The demonstrators outside the Wme offices Monday provided a reminder that the role of the talent agency is undergoing a radical change – one that is reverberating on varied fronts.
In part, the demonstrators’ presence is a response to the budding relationship between Ari Emanuel and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. These ties could result in a Saudi investment of $400 million in the talent emporium — a move with both financial and political ramifications. Emanuel, however, is not shy about politics: Last week, Endeavor Content, a new arm of the agency, emerged as the production entity for a project based on Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s ferocious book about Donald Trump. Endeavor is not just agenting the show; having acquired TV and film rights, it is effectively producing it and has signed Jay Roach, a client, to direct it. Roach directed Game Change, which is a good title for this business arrangement,...
In part, the demonstrators’ presence is a response to the budding relationship between Ari Emanuel and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. These ties could result in a Saudi investment of $400 million in the talent emporium — a move with both financial and political ramifications. Emanuel, however, is not shy about politics: Last week, Endeavor Content, a new arm of the agency, emerged as the production entity for a project based on Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s ferocious book about Donald Trump. Endeavor is not just agenting the show; having acquired TV and film rights, it is effectively producing it and has signed Jay Roach, a client, to direct it. Roach directed Game Change, which is a good title for this business arrangement,...
- 4/3/2018
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
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