Jonathan Demme Leaves ICM for WME

COMMENTS (12)

• One of my favorite directors … don’t forget Philadelphia, Swimming to Cambodia, Married to the Mob. Something Wild, The Bruce Springsteen and Pretenders projects.

  Comment by Anita Busch — Wednesday August 10, 2011 @ 8:03pm PDT  Reply to this post

• He would have been much better off at CAA, even considering they’re glut of directors at Demmes level. The only thing worse than WMEs lit dept, is there indie one.

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday August 10, 2011 @ 8:11pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • They’ve got some of my favorite lit agents in town and their clients work. Go grab your boss a coffee and answer the phone kid.

    Comment by SR — Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 8:47am PDT  Reply to this post

  • I agree with WME being a a shit-house, but not about going to CAA. UTA would have been the better choice of the evils.

    Comment by they're all scum — Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 10:29am PDT  Reply to this post

  • @Anonymous: call me cynical, but it’s hard to take you seriously. Here you are with your lofty opinion about the quality of WME’s literary and independent packaging dept when your grammar is atrocious..or as I like to say when I feel that old bible fever arise, ‘let he who is without sin cast the first stone..’ So here’s your lesson for the day:
    …”even considering their (not “they’re”, which is short for they are)glut of directors at Demme’s (apostrophe, it is possessive) level.The only thing worse than WME’s (possessive again, buddy) lit dept is their (not there) indie one.”

    Comment by ronnie — Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 9:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

• well perhaps he was at an agency that could not cast/sell his films….

  Comment by hmmmm — Wednesday August 10, 2011 @ 8:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The dreaded passion projects. They bite you in the ass and checkbook every time.

  Comment by anonymous — Wednesday August 10, 2011 @ 9:33pm PDT  Reply to this post

• ROBERT NEWMAN (THE FACE OF CONSISTENT INTELLIGENT HARD WORK) & TEAM WME WILL CREATE MAXIMAL OPPORTUNITES FOR MR. DEMME

  Comment by Joe Blaze — Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 7:26am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Who is the “team.” I heard Donnelly flew in for a dinner.

    Comment by Anonymous — Sunday August 14, 2011 @ 5:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Wow. What a loss of another iconclastic director for ICM motion picture department. Come to think of it, ICM’s motion picture department is the worst it’s been in decades. I know ICM restructured the head of its talent department recently. About time? They should throw the Nicole woman who runs literary on the street. They need a true leader who represents real filmmakers.

  Comment by ml69 — Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 7:33am PDT  Reply to this post

• ICM is a joke. Jeff Berg is a joke. And it is sad he tried to paint Demme in a bad light.

  Comment by nicetry — Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 4:20pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Yikes, ur right. Their not they’re. Sorry bout that… WME still sucks big dick tho.

  Comment by Anonymous — Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 4:59pm PDT  Reply to this post