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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…

EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has signed Oregon-based story studio Delve for television and film representation. The company focuses on writers and storytellers to develop and place narrative nonfiction works with major print, online, and audio outlets. Founded in 2017, Delve assisted in brokering the rights deal for…

EXCLUSIVE: The Gotham Group has optioned film rights to Erin Somers' contemporary novel, Stay Up With Hugo Best which Somers will be adapting. The book was recently published by Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster on April 2. Stay Up With Hugo Best follows June Bloom, a broke, cynical 29-year-old writers'…

Fresh off of the SXSW premiere of their first directorial feature, Extra Ordinary, filmmaking pair Enda Loughman and Mike Ahern have inked with 1stAveMachine and The Gotham Group for literary representation. The Ireland-based duo, collectively known as "Daddy”, is expanding their relationship with 1stAveMachine from…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Players has bought an untitled pitch that is being called Devil Wears Prada meets Adventures In Babysitting, set at Coachella. The comedy is inspired by true events that are being kept under wraps. Brandy Finmark and Jessica Blackwell will write the script, and The Gotham Group’s Ellen…

EXCLUSIVE: Media rights agent Rich Green has joined The Gotham Group after four years at ICM Partners. He will continue to rep IP for TV and film. Green joined ICM Partners in 2014 before being named the head of their Media Rights department last year. “Rich has been an incredibly valuable team player for ICM for many…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney won a bidding war for 29 Dates, the new YA book written by The New York Times‘ bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. The project is being fast-tracked for the studio’s streaming service, Disney+. The Gotham Group, which just wrapped Stargirl for the streaming platform, will produce this project. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Active Measures documentarian Jack Bryan is under new management. The Gotham Group has signed the filmmaker behind the pic that chronicles Vladimir Putin’s attack on the 2016 American election and the Donald Trump campaign’s collaboration. The film, which bowed day-and-date on August 31 via Super LTD, is…

EXCLUSIVE: Outside, the magazine which has published feature articles that were the basis for both film and television projects such as Everest, The Perfect Storm, Into the Wild, Blue Crush and 127 Hours, has just teamed up with The Gotham Group for representation for film and television. Outside Studios will produce…