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EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed actor Andre Holland. Holland is best known for his performance in the Oscar-winning Best Picture Moonlight as well as High Flying Bird, Wrinkle in Time and Selma, the latter for which he was nominated for the NAACP Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. In television, his…

The Big 3 talent agencies, having already won a partial victory in their yearlong legal battle with the WGA over packaging fees, now are asking a federal judge to dismiss all of the guild's remaining claims. In a 25-page motion filed Wednesday, WME, CAA and UTA asked U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr. to toss…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, along with their production company, Jane Doe Films (fka Chain Camera Pictures), have signed with WME. Dick and Ziering are an award-winning film team known for their groundbreaking and change-making investigatory work…

EXCLUSIVE: Former WME motion picture literary agent Mike Fera has joined Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment as a manager. He starts today. Fera was among a number of seasoned WME agents in play amid the recent cuts at the Hollywood agency. He met with multiple agencies and management companies before making a deal with…

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker, producer and financier Bert Marcus, principal of Bert Marcus Film and Bert Marcus Production, has signed with WME. Marcus’ latest production, Bull, made its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival last year and went on to win Deauville's Grand Jury Prize and SXSW's "Lone…

After a stinging loss in federal court two weeks ago, the WGA has filed its first amended complaint in its ongoing legal battle with the Big 3 talent agencies over packaging fees. The latest filing reframes many of the guild's claims that U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte Jr. threw out on April 27, including his…

Endeavor, whose revenue has dropped 70% during the coronavirus pandemic, has secured a $260 million term loan as an extra cushion. Sources familiar with the transaction tell Deadline it carries an interest rate of a bit less than 11%. The company had previously taken out a $2.8 billion loan. Last month, Endeavor said…

EXCLUSIVE: Fly on the Wall Entertainment, Emmy-winning producers of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Co-founded by veteran reality producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, Fly on the Wall has produced more than 50 series, specials and pilots, totaling over…

WME talent agent and partner Duncan Millership has joined Anonymous Content as a manager. It is the first of a number of departures of WME agents for other jobs we will see over the coming days as the agency is preparing for cuts affecting 20% of its employees who will be laid off, furloughed or reduced to part-time…

UPDATED with agencies’ response: The WGA on Thursday accused the Big 3 talent agencies of making "multiple misrepresentations" to a federal judge who's presiding over their yearlong legal battle over packaging fees. The guild now is requesting that a hearing that had been taken off calendar be reinstated so oral…

The WGA and Hollywood's Big 3 talent agencies have filed supplemental briefs in federal court about the scope of discovery in their yearlong battle over packaging fees, with the agencies seeking to limit the mountain of documents the guild is still seeking even though U.S. District Court Judge Andre Birotte dismissed m…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Sami Khan, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker of the documentary short St Louis Superman, has inked with WME. He will be repped by the firm in all areas. Khan most recently co-directed and produced the feature documentary The Last Out, which was slated to premiere at this year’s Tribeca…