Original Media Adds Jessica Mathews, Patrick Moses As VPs

COMMENTS (19)

• Why would leave CAA to work in development. Look, no one respects 90% of development executives. Anyone can look at a script and say, “This stinks,” “This is good.” They all disagree on what they like, and one look at The Black List gives you a ton of poorly written junk. Half the writers have no talent, but development executives aren’t professionals, they give coverage for a few years and get coffee. The coverage is not valuable. Many are smart people, but ask any respected writer or director what they think of development people, or agents and especially managers for that matter, and they’ll tell you they simply get in the way. But leaving CAA is not like leaving any of the other agencies. People respect CAA agents. They don’t respect managers unless it’s 360 for example, but they respect CAA. This is a good company, though, so that’s a plus, but I wish she would have stayed. She will be missed by clients and co-workers.

  Comment by stu — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 3:32pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • No one leaves CAA by choice. You have much to learn.

    Comment by The Bark — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 4:11pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • The worst are managers who couldn’t cut it at the agencies and weren’t asked to stay. They give notes that aren’t appreciated, advice that no one wants to listen to, but actors and writers are convinced they need one because others have one. True, a Management 360 has some all-stars, as does Anonymous, and there are good men and women at all the management companies. But they’re few and far between. Saying you’re a manager is announcing to the Hollywood community that you have nothing to add to the conversation. Most of them are failed writers and actors, or just those who never had the guts to try.

      Comment by trobo — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 6:11pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • “People respect CAA agents.” That’s an awfully bold and broad statement.

    Comment by AH — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 4:39pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • not only is it bold, it also isnt true.

      Comment by hey — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 7:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Do you work in this business?

    Comment by Anonymous — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 6:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Which one are you? Useless development exec or worthless manager.

      Also, agree that CAA gets respect. WME as well. I’m talking about to the rest of the country. No one cares if you’re a manager or a CE, even at an A-list company. They might say, “Oh, cool! You work in Hollywood!” But real talent, real brains end up in academia, medicine, big law, and you know, actual writers and directors.

      Being a manager is not cool. Having an agent, manager and lawyer is cool.

      Comment by pokie — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 7:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • most agents that leave caa that are not leaving for another agency are leaving cause they have been shown the door.

    Comment by yeah — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 7:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

• How did he originate the Real Housewives?

  Comment by Huh? — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 4:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Well, he didn’t create it – everyone knows that. Which means he managed to hitch his cart onto someone else’s horse, like Corwin did. Where’s the part about the hundreds of hours of Original Media TV that failed so miserably? Or its first feature developed in house (that means Charlie got to give notes), A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS costing over $20 million and earning back a whopping $517,000? And then there’s AUGUST, which cost even more and made even less. BAM!

    Comment by BLAHBLAHBLAH — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 4:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Yay Jessica!

  Comment by Yana — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 11:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Jessica was a terrific agent and no doubt will be an even better executive. She will bring the passion to the job that it takes to succeed. A great get for Original Media.

  Comment by Honest Fan — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 11:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This is one of the strangest collections of comments I’ve ever seen. A press release about Original becomes a diatribe against development executives and managers? So Stu, trobo and pokie (the new 3 Stooges?) why don’t you just put those scripts of yours that didn’t sell back on the shelf.

  Comment by justsayin — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 11:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Jessica was a great agent and writers advocate and she will be a terrific producer. She is creative and hard working. They are lucky to get her.

  Comment by Fred62 — Thursday August 16, 2012 @ 11:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Jessica is a class act and Original Media is lucky to have her on board.

  Comment by Pace Picante — Friday August 17, 2012 @ 6:14am PDT  Reply to this post

• Yes, people do leave CAA by choice. Despite what they teach you there, life does exist beyond the walls of the Death Star. Congrats to Jessica. Your life is about to start.

  Comment by Death Star Escapee — Friday August 17, 2012 @ 7:50am PDT  Reply to this post

• Congrats to Jessica. They are lucky to have her. She’s smart, funny and definitely one of the hottest girls in our business.

  Comment by Kevin — Friday August 17, 2012 @ 9:07am PDT  Reply to this post

• Good luck!! You have a new company to run, everyone else has left or is leaving.

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday October 1, 2012 @ 5:40pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Hey Jessica! Congrats (even though this release is old).

  But nevertheless, I have a great indie-drama script for consideration, check it out at http://www.goodscreenplay.com

  Give the site a visit!

  Comment by Sal — Tuesday April 2, 2013 @ 8:43am PDT  Reply to this post