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Laurane “LaLa” Sheehan, the actor-turned-corporate entertainment publicist and events planner who had worked at Maggie Begley Communications for 30 years, died November 11 of a sudden heart attack. She was 61. Sheehan was a Senior Accounts Supervisor at entertainment marketing and PR firm MBC, working with clients…

Less than a month before opiate crisis miniseries Dopesick is scheduled to launch on Hulu, writer and Empire co-creator Danny Strong has been sued over commissions by his former management group. Represented by Hollywood heavyweight lawyer Patricia L. Glaser, The Gotham Group is seeking a court declaration that their…

EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has signed Indian director, writer and producer Pan Nalin, whose latest feature Last Film Show was well-received at Tribeca this year. The pic – an homage to cinema as seen through the eyes of a young Indian boy – debuted at the fest and became the first foreign-language film to be named…

EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has partnered with MakeSay to produce a film adaptation of Michael Leinbach and Jonathan Ward's book, Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew. The book and upcoming film are said to tell “the definitive inside story” of the Space Shuttle Columbia…

The Gotham Group announced today it has signed model, writer, director and transgender advocate Geena Rocero. Rocero is currently directing and executive producing the four-part original documentary series Caretakers, a partnership with the WNET Group's Chasing the Dream multi-platform reporting initiative. Caretakers…

EXCLUSIVE: CEO and Founder Ellen Goldsmith-Vein of The Gotham Group has announced a trio of promotions. Nick McCabe, who was previously a coordinator working under partner and head of literary Lindsay Williams, and Thuan Dang, a former assistant to Gotham partner Peter McHugh, are being upped to managers, while Eitan…

EXCLUSIVE: Pluto, the puppy Internet sensation of quarantine, has got just herself what she would call “two-legged” representation. The “talking” miniature Schnauzer beloved by stars like Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Sia and Robin Wright has been signed by The Gotham Group, which produced The Maze Runner…

The Gotham Group has partnered with a number of children-centered non-profits to launce a YouTube reading room series, Gotham Reads, a new channel that will feature close to 75 top children's authors, content creators, screenwriters and performers reading their favorite books and giving a peek into their creative…

The Gotham Group, the management and production company behind the Maze Runner franchise and Netflix film Kodachrome among others, has signed a multi-year first-look deal with Fox 21 Television Studios to create projects for both linear and streaming platforms. "We couldn't be more excited to work with Bert Salke and…

EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group, which most recently produced Disney+’s Stargirl based on the bestselling novel, has made its latest book deal. It has optioned Christina Hammonds Reed's upcoming debut YA novel The Black Kids, setting Rafiki helmer Wanuri Kahiu to direct and Allison Davis to adapt it. The novel, to be…

EXCLUSIVE: Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke, whose Love Me Tender screened in the Toronto Film Festival’s Discovery strand this year, has signed with Los Angeles management and production outfit The Gotham Group. The company plans to spearhead efforts to adapt the film into a TV series. Love Me Tender world…

EXCLUSIVE: The upcoming Carrie Arcos novel Skywatchers as been optioned by The Gotham Group, with Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and Carnival Row director Thor Freudenthal attached to helm the feature film adaptation. The Gotham Group CEO Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson are set to produce, with Peter McHugh…