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Buoyed By ‘Baby Reindeer’ & ‘Hacks’, UTA TV Lit Chiefs Call For Buyers To Take More Risks As Market Becomes “Healthier” & New Pay Models Eyed
Earlier this month, UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer stated that the TV and film business has to allow creators to be a “little more daring” in their work because “it’s gotten a bit repetitive”. Zimmer was echoing comments from one of his agency’s hottest new clients, Baby Reindeer creator and star Richard Gadd, who proclaimed from […]
They believe that independent companies such as A24 and Lionsgate are able to be more entrepreneurial than the existing studios on profit participation and back-end and it’s only a matter of time before some of the streamers are willing to discuss ownership and rights. He stresses that there are still great opportunities in broadcast television and younger writers would love to work on the next iteration of Friends, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Modern Family or 30Rock. “What I really admire in the artists we represent is standing behind what they want to do, trying to be be patient in a very difficult environment, waiting for the right opportunity or deal and not going down a road they don’t think is fair.
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