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The Curtis Brown Group is pushing into the UK unscripted space. The UTA-owned agency, best known for its literary department, has created Curtis Brown Group Unscripted and Entertainment (CBG U&E). Former YMU agent Marta Atack has been hired to run the unit, which launches with several…

EXCLUSIVE: International Artists Management (IAM) has been removed from the UK’s respected agency professional body after Deadline revealed it sent a client misrepresented self-tape audition invites. The Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) said in a statement that it had revoked IAM’s membership…

EXCLUSIVE: United Talent Agency (UTA) has revealed it paid more than £43M ($55M) to acquire UK agent Curtis Brown in 2022, with its revenue surging on the back of the deal. UTA acquired Curtis Brown’s parent company Original Talent Limited in June 2022, but did not disclose financial terms. Sources to…

EXCLUSIVE: “Peggy Ramsay used to say ‘agent’ is the most disgusting word in the English language,” ponders Adam Welsh, the founder of Divergent Talent Group (DTG). For a group of changemakers making their way through the UK’s bustling agenting landscape, the words uttered by Ramsay, one of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay is ramping up efforts to find new properties for its array of scripted labels, appointing experienced industry exec Hannah Griffiths as its first ever Head of Adaptations. Griffiths is already up and running at Banijay. She has had a long career in publishing and TV and prior to…

John le Carré’s famous spy character George Smiley hasn’t retired quite yet. Nick Harkaway, le Carré’s son, is writing a new Smiley novel that will publish globally in fall 2024. Smiley was known for his depiction as the archetypal British secret agent of the 20th century through novels such as The Sp…

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Good afternoon Insiders. We have truly entered holiday season but in TV and film land things simply don’t slow down. I’m Max Goldbart and here’s your list of the week’s biggest headlines. Streamers Turn To Africa And Asia Teething problem solutions: It’s no secret that some of the legacy players of the streaming…

When UTA announced its surprise acquisition of London-based Curtis Brown Group last month, it was heralded as an aggressive and strategic move into the UK talent space, causing the industry on both sides of the pond to sit up and take notice. U.S. agencies have been canvassing UK companies for a…

UTA has acquired the Curtis Brown Group, the UK literary and talent agency that reps authors including Margaret Atwood, the literary estates of Ian Fleming and others as well as a roster of film and TV clients. The deal follows the 2020 combination of Curtis Brown and former rival Markham Froggatt and Irwin…

EXCLUSIVE: Global lit and talent agency Curtis Brown Group has inked a deal to represent its first podcast company, Message Heard. The UK audio outfit has credits including the ARIAS-nominated Conflicted, Spotify's Football Legends, Twenty Twenty: A Pop Culture Podcast, and Undiscovered. The company will now team with…

Curtis Brown, the UK talent agency that represents actors including Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh and Orlando Bloom, has announced that it is merging with rival agency Markham Froggatt and Irwin. Markham Froggatt and Irwin’s roster of talent includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomi Watts, Kiefer Sutherland, Bill Nighy…