CAA Signs Screenwriter Stephen Gaghan

COMMENTS (20)

• Here is the bottom line: WME is just not as good at servicing their clients as CAA is. The agents at caa are helpful and work their asses off, while the agents at WME (not all, but enough) rest on their laurels.

  Great sing by CAA.

  Comment by HA! — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 2:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • * sign

    Comment by HA! — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 2:11pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Ha caa wont do nothing for him
  just another on the scrapheap
  maybe he can write Jennifer Aniston a average/poor romcom

  Comment by Insider — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 3:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Or at least that’s what was written on a crumpled up piece of paper discovered at the worst poetry slam ever.

    Comment by Jeremy — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 3:21pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • *an average/poor romcom NOT a average/poor romcom.

    Comment by JMC — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 4:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

• What are the people at WME telling themselves to cope with this? What’s the company line?

  Comment by Anonymous — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 3:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

• You cast your pilot with not exciting actors and then blame your agency when it doesn’t get picked up. Oh well…

  Comment by OhWell — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 3:40pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Oh really, CAA is supportive of their clients. I for one can tell you that they are not always supportive if it doesn’t serve the Agency. They are full of it. I am repped by WME now because CAA screwed me when they repped me. So it can happen to anyone.

  Comment by SD — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 4:32pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Great sign by CAA. WME is more like the old William Morris and the old ICM then the old Endeavor and I guess Chris Donnelly blew another one that was handed to him.

  Comment by oops — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 4:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • You mean WME is more like the old William Morris and….ICM. The old ICM was a powerhouse.

    Comment by Anonymous — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 11:22pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Well, WME is a powerhouse so…

      Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday May 18, 2011 @ 9:32am PDT  Reply to this post

• In all seriousness, Steve from Kentucky is the most pretentious hack ever. Hasn’t written anything good in a decade. If being committed to your craft consists of being mostly interested in who you’re having dinner with and who your friends are, you’ve gone to the right writer. Don’t walk, but RUN AWAY when his name is suggested.

  Comment by know 1st hand — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 5:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Stephen is a brilliant writer. Sure, maybe he can be a little pretentious at times, but he’s got a wicked sense of humor about it. Gaghan’s got the street smarts, the real world experience and the literary pedigree to put most writers to shame. The guy loves his Tolstoy!

    And that scene between Clooney and Christopher Plummer in Syriana? The one where Clooney tells him to fuck off in the diner? Are you KIDDING? One of the most badass scenes from a movie in YEARS.

    The brilliance and prescience of Syriana will continue to emerge as our economy collapses and oil runs out. Watch it happen.

    Gaghan is the real deal, a true artist, and works harder than anyone I’ve ever heard of when he’s in writing mode: guy spends 15 hours a day, 7 days a week WORKING his ass off.

    Looks like PT Anderson went first, and now Gaghan. Two of the best writers our industry has.

    Guess CAA is truly stepping up their game.

    Comment by Noah Pohl — Thursday May 19, 2011 @ 11:57am PDT  Reply to this post

• ha. I use to listen to this guy at AA meetings go on and on about his self indulgent travels around the world. One of the partners at UTA brought him there. Guess UTA tries to land the biz anyway they can.

  Comment by ozbu — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 6:16pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • way to keep it anonymous buddy

    Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday May 18, 2011 @ 9:33am PDT  Reply to this post

• Mick Jagger looks great!!!

  Comment by Keith Richards — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 8:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I can see it now: “Stephen Gaghan’s Flintstones.” Brought to you by a cast of dozens (of CAA clients), and 35 different screenwriting teams (and 35 commission checks for CAA).

  Comment by Smoke — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 9:21pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Stephen is so talented. I wish he would just stick to writing and directing movies…forget the TV stuff. Traffic and Syrania are two great movies….I hope it works out for him.
  Robbie Goldstein

  Comment by Robert Goldstein — Tuesday May 17, 2011 @ 9:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Man, some of you guys are complete idiots. I know Steve and he’s a great guy and is one of the best screenwriters of all time. It’s infuriating that people can talk smack about individuals they don’t even know. This guy works his ASS OFF and cinema needs Stephen Gaghan. He’s going to make the history books. Will you? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Find you’re passion and stop hating. Don’t hate someone else just because they’ve mastered their craft.

  Comment by Logan Morton — Saturday June 11, 2011 @ 8:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Hey Logan…any word on the Pilot as of August? I agree with you. I was in the Pilot and Stephen was great to work with.

    Comment by Jesse Bean — Monday August 8, 2011 @ 11:04am PDT  Reply to this post