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Paradigm Lands Another Quality Filmmaker In Bart Freundlich

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 1, 2013 @ 11:53am PDTTags: Bart Freundlich, Ken Stovitz, Paradigm
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm, which has significantly bettered its feature lit list recently, has added another talented writer/director/producer to its roster in Bart Freundlich. The filmmaker, who was signed by Ken Stovitz, has credits that include The Rebound, Trust The Man, Catch That Kid, and the Sundance hit The Myth Of Fingerprints, which launched his career. After directing numerous episodes of Californication and Prime Suspect, Freundlich is currently writing with Tom Hanks the pilot Halcyon for Playtone and HBO. Married to actress Julianne Moore, Freundlich is based in New York and remains repped by lawyer Ira Schreck.

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Helmer Roger Donaldson Joins Paradigm

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 9, 2013 @ 9:12am PDTTags: Ken Stovitz, Paradigm, Roger Donaldson
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm has secured some good clients of late as filmmakers have followed agents like Robert Bookman into the fold. Here’s a surprise: the agency has signed Roger Donaldson, director of such films as The Bank Job, … Read More »

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Ex-CAA Agent Ken Stovitz Moves From Overbrook To Paradigm

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 27, 2013 @ 4:23pm PSTTags: Ken Stovitz, Overbrook, Paradigm, Will Smith
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Ken Stovitz has joined Paradigm as a senior agent and will begin working in the agency’s Beverly Hills offices beginning this Monday, March 4. He walks in the door repping Jada Pinkett Smith and Jaden Smith, after working extensively with both at Overbrook Entertainment. Stovitz will join the Paradigm Management Committee, which oversees the agency’s day to day operations. There has been a lotta movement of clients and agencies lately, particularly with Jeff Berg’s launch of Resolution. For Paradigm, Stovitz is a good get, a seasoned agent who knows what he’s doing. Read More »

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‘Glee’s Ryan Murphy Courted To Direct ‘Annie’ With Willow Smith

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 9, 2011 @ 1:55pm PSTTags: Annie, Eat Pray Love, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jaden Smith, James Lassiter, Jay-Z, Julia Roberts, Ken Stovitz, Ryan Murphy, Wicked, Will Smith, Willow Smith
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Glee creator Ryan Murphy is Sony Pictures’ top choice to direct a re-imagining of the Broadway musical Annie, with Willow Smith playing the lovable orphan. The project was recently set at Sony Pictures by Overbrook Entertainment partners James … Read More »

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Now Will Smith Wants To Play Bad Boy Cain (…With Vampiric Twist)

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday July 16, 2010 @ 12:36pm PDTTags: Andrea Berloff, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Lassiter, Ken Stovitz, Overbrook Entertainment, Vampires, Will Smith
Mike Fleming

will-smith-picture-1EXCLUSIVE: Will Smith has attached himself to star in and produce The Legend Of Cain, an epic re-telling of the Biblical sibling tale, this time with a vampiric twist. Smith will play Cain, the original Bad Boy, and he will produce … Read More »

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