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• Nice props for ICM-good actor. Can he set-up a movie?

  Comment by A.Studio — Tuesday November 17, 2009 @ 4:28pm PST  Reply to this post

• Michael is a brilliant actor!

  Comment by rmilano — Tuesday November 17, 2009 @ 4:54pm PST  Reply to this post

• I saw this guy last summer as HAMLET. I’ve seen this play performed by A-List Actors and I have to tell you, this guy was BETTER than those guys. One good nomination away from being the next Philip Seymour Hoffman to be perfectly honest. I would have loved to manage this guy. Been raving about this guy since he was a less than zero in Hollywood last year.

  Comment by Former Manager — Tuesday November 17, 2009 @ 4:57pm PST  Reply to this post

• Does anyone know which agent signed him?

  Comment by Anon — Tuesday November 17, 2009 @ 5:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• Where was he before?

  Comment by Anonymous — Tuesday November 17, 2009 @ 5:13pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Cornerstone in NYC with Mark Schlegel and Steve Stone – they discovered him and are two of the best agents out there, especially when it comes to breaking NY theatre stars into Hollywood. Think he was with them for about 15 years. Anyone know who Lisa Loosemore is? Haven’t heard her name before.

    Comment by Al — Wednesday November 18, 2009 @ 9:24am PST  Reply to this post

• Yes good actor, but obviously no he cant set up a movie. But it’s all about that one role for a breakout (even though he’s been acting since the 90’s). Mickey Rourke, Josh Brolin, etc… Some people are hopeless like Corey Haim, but hey… like boxers have a punchers chance…It’s not over til fat lady sings. This guy is a good actor and hopefully we’ll see more good things from him.

  Comment by Ghost of Abe Lastfogel — Wednesday November 18, 2009 @ 12:09am PST  Reply to this post

• And props to the Cornerstone boys for finding him first!

  Comment by F. — Wednesday November 18, 2009 @ 1:30am PST  Reply to this post

• ICM is a mess and has been for a long time. When markets are alive and thriving and healthy, messy places can last, even do well. When these markets undergo shrinkage and pressure, a place that is a mess has little chance of survival. When all was said and done, this was the case with William Morris, which for all intents and purposes has been liquidated from the landscape. So now we focus on a place like ICM–their last merger proved a disaster, the Limato matter harmed their image, and the loss of every important client diminished them further. The place does not represent film stars, nor major directors. (Let’s be honest, by that I mean those who can cause funding to flow into projects.) So where, in a very tight, unhealthy, shrinking market, does ICM fit in? Well, it probably doesn’t and my own prediction is that we should expect in short order that it will go the way of William Morris. Someone will look at the books, look at the receivables and come to the conclusion that the company is worth more by not counting on future profits from the current operating model, but instead shrinking, dissolving, and monetizing the receivables. This reality I think is also not lost on the current ICM ownership/management. My bottom line prediction is simple–ICM, like William Morris, will cease to exist as we know it sometime soon. I can foresee no other scenario. All of that being a good analysis, why would talent at this moment sign with ICM? Answer is simple–this analysis, even though kind of obvious and whispered about, has not been widely publicly discussed by industry analysts. The meter is probably running.

  Comment by Ghost of Lee Stevens — Wednesday November 18, 2009 @ 9:57am PST  Reply to this post

• Cornerstone boys? Stuhlbarg has been around for so long. The cornerstone boys took him on after many other agencies had dropped him in ny. he was a pain to work for and never grateful. He is a great actor but is that the business ICM now wants to be in? Great character actors? IE Christopher Waltz? Sounds like they want to be Gersh NY who by the way, dropped Stuhlbarg years ago cuz he couldn’t even get arrested.

  Comment by get with it — Wednesday November 18, 2009 @ 10:21am PST  Reply to this post

  • Are you working in the same business as the rest of us? I hear Christoph Waltz’ name on every movie and I hear he’s getting paid a lot of money.

    Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday November 18, 2009 @ 1:07pm PST  Reply to this post