"Like how I dodge the whole ATA issue?" UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer joked Wednesday at the Milken Institute Global Conference after the pitched battle between the WGA and the Association of Talent Agents over the lucrative practice of packaging was brought up. Lamenting that he was probably driving his communications staff…

MACRO, the media company founded by former WME partner Charles D. King, has set a first-look deal with Warner Bros. The announcement was made by King, WB Chairman Toby Emmerich, and the studio’s Production head Courtenay Valenti. This comes just after Deadline exclusively broke the news that MACRO, WB, and Black Panthe…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and Charles D. King’s MACRO (Mudbound) are producing movie Jesus Was My Homeboy, about iconic Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton, for Warner Bros. Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya is in talks to star as activist Hampton with Atlanta and Sorry To Bother You…

EXCLUSIVE: Kofi Siriboe, star of the OWN series, Queen Sugar, has been tapped as the lead in the film Really Love, which is being helmed by first-time feature director Angel Kristi Williams, who also co-wrote the script with Felicia A. Pride. The story is by Pride and Sanford Grimes. Charles D. King’s MACRO, the…

Charles D. King’s MACRO has hired Zennen Clifton as Vice President of Digital Strategy & Distribution on the company's digital side where he will spearhead the digital planning and distribution strategy for MACRO Digital Studio's premium content slate and all of its external partnerships. He will report to King and…

One prominent film agent says Netflix, which for years provided an outlet for independent films that otherwise might have struggled to find distribution at movie theaters, is gravitating to splashier cinematic fare as it ramps its movie production. “The problem is, now they're not buying those movies,” said Jessica Lac…

MACRO founder and CEO Charles D. King, Emmy winner Lena Waithe, Eva Longoria, and The Black List’s Franklin Leonard are paying it forward. The Hollywood movers have teamed to launch The MACRO Episodic Lab Powered by The Black List, which will cater specifically to episodic storytellers of color. The mission stated is…

MACRO, the multi-platform media company founded in 2015 by former WME partner Charles D. King, has raised an additional $150M in equity and debt financing to produce and finance four to six film and TV projects a year. The company also closed a substantial credit facility arranged by Bank of America Merrill…

Eric Briggs, an executive with over 20 years experience in finance, has joined Charles D. King’s media company Macro as its Chief Strategy Officer and CFO. Launched in January 2015 by the former WME partner/agent Macro co-financed and produced Fences, directed by and starring Denzel Washington which earned co-star…

EXCLUSIVE: A new dawn on the small screen is coming for Octavia E. Butler's Dawn. The classic 1987 science fiction novel by the Nebula- and Hugo Award-winning author has been picked up by Ava DuVernay, Charles D. King's Macro and director-writer Victoria Mahoney for adaption into a television series, I've…

Van Jones (The Messy Truth With Van Jones) and Charles D. King's Macro are teaming to produce Indivisible (working title), an hourlong political drama set to begin production in 2018. Written by Hank Chilton (Nip/Tuck, Covert Affairs), Indivisible is described as a smart, sexy one-hour drama that takes a fresh…

Macro, the multiplatform media company founded by former WME partner Charles D. King, has set up its first digital series: the dramatic comedy Gente-Fied, which will feature an all-Latino cast and counts America Ferrera among its executive producers. Macro is financing seven episodes of the bilingual web series, which…