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CAA had the most clients on the 2017 Black List of the top unproduced screenplays in town, while Grandview took the same honor among management companies. The totals were tallied after The Black List organization released their annual rankings this morning. The field seemed more spread out than usual this year, with…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired John Scalzi’s modern sci-fi classic Old Man’s War to develop as an original film. The novel is the first in a bestselling six-book series and is considered to be one of the best of the genre over the past two decades, nominated for a Hugo Award. Jon Shestack Productions and Madhouse…

The reveal of 2016’s The Black List today doesn’t just give screenwriters Hollywood street cred — it does the same for agencies and management companies. On this year’s leaderboard, WME led the way among agencies with 18 clients on the list, followed by CAA with 15 and UTA with 14. For WME, that includes the…

EXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment has acquired rights to Besties, a comedic thriller pitch from Sheri Elwood, who is currently co-executive producer of Fox’s Lucifer. Madhouse Entertainment, which reps Elwood, will produce the feature film project. The plot centers on a young woman, left high and dry by her former…

EXCLUSIVE: Amblin Entertainment has closed a deal for The Fall, a Pete Bridges spec script that fits Amblin’s mandate to get back to the high-concept thrill rides grounded by family elements that once were big business for Steven Spielberg’s company. The spec went out before the holiday, and Amblin started…

UPDATE with more info: Madhouse Entertainment came out on top as the management company with the most scripts on the 2015 Black List, which was announced today. Here’s the list: Madhouse Entertainment – 9 Grandview – 8 Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment – 7 Bellvue Productions – 3.5 Industry Entertainment – 3.5 3 Arts…

EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse Productions has acquired the Sean Finegan & Gregg Maxwell Parker spec Free Fall, and will produce the micro-budget rock-climbing, survival thriller with Madhouse Entertainment. When a man joins his estranged daughter on a mountain climb in an attempt to repair their relationship, a tragic accident…

Industry Entertainment led all management companies with seven scripts by its clients among the top 70. That’s a very solid 10 percent of the total, topped only by (and break out your Blackberries, you hungry manager types, to start dialing) the projects with no management company involved. In some cases, that’s…

The sale of Des Moines-based author James Erwin’s first screenplay pitch was accomplished via an unusual route: the social news aggregator website Reddit.com. Warner Bros just bought Rome, Sweet Rome after Reddit users voted to elevate his idea to the top of the site’s home page. Madhouse Entertainment told Deadline…

Alcon Entertainment has acquired a controlling stake in boutique managment firm Madhouse Entertainment. Alcon announced today that it hopes the deal will be the first in a series of moves into the talent management biz. Among Madhouse’s top clients are Dave Andron, co-exec producer on FX’s Justified, Liz Garcia…