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EXCLUSIVE: Former 60 Minutes senior producer Alison Pepper, who spent almost two decades at CBS’ newsmagazine franchise, is switching to agenting. She has joined CAA as an agent in its Television – News & Sports Media department. Based in CAA's New York office, Pepper will represent talent, hosts, on-air personalities…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has inked filmmaker Aneil Karia, who was recently directed and co-wrote the Protagonist Pictures thriller Surge which made its world premiere in the competition slot at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie, starring 007 Q actor Ben Whishaw, is set over 24 hours in London, and follows a man who goes on…

UPDATED with WGA statement: The WGA and the Big 3 talent agencies have agreed to try to resolve their ongoing legal dispute through mediation – a standard procedure ordered by the presiding judge that doesn't signify a breakthrough in the case, in which each side is accusing the other of antitrust violations over…

Elysian Film Group, Danny Perkins' film and TV production company, has formed a UK distribution company, Elysian Film Group Distribution, which is backed by a minority investment from CAA. Elysian says it will focus on a “diverse slate that appeals to mainstream UK cinema-goers”. The company is at the EFM in…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has inked Portuguese actress Daniela Melchior, who will next star as supervillain Ratchatcher in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad for Warner Bros. The character in DC lore is known for its ability to control rats and stage a variety of crimes throughout Gotham City. Melchior is known for her roles in the…

For a trial probing potentially millions in profits denied Robert Kirkman and other executive producers of The Walking Dead, some real star power showed up Friday on this battlefield of the zombie apocalypse blockbuster series. "The representation to me was we would be treated the same as if it was made by Lionsgate…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has inked Emmy winner and BAFTA- and Tony Award-nominated Chris O'Dowd. O'Dowd will star in the upcoming Theodore Melfi-directed feature drama The Starling alongside Melissa McCarthy. The Irish actor is known for such movies as the hit Universal Paul Feig-Judd Apatow comedy Bridesmaids, Aaron Sorkin's Mo…

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish language star Mauricio Ochmann, whose credits include El Señor de los Cielos and its spinoff El Chema, the latter being the highest rated television show in the history of the Telemundo Network, has moved to UTA for representation in all areas. Ochmann's feature film credits include Hazlo Como Hombre…

EXCLUSIVE: A big move just happened. Scott Henderson is leaving Paradigm and we hear he’s heading to CAA. Henderson reps Aquaman director and Conjuring franchise architect James Wan, who counts well over $6.3 billion at the global box office (in directing, EP and producing credits) and the rep has been with the…

The second day of Robert Kirkman's mini-trial over profits from The Walking Dead started with fireworks over who knew what and when – and not over the millions of dollars the creator of the long-running and highly successful zombie apocalypse series claims AMC swindled out of him and other executive producers. On a…

EXCLUSIVE: The marathon will continue on streaming and in the hands of Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay. Just one day before her new OWN series Cherish the Day debuts on Oprah Winfrey’s outlet, DuVernay has been set to direct a feature-length documentary on the late, great Nipsey Hussle for Netflix. A…

When the zombie apocalypse does come, downtown Los Angeles may or may not be an epicenter of societal breakdown. But it sure felt like it today as the first of several The Walking Dead profit-participation trials that kicked off in the City of Angels. "If AMC Networks paid 100% of the production of The Walking Dead…