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Rep Moves For 1/31/14: UTA, WME, Paradigm, LBI Entertainment. ICM Partners

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  CAA: Actor Nathan Fillion is now repped by Tracy Brennan, Michael Katcher, Peter Levine, Dave Bugliari, JP Evans and Bruce Vinokour. He was previously with ICM. Fillion currently stars on the hit ABC series Castle, now in its sixth season. Before Castle, Fillion was best known for his starring role in Joss Whedon’s cult classic show Firefly.  He’s also had roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost and Desperate Housewives.  Feature credits include Serenity, Slither, Waitress, Trucker and Much Ado About Nothing. Fillion also appeared as Captain Hammer in Whedon’s internet-distributed miniseries Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. ICM Partners: Iconic writer, director and producer Spike Lee is now repped by Bart Walker and Toni Howard. He was previously with CAA.Lee is currently in post-production on the indie horror comedy Da Blood of Jesus, which was partially funded via Kickstarter.  He also helmed the remake of Park Chan-Wook’s cult classic Old Boy. Lee’s prolific resume has included a number of notable films including Do the Right Thing, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Crooklyn, Inside Man, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts and Miracle at St. Anna. Over his career, Lee has won numerous awards, including an Emmy for directing When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Paradigm: Actor Steven Yeun is now repped by Chris Schmidt, Jeff Kolodny and Brad Schenck.  Yeun currently stars as Glenn Rhee on AMC’s hit series The Walking Dead. He also has a part in the upcoming science fiction film I Origins, which just premiered at Sundance. Fox Searchlight recently acquired that film for distribution. Outside of The Walking Dead, Yeun has appeared on several series including The Big Bang Theory, Warehouse 13. and Law & Order LA. Yeun’s also signed with Gotham/Principal for management. UTA: Actor Michael Douglas is now repped by Jim Berkus, Brian Swardstrom, Jeremy Barber, Blair Kohan and Darren Boghosian.  Douglas recently starred in last year’s hit comedy Last Vegas, opposite Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman.  He also won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a SAG Award for his portrayal of Liberace in HBO’s Behind the Candelabra. The eldest of Kirk Douglas’ four sons, Douglas’ extensive career has included such notable films as The China Syndrome, Romancing the Stone, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street, The War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, The American President, The Game and Solitary Man. Next up, Douglas has booked a role playing Hank Pym in Marvel’s newest superhero franchise Ant-Man. He will also produce and star in The Reach, which is currently in post-production. UTA: Rising star Nicholas Braun is now repped by Josh Katz, Blair Kohan, Shani Rosenzweig and Jonathan Weinstein.  Braun is set to appear in a variety of new releases, including the Valentine’s Day comedy Date and Switch, opposite Nick Offerman and Dakota Johnson. He also recently wrapped the horror comedy Kitchen Sink and will appear inFox’s Poltergeist remake next year, opposite Sam Rockwell and Rosemarie DeWitt. Braun is probably best known for his role as Ponytail Derekin The Perks of Being a Wallflower.  He has also appeared in The Watch, Prom and Kevin Smith’s Red State. WME Entertainment: Writer, director and playwright Kenneth Lonergan is now a client. Lonergan is best known for writing and directing the indie hit You Can Count on Me. That film, which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese, went on to win numerous awards and eventually was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.  Previously, Lonergan had written the screenplays for Analyze This and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. He followed You Can Count on Me with the feature Margaret,released in 2011.  Lonergan was also a co-writer on Gangs of New York, for which he garnered his second Academy Award nomination.

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  LBI Entertainment: Actor and comedian Jim Carrey is now repped by Rick Yorn.  Carrey will soon appear in Dumb and Dumber To, the sequel to the hit 1994 comedy. First breaking out in the sketch comedy series In Living Color, Carrey’s one of the most successful comedians in the world, having appeared in such hits as the original Dumb & Dumber, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Me, Myself and Irene, Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bruce Almighty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Yes Man and Disney’s A Christmas Carol. Carry’s most recent screen appearances include The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Kick-Ass 2 and a cameo in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. LBI Entertainment: Writer, director and producer Oliver Stone is now repped by Rick Yorn.  Stone most recently directed the 2012 crime thriller Savages, starring Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively.  Two years earlier, he completed Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the sequel to the classic eighties hit. Best known for his political films, Stone’s prolific filmography has included such films as Midnight Express, Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, Nixon, Any Given Sunday, World Trade Center and W. Over his career, Stone has received three Academy Awards for his work on Midnight Express, Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July respectively.

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