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EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed producer and former FBI special agent Anne Beagan for representation in all areas. Beagan founded Dark Pictures with Mindhunter executive producer Jennifer Erwin. The organization, named after the dark pictures FBI investigators use in their cases, has a slate of 15 projects in development, from FBI cases to action thrillers and woman- and minority-led stories based on true crimes. She also runs Anne Beagan Productions, which she founded a year after retiring from the FBI. She has served as an FBI consultant and advisor to a number of projects including FBI: Most Wanted, FBI and Inside the FBI: New York . Beagan worked in the FBI’s New York Office of Public Affairs as its entertainment industry liaison, where for over a decade, she managed long-form projects, including feature films, television series, documentaries, books and magazine articles. She was previously a special events coordinator to the Joint Terrorism Task Force … [Read more...] about Anne Beagan, Former Special Agent & ‘FBI’ Advisor, Signs With UTA

EXCLUSIVE : Well, the most sprawling auction so far at Toronto is done. STX Entertainment is tying up a deal to pay around $10 million for Hardcore . They are in exclusive negotiations now, which means the deal’s being papered and there’s more to say, but have a look at the story Deadline wrote yesterday, where we notched the high stakes and bidders. STX, Universal and Lionsgate were in the mix, though rumor since yesterday was STX might get this. The outcome waited until the filmmakers flew in and chose STX. That company, whose braintrust includes vets Bob Simonds, Oren Aviv and Adam Fogelson, aren’t in the acquisition game. They are building their own slate of 12 to 15 films per year. But they made an exception here, for a disruptive film that is regarded as pretty original and wild enough to break out. WME Global steered this deal over two days, and it’s expected to be made official by Monday. MORE Related Story 'Hardcore' Has Three Suitors And Spirited Bidding … [Read more...] about STX Entertainment Closing Deal For ‘Hardcore’: $10 Million And Wide Release Commitment – Toronto

5th UPDATE, 6:25 PM: Now Amblin Partners has joined the anti- Georgia chorus over the state’s pending religious liberty legislation. “Amblin Partners is committed to diversity and inclusion for all,” the company led by Steven Spielberg. “We would be disappointed to see our pipeline of production end at the Georgia border because of this legislation.  While we are aware that Governor Deal has not yet made a decision, we stand with our industry colleagues in strongly urging him to veto this bill.” 4th UPDATE, 5:10 PM: From Disney to CBS, AMC and more, the studios, networks and cablers have expressed their widespread disapproval the past two days of Georgia’s discriminatory religious liberty bill that is sitting on the desk of Gov. Nathan Deal. Now Netflix has asserted its position, and the streaming service is prepared to cross state lines if Deal signs the bill into law. Related Story Disney To Boycott Georgia If Gov. Signs Anti-Gay Legislation “Netflix … [Read more...] about Netflix Will “Move Our Productions” Out Of Georgia If Anti-Gay Bill Becomes Law; Amblin Partners Also Urges Veto