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EXCLUSIVE: YMU has found its new literary chief and promoted an exec for its new UK boss. Briony Gowlett has been named Global Managing Director, Literary, while Anna Dixon is upped to UK Managing Director. Gowlett comes from a background in publishing, which includes overseeing the recently…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive situation, Regé-Jean Page has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation. The Bridgerton star can next be seen co-starring in Steven Soderbergh's film Black Bag opposite Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, coming out in March 2025. Page will…

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has signed Haitian-American actor, writer, filmmaker, and artist Numa Perrier, whose well known Netflix rom-com The Perfect Find, starring Gabrielle Union and Keith Powers, won the Audience Award at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. Prior to directing that film, Perrier…

EXCLUSIVE: Director, writer and executive producer Jonathan Levine has signed with WME for representation. Levine directed the entire first season of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy. He is currently in post-production on the second season, of which he…

Rachelle Williams-BenAry has signed with CAA for representation. Williams-BenAry was the showrunner of season two of Max's Love Life and the Starz series Run the World. She served as a co-executive producer on Raphael Bob-Waksberg's upcoming Netflix series, Long Story…

EXCLUSIVE: YMU is pushing further into the creator/influencer space with the signings of viral comedian Jack Remmington and presenter Ash Holme. Remmington is a comedian, presenter and social media personality who posts viral videos, matter of fact observations and satirical content. He has hosted…

EXCLUSIVE: Talent and literary agent Andrea Nelson Meigs will be leaving UTA at the end of the year. Nelson Meigs, who joined UTA in October 2020 as a Partner following her 14-year run at ICM, is expected to take a hiatus before pursuing opportunities outside agenting, her career for the past 25+…

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Thau is leaving UTA after 17 years. A longtime COO of the agency, he most recently served as the Co-Head of UTA Sports. His departure was announced in an internal memo today, a copy of which was obtained by Deadline from sources. Thau served as COO of UTA from 2007, when he joined…

EXCLUSIVE: More cuts are expected in the agency world. UTA has begun the process of letting go a number of agents across a variety of areas. Deadline understands that agents in its talent department, production group, unscripted division and endorsements and licensing business are set to…

EXCLUSIVE: Zero Gravity Management has closed a deal to bring multi-platform content studio Endless Media and its principals, Najeeb Khuda and Gavin Lurie, into the fold as producers and literary managers.  Under the Zero Gravity banner, the pair will continue to develop their production slate and…

EXCLUSIVE: Scout Willis has signed with Elevate Entertainment for representation. Willis has previously been focused on her musical career, having released her self-titled debut album in 2022. Her latest work, recorded at Sound City Studios, is a collaboration with producer Kane Ritchotte and…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Holland, who has played Agent Emilia Harcourt in James Gunn’s DC movie The Suicide Squad and spinoff series Peacemaker, has signed with Strand Entertainment for representation. Holland has reprised the tough-as-nails Harcourt in such DC movies as Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam and S…