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Nine months after Principato-Young Entertainment co-founder Paul Young exited as Electus bought a majority stake in the management and production company, PYE is rebranding itself as Artists First. The other PYE founding partner, Peter Principato, will remain as president and CEO of Artists First, which  has 21…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount just landed Limited Partners, a pitch for a female-driven comedy vehicle for Tiffany Haddish, who is coming off the hit Girls Trip. The auction was competitive, with Sam Pitman & Adam Cole-Kelly writing the script. Peter Principato, Itay Reiss and Joel Zadak are producing through Principato…

EXCLUSIVE: In a major restructuring of manager/producer Principato-Young Entertainment, Electus has escalated its ownership from a minority to majority stake and co-founder Paul Young will be leaving after 17 years to form a new management/production company. Peter Principato has signed a long term deal and becomes…

EXCLUSIVE: David Gardner has been promoted to partner at Principato-Young Entertainment, joining Peter Principato, Paul Young, Brian Dobbins and Allen Fischer in partner posts. Gardner has worked there since 2003 and has a client list that includes Jonathan Liebesman, Judy Greer, Ann Peacock, Neil Marshall, Brian…

EXCLUSIVE: Night At The Museum co-writer Robert Ben Garant has just been set by Disney to write Tux, an adaptation of the Japanese graphic novel Tuxedo Gin. The film will be produced by Principato-Young’s Paul Young and Peter Principato, VIZ Media’s Jason Hoffs, and Shogakukan’s Ichiro Takase. The rights to the…

Getting promoted from assistant to deal maker is itself an unforgettable day in the life of an assistant. The partners at Principato-Young ratcheted up the grandeur last Friday for newly minted managers Pete Dealbert and Meghan Moeller. Principato partners Allen Fischer and Paul Young tell me they gathered the entire…