Tuesday by holding A Conversation for Action, part of its APA Elevate series, to focus on education and identify ways in which to fight for real and meaningful change. In addition to APA staff and clients, the Zoom webinar audience included showrunners, managers, studio and…

UPDATED with latest: APA observed Blackout Tuesday today with “A Conversation for Action,” part of its Elevate speaker series. The Zoom webinar’s audience included showrunners, managers, studio and network executives, producers and talent who heard from voices including attorney/political organizer/journalist Anoa…

EXCLUSIVE: APA has signed executive producer-writer-creator Brian Nelson. He was formerly with CAA. Nelson recently served as executive producer on Stephen King's 11.22.63 at Hulu, on Syfy's Nightflyers based on the novella by George R.R. Martin, DaVinci's Demons at Starz, and as co-executive producer on Altered Carbon…

EXCLUSIVE: Television writer, executive producer and filmmaker Matthew Arnold has signed with APA. Arnold became known in the television industry in 2013 when NBC ordered his original scripted faux found-footage drama, Siberia, to series. He served as creator and executive producer of the series, in addition to…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran executive producer/showrunner Tim Hobert has signed with APA. He was previously with UTA. Hobert is currently writing The Griswolds, a half-hour single-camera comedy in the works at HBO Max based on National Lampoon’s Vacation films, with Johnny Galecki’s Alcide Bava Productions and Warner Bros. TV…

EXCLUSIVE: Television and film scribe Peter MacManus has signed with APA. A former production executive, MacManus broke into the writers' ranks when his first pilot, the hitman drama Hurt People landed a pilot order at Cinemax with Graham King's GK-tvb attached. Since then, he has sold a number of high-profile…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer and showrunner Hannah Shakespeare has signed with APA. Shakespeare created the crime drama series Killer Women, based on the Argentine format, which aired for one season on ABC. Shakespeare also served as executive producer on the series, which starred Tricia Helfer. She also recently worked on Bright…

EXCLUSIVE: Television writer, executive producer and playwright Anne Kenney has signed with APA. Kenney most recently wrote and executive produced the third season of American Gods, scheduled to air on Starz later this year. Previously, Kenney worked on the first three seasons of the Starz series Outlander, beginning…

EXCLUSIVE: Damon Wayans, who starred for three seasons as Roger Murtaugh in the Fox series Lethal Weapon, has signed with APA. Wayans served as writer and star of the acclaimed, Emmy-winning series, In Living Color, for three seasons where he created some of the show's most iconic sketch characters, including Homey…

Showrunner Matthew Wheeler has signed with Thruline and APA. Wheeler most recently served as co-showrunner and executive producer on CBS' long-running hit series Hawaii Five-0, which as Deadline recently reported will be ending its 10-year run with a two-hour series finale tonight. He joined the writing staff in 2014…

EXCLUSIVE: APA has become the latest talent agency to confront the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The agency just sent an internal note to staff. They’ve been notified that across the agency’s offices in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Toronto and London there will be a series of pay cuts…