Alcon Kick-Starts Move Into Talent Management With Madhouse Deal

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• Is Robyn still at madhouse she is a rock star. Great developer and negotiator. Kolberenner and her are the best 1-2 punch in the lit management business. Look up Robyn and Adam’s clients the list on here is like calling the Celtics Danny Ainge’s team.

  Comment by Anonymous — Tuesday September 6, 2011 @ 10:20pm PDT  Reply to this post

• A shout out to Madhouse’s Ryan Cunningham.

  Professional and a pleasure to deal with.

  Comment by Warner Borg — Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 1:52am PDT  Reply to this post

• Somebody needs to start developing in-house for these two… That flipper movie ain’t gonna cut it.

  Comment by Fringe — Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 8:46am PDT  Reply to this post

• Enough already. I can’t think of any other industry where investing in middlemen would be a sane idea, but you know, in Hollywood apparently it is.

  Oh the bygone days when creatives like writers and directors just needed a great agent — fine, here’s you 10% for a job well done. Nope, now “in this climate” we witness the advent of the manager, now a required accessory for any creative, including unsold writers, sucking out another 10% (or even 15%), oh and don’t forget the lawyer, but the lawyer is also taking a percentage of your earnings, instead of an hourly rate like they do for handling contracts IN VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY.

  And what are creatives getting in return for turning over more and more and more of their paychecks to middlemen supposedly looking out for their interest? Producer’s passes and pitch sweepstakes and free rewrites and working on spec. Thanks, reps.

  Yeah, yeah, bitter writer go home! Do something else if you don’t like the state of the industry. Well, OK, lots of talented and gifted writers are doing just that, and the industry is left with trust fund babies who don’t need to work to eat and 20 year olds happy to do it for free. What kind of scripts come out the other end? People paying attention in the industry have seen this process at work, and now the ripples are reaching the paying audience. And they don’t like what they see.

  Comment by cancer sucks — Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 9:12am PDT  Reply to this post

• Rock stars, indeed. These are two talented folks. I’m surprised the rest of the lit. managers have any clients at all.

  Comment by anonymous — Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 9:35pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Although I’m not a client (long story, short – not their fault), I’ve actually dealt with all four managers at Madhouse. Each of them are amazing. Collectively, they’ve got to be one of the best (if not the best) management companies in town. Good for them. They deserve it.

  Comment by Mitch — Wednesday September 7, 2011 @ 9:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Although I’m not a client (long story, short – not their fault), I’ve actually dealt with all four managers at Madhouse. Each of them are amazing. Collectively, they’ve got to be one of the best (if not the best) management companies in town. Good for them. They de

  Comment by Viagra — Wednesday June 27, 2012 @ 4:25am PDT  Reply to this post