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UPDATE: WME will be pitted against rival agency UTA in the quest to set up projects about the Chilean miner rescue. Deadline previously told you that Kansas-based international drilling company Layne Christensen Company and chief driller Jeff Hart were signed by UTA to tell the story from their perspective, which shapes up as an underground Apollo 13.
Earlier, 7:09 AM: WME has added 33 new clients. They are the Chilean miners who were rescued last October after being trapped together for 69 days after the copper mine they were working in collapsed August 5, 2010 in Copiapo. The men were stuck 2000 feet underground, and were finally rescued one at a time. The miners continue to be an inspiring story of survival, though reports indicate many are still having trouble processing the ordeal.
WME will rep life rights in all areas, including TV, film, books, commercials, theater and lectures. WME has the ability to sell a rights package that will include a daily journal kept by one of the miners. They haven’t aligned with anyone until now. WME will work with Arent Fox, the law firm working with the group, as well as Chilean firms Carey y Cia and Remberto Valdes.
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i really have to quit this business
this town is a joke
If anyone was hanging onto the slim hope the biz still had an ounce of credibility left, then this story just obliterated it.
Haven’t they suffered enough already?
Geez.
These guys are all very poor.
If WME can get them some paydays I’m all for it.
Great. Now I’m going to get a call from my WME agent that the miners have been tapped by ABC to run a show but they’ve done that before so they want someone with more experience like me to oversee them.
… but they’ve NEVER done that before… Crap. Proofing. Still, the miners wouldn’t have caught it.
WME can have the Chilean miners. CAA just signed Chile.
Funny. I heard CAA tried to sign the miners and couldn’t close.
It will come out eventually. CAA wanted them to share an office.
CAA can have Chile. WME just signed Brazil. Bigger. Better.
Is that what it takes to get an agent these days?
LOL, one of the funniest comments I’ve read on this site.
There was a great story in the news a week or two ago that one of the supplies these guys wanted sent down to them were inflatable sex
dolls, but reportedly not enough could be found in the immediate area and so psychiatrists nixed the idea, thinking jealousy would erupt between those who were getting
some and those who wouldn’t be.
Good times.
Aren’t the Chilean miners yesterday’s news?
coming soon: Dancing with the Miners.
…and then when that season ends…
Skating with the Miners!
…and then when that season ends…
Home Makeover with the Miners
…and then when that season ends…
33 and half Chilean Men
And then after that it’ll be The Real Coal Miners of Chile
….and then after that it’ll be Miner Rehab w/Dr. Drew…
….and then a package deal at Viacom to star in The Real World: Santiago and Miner Fit Club….
and then eventually one, or all of them, will do a sex tape with Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian that will accidentally “leak” onto the Internet and all involved will pronounce feigned outrage…
Then there’s the inevitable talk show circuit with Jessica McClure…
…and then the inevitable big budget film of their ordeal that will have no actual Chileans in the cast and will be accused of being xenophobic and racist.
Seriously. If people won’t sit through a 2 hour movie about a guy trapped in a phone booth (Phone Booth), or a coffin in Iraq (Buried), what makes Hollywood think Americans will part with their 10 dollars to go see a movie about dirty, sweaty miners stuck at the bottom of a shaft for 33 days? On second thought, that might appeal to West Hollywood, but the rest of America doesn’t give a crap anymore. We’ve got bigger things to worry about. Time to move on.
exploitation at it’s finest
I hear they’re already doing a guess appearance on Entourage. Nice stunt casting. Vince can get them all laid.
Let the exploitation begin.
The miners were supposed to sign with Paradigm but saw their talent list and dug a hole out of there.
Makes sense considering WME represents so many Latin clients..Javier, Gael, Diego Luna, Walter Salles, etc…curious to see the opportunities that are created for both sides.
WME has a pulse on the Hispanic market, more so than the other agencies. Smart move.
Don’t know if this broke yet, but the Chilean miners are playing The Harlem Globetrotters at Staples in two weeks.
Dude, who is representing YOU. Funny.
Being stuck in that mine was the best thing that could have happened to them (or their bank acounts anyway).
Word has it that there’s already dissension within the group. ABC wants them all for a pilot about the agribusiness but a few of them are holding out for a medical show with real teeth.
And one said he wants to be paid whether he works or not, like his idol Charlie Sheen.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me that they’re going to play the Seven Dwarves in a Tim Burton production of Snow White.
This headline is really too funny.
(I actually think this makes good business sense. But the images that come to mind…)
CAA announces – Shia Lebouf signed from WME
CAA announces – James Franco signed from WME
CAA announces – Joe Carnahan Signed from WME
CAA announces – Todd Field signed from WME
Now CAA – has a reality dept too, and if they signed some big reality production company I get it. But mostly that division which given is a HUGE money maker, is the pimp, midget, freak, and naked magician division. It keeps the lights on but you dont shout, we signed the Kardashians or Whatever!
WME – cant sign a major star so they are down to these announcements. Man is the shine off of the Label.
One idead, since they were down there for 69 days. Why not concentrate on the one miner with the multiple women. You can call it THE MINER 69er!
WOW, guys announce something better, or shoot your publicist!
Sounds like a good APA announcement!
Now I realize why Gavin Palone left!
Is this Deadline or the Onion?
I heard they found the next Transformers movie in that mine.
Are we really shocked they’ve found representation? At least at WME they’ve got agents who are savvy in the Latin market – much more so than any other agency.
Also, there is a new Chilean Miner I-phone app in case you’re ever stuck in a mine.
Damn, the depths to which some agencies will go…
Hahahahahahahahahaha