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GALLAY/GETTYIMAGES.Joe spinoff Snake Eyes and helped set up his banner,
Long House Productions, which already has a pact
with China’s Starlight Cultural Entertainment Group.
Genow also got Christian Serratos cleared from
The Walking Dead to star as late Tejano icon Selena
Quintanilla for Netflix and still reps another recently
emancipated woman, Meghan Markle (he won’t
reveal what she’s working on).
Please reboot “Given what’s going on now, The
Andromeda Strain.”TA LE N T
Cliff Gilbert-Lurie
Ziffren Brittenham
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW
Gilbert-Lurie spent much of 2019 working on two
complex, intertwined deals for megaproducer Dick
Wolf that total more than $1 billion — first sort-
ing out streaming rights for Wolf’s iconic Law &
Order series between NBCUniversal’s Peacock and
Disney-backed Hulu, and then inking a massive new
five-year overall deal with Universal TV, Wolf’s home
for 36 years. “Nothing rises to this level of intensity,”
says Gilbert-Lurie, whose client list also includes
Greg Daniels, Sandra Bullock and Tina Fey (who also
has a new UTV deal).
Hollywood’s 2020 priority “We have to get trans-
parency of streaming numbers so we can better
represent our clients.”TA LE N T
Carlos Goodman
Goodman Genow
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW
The go-to rep for auteurs and top talent wore his tux
proudly as Quentin Tarantino’s box office hit Once
Upon a Time in Hollywood earned 10 Oscar nomina-
tions, including best picture and best director, while
Ford v Ferrari star Christian Bale earned a Golden
Globe nom for the second year in a row. Elsewhere,
Goodman made an overall TV deal for Steve
McQueen at Amazon and inked Alex Garland’s deal
to create, write and direct Devs for Hulu/FX.
We’ve hit peak content when “I think the demand
for content production will continue to grow — the
only issue is when and how drastically will the SVOD
premiums reduce.”CORPORATE/TECH
Michael Hobel
Katten Muchin Rosenman
NYU SCHOOL OF LAW
Hobel’s specialty is working with legacy and
streaming-first distributors as they navigate the
changing dealmaking landscape, including helping
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s Quibi lock
in programming ahead of its April 6 launch. “My
streaming and pay TV clients have been really active
with innovative deals,” notes Hobel, whose other
clients include HBO, Epix and AMC Networks.
Hollywood’s 2020 priority “Mitigating and recover-
ing from coronavirus impacts.”TA LE N T
Andrew Hurwitz
Frankfurt Kurnit
GEORGETOWN LAW
Hurwitz has seen firsthand how good it is to be an
IP owner in Hollywood right now. He represented
the Roald Dahl estate in its (reportedly $1 billion)
deal with Netflix and works with the Agatha Christie
estate. Meanwhile, he negotiated Spotlight director
Tom McCarthy’s eight-figure overall with Fox 21 TV
and The Favourite co-writer Tony McNamara’s pact
for The Great at Hulu.
We’ve hit peak content when “The studios and
networks stop giving first-time television writers the
opportunity to run their own shows.”Power Lawyer Confidential PollWHICH NEW
STREAMER IS MOST LIKELY
T O FA IL?IF YOU COULD ONLY
KEEP ONE STREAMING SERVICE,
WHICH WOULD IT BE?PEACOCK
76%APPLE TV+
12%HBO MAX
11%D I S N E Y+
2%NETFLIX
68%OTHER
5%AMAZON
PRIME
11%SPOTIFY
6%HULU
10%During the 2007-08 writers strike,
studios terminated certain deals.WILL THERE BE A WRITERS STRIKE?
YES
41%UNSURE
35%NO
24%LITIGATION
John Gatti
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW
What kind of lawyer would Vin Diesel have in his
corner? The actor is being accused of breach of
contract in a lawsuit involving xXx: Return of Xander
Cage and Gatti is representing co-defendant
Revolution Studios in the fight (which was revived by
an appeals court). He also reps Tracy Chapman, who
is suing Nicki Minaj over a sample, and is handling
several #MeToo matters.
Please reboot ShaneTA LE N T
Bruce Gellman
Hansen Jacobson
UC BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW
Gellman struck multiple overalls for clients, including
Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) for 20th Century Fox
Television, Jennie Snyder (Jane the Virgin) for CBS
Studios and Adam F. Goldberg (The Goldbergs) for
ABC Studios. “Studios are investing in talent and
writers they believe in, who can create multiple
shows,” Gellman says. Other clients include Denise
Thé (Westworld) and Debora Cahn (Homeland).
Hollywood’s 2020 priority “Pay equity.”TA LE N T
Gregg Gellman
Morris Yorn
LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL
As Lulu Wang’s The Farewell became a criticaldarling, Gellman negotiated her deals to write and
direct Amazon drama The Expatriates and Big
Beach’s sci-fi feature Children of the New World.
He also began negotiating projects under Kenya
Barris’ massive Netflix deal, including Kid Cudi’s
animated anthology Entergalactic and comedy Black
Excellence, in which Barris will star for the first time.
If I could eat only one food forever, it’s “Hickory
cheeseburger with extra sauce and fries well done at
The Apple Pan.”TA LE N T
Michael Gendler
Gendler & Kelly
UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW
Gendler represents a collection of top showrunners.
Shonda Rhimes is readying her first two projects out
of her groundbreaking Netflix deal for a fall launch:
Bridgerton and an untitled Anna Delvey series.
“There’s a lot of ongoing work that comes with these
giant deals,” says Gendler, who also works with Meryl
Streep and Steve Martin. Meanwhile, David E. Kelley
has six new shows in production at a slew of outlets,
and Courtney Kemp has four Power spinoffs at Starz.
Hollywood’s 2020 priority “Electing a president who
is not Donald Trump.”TA LE N T
Rick Genow
Goodman Genow
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
As Henry Golding’s star continues to rise, Genow
negotiated his turn as the titular commando in G.I.G. GellmanGendlerGenowGilbert-LurieGoodmanHobelHurwitzJacobsonJohnsonKagan
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