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Less than four years after Primary Wave, known at the time mostly for its music business, made a big push in talent management with the back-to-back acquisitions of Mark Burg’s Evolution Management and David Guillod’s Intellectual Artists Management, the company is scaling back on Hollywood representation to focus on…

EXCLUSIVE: Angus Macfadyen who played the renowned warrior and king Robert the Bruce in Braveheart is portraying the historical hero again in what is turning out to be an epic Scottish drama Robert the Bruce from Aussie director Richard Gray (Sugar Mountain). Macfadyen and Eric Belgau scripted the story that continues…

ABC has put in development legal drama Illusion of Justice based on Jerome F. Buting’s book, from Primary Wave Entertainment and Sony TV. Written by ER alum David Zabel, Illusion of Justice is a fictional show reflecting the life of Jerry Buting, one of the lawyers for Steven Avery, who was profiled in the Netflix…

Gina Rodriguez, the Golden Globe-winning star of Jane the Virgin, has split with her agency APA and is nearing an exit with her management company Primary Wave. It’s unclear whether her departure from APA is related to the sexual harassment scandal at the agency involving agent Tyler Grasham, who has been fired. We…

UPDATED, 2:18 PM: Primary Wave Entertainment said today that its co-CEO David Guillod has resigned in the wake of sexual assault allegeations made against him by actress Jessica Barth. In a statement attributed to its executive team, the talent management, production and branding company said: “Primary Wave…

EXCLUSIVE: Two young stars have just been signed out of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Jessie Buckley, who stars in the film Beast which just premiered at TIFF and was among those named by the festival as one of the rising stars, has signed with CAA. Meanwhile, Primary Wave Entertainment has signed…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephan James, who most recently starred in the Gina Prince-Blythewood-created Fox drama series Shots Fired, has joined Primary Wave Entertainment’s talent roster. Last year, the Canada-born actor starred as track and field Olympic champion Jesse Owens in the Stephen Hopkins-directed biopic Race from Focus…

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Foley, best known for his roles on shows like Scandal, True Blood, WB’s young adult drama series Felicity, has signed with Primary Wave Entertainment for representation. Foley is gearing up for the seventh and final season of ABC's political drama Scandal, which will air in the fall, and up next…

EXCLUSIVE: The Murders Of Molly Southbourne, a novella written by Tade Thompson which is designed as the first in an ongoing series from MacMillan Publishing imprint Tor.com, has just been optioned by Cathy Schulman's Welle Entertainment (a co-venture with Primary Wave Entertainment). The company is clearly gearing up…

EXCLUSIVE: Primary Wave Entertainment has added three managers and their clients to its roster: Bryan Brucks, previously at Luber Roklin Entertainment; Isabel Frost, from 3 Arts; and Samantha Starr, who had been at Gotham Group. The moves come as co-CEOs Larry Mestel and David Guillod’s talent management and…

EXCLUSIVE: Musician and former The Voice coach CeeLo Green will wear another hat — that of songwriting talent scout — as part of a new joint venture with Primary Wave Music Publishing. Primary Wave is providing Green’s new Atlanta-based Octopus Publishing a $5 million facility to sign writers who might develop music…

EXCLUSIVE: Cathy Schulman, former head of production at STX Entertainment, just launched a new production and finance company called Welle Entertainment. In addition, she has entered into a co-venture with Primary Wave Entertainment and is starting up with several diverse film and television projects already on the…