After 16 years at WME as a scripted television agent, Lisa Harrison has decided to leave the agency business. Currently a WME partner focused on TV lit and comedy, Harrison — who is well respected in the industry — played an integral role setting up series including The Vampire Diaries, The … Read entire story.
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Writer Lisa Joy, co-creator/executive producer and co-showrunner of the breakout HBO drama series Westworld, has signed with WME. Joy started her writing career on Bryan Fuller’s cult ABC dramedy Pushing Daisies, sharing in the show’s WGA Award nomination. She later served as a co-producer … Read entire story.
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Daniel Cohan, who for the past 11 years has worked in WME’s Motion Picture department, has moved to join ICM Partners’ Motion Picture Literary department. The agency just announced the hire internally, I’m told. It’s the latest WME agent to land elsewhere: Most recently, Rob Carlson, the well … Read entire story.
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Rob Carlson, the well regarded lit agent who spent the last 25 years with WME, has joined UTA as an agent in the motion picture literary dept. At WME, Carlson’s clients included Jon M. Chu, Colm McCarthy, Hasbro, Ian Bryce, Jack Thorne, Michael Bay, Mike Lesslie, Clay Kaytis, David Slade, … Read entire story.
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The reveal of 2016’s The Black List today doesn’t just give screenwriters Hollywood street cred — it does the same for agencies and management companies. On this year’s leaderboard, WME led the way among agencies with 18 clients on the list, followed by CAA with 15 and UTA with 14. … Read entire story.
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