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CAA co-chairman and Scarlett Johansson’s agent Bryan Lourd issued a statement Friday in response to Disney’s harsh slam against the Black Widow actress in her breach of contact lawsuit versus the Burbank studio. On Thursday, Disney shamed the two-time Oscar nominee by saying her lawsuit showed “callous disregard” for…

Creative Artists Agency has promoted Jackie Olender and Paige Miller to Agents. Olender will work in CAA’s Fashion division. As an agent, she will look to identify and represent fashion clients in all areas, including editorial and runway, endorsements, licensing, branding, business-building, and entertainment. Miller…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Russian filmmaker Ilya Naishuller and his production company Versus Pictures. Naishuller recently directed Universal’s pandemic R-rated hit Nobody which turned Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul thespian Bob Odenkirk into an action feature leading man. The pic, made for $16M before P&A, opened…

Less than a month before The Walking Dead kicks off its 11th and final season, the long and bitter legal war between former showrunner Frank Darabont, CAA and AMC is over. In the dictionary definition of a strategic whimper not a bang, the cabler just filed paperwork with the SEC declaring that they have paid out $200…

EXCLUSIVE: Once again one of Hollywood’s top talent agencies is closing the doors because of the coronavirus. Just hours after Los Angeles County health officials unveiled a new indoor mask mandate to combat the surge of the Delta variant in the region, WME notified local staff that their sprawling Beverly Hills…

Turns out the grass is greener up in Cupertino, at least figuratively and literally for Misha Green. The Lovecraft County creator has signed an overall deal with tech titan Apple to create and develop small screen projects for streamer AppleTV+ worldwide. The lucrative multi-year agreement for Green comes exactly one…

EXCLUSIVE: Transgender actress, model, activist and creative Jari Jones has signed with CAA for representation. Jones made history with the film Port Authority at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. In addition to playing the role of Naomi, Jones also served as a producer and script consultant, marking the first time a…

EXCLUSIVE: Tortoise Media, the "slow news" brand set up by a group including former Director of BBC News and Times of London editor James Harding, has signed with CAA. The Hollywood agency will rep the British company, which produces a slew of podcasts and publishes long reads, in all areas. The company, whose…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran executive producer Sabrina Wind has signed with CAA for representation in all areas. Wind launched her production company WindPower Entertainment in 2019 and entered a pod deal with ABC Studios. In its first year, WindPower sold six projects, including the upcoming ABC drama series Queens, headlined…

Creative Artists Agency announced on Tuesday that the sixth edition of their Moebius Film Festival will take place June 9-10. The two-day virtual screening series, spotlighting diverse graduate filmmakers, will welcome talent from AFI, CalArts, UCLA, USC and Chapman University. 12 directors will be represented, from…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed writer and director Max Barbakow. Barbakow most recently directed Palm Springs, starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti, which broke the record for the largest sale in Sundance history when it was acquired by NEON and Hulu at the 2020 film festival. Upon its release on Hulu, PALM SPRINGS…

CAA has sold a majority stake in Wiip, the producer behind HBO's Mare of Easttown and Apple's Dickinson, to Korean company JTBC Studios. It marks the first sale of an agency-backed studio after CAA and the other agencies agreed to end their standoff with the WGA and sell a majority interest in their content…