David Milch Moves from CAA To ICM

COMMENTS (11)

• It’s a great move for him and a terrific sign by ICM.

  Comment by ace — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 4:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The on set and behind the scene battles on LUCK are undoubtedly behind this move. CAA repped both Milch and his arch nemesis, Michael Mann. They were most likely involved in the pairing of the two. It was a poisonous decision – there can be only one Alpha in any pack and whoever shoved those two together was a fool. With the battle going on for control on the show, Milch can’t have agents double dealing. Hence, the move. Go get ‘em David!

  Comment by D.D. — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 4:44pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Awesome sign.

  Comment by Impressive — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 5:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Great sign

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 5:09pm PDT  Reply to this post

• What I’d give to eavesdrop on a call between Milch and Ted Chervin. I wonder if either of them would ever stop to listen to the other for more than 5 seconds? My guess is that it would be too parallel monologues running simultaneously.

  Milch is a huge talent, though. Not sure how ICM landed him.

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 5:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Mr. Milch spoke last night in a terrific forum sponsored by the SAG Foundation, and he was wryly funny about the division of labor between Michael Mann and him. While he certainly recognized the value of Mann as a visual artist in depicting the realism of a horse race, he also made it essentially clear that Mann didn’t exactly revere the script in the way that anyone on a David Milch-led project clearly needs to do. Michael Mann is clearly a terrific filmmaker. Mr. Milch, however, is a storytelling genius.

  Comment by Idon'tknowbutchieinstead — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 7:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Mann should have been took a cue from Scorsese and just directed the pilot, set the visual tone for the series, and then let the main writer run the show, as is the norm in television and especially HBO. Too big of an ego, I guess.

  Hopefully Milch gets more control in season 2.

  Comment by Jack — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 9:48pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Are you kidding? Michael Mann is “the man”…his eye for detail and class will give this series the excitement it deserves. Big fan of Milch, and hope the show is a runaway success…. Congrats ICM…!!!!

  Comment by GameOn — Wednesday July 13, 2011 @ 10:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Congrats ICM! Now he will see what it’s like for an agency to actually work for him!!!

  Comment by TalentManger — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 10:11am PDT  Reply to this post

• ICM will fuck it up. Great sign. I’m sure Silbermann takes all the credit in his “Collaborative” efforts to ensure “Teamwork” at the agency. LOL!

  Comment by cur·mudg·eon — Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 3:18pm PDT  Reply to this post

• We all know there have been some artistic tensions on Luck. Two men at the top of their game are always going to jostle for seeing their vision and legacy expressed on screen. It will be hard for them, but we will reap the rewards as we see both of them push their abilities to the limits as they work hard not to lose credibility with each other. Michael Mann only produced the first two seasons of Miami Vice and he thinks they were the best two episodes! It may happen with “Luck” – control the first few episodes and then let it go once he has expressed himself fully through it.

  Comment by MannFan — Saturday July 16, 2011 @ 6:02am PDT  Reply to this post