London Book Fair: TV & Film Agents Say Dealmaking Appetite Remains For Killer IP Amid Volatile Market
deadline.comUTA’s Co-Head of Media Rights, Jason Richman, is feeling reflective after one of the most shocking beginnings to a year the entertainment industry can remember.
The prominent lit exec is considering how the industry has been recovering from the California wildfires that tore through neighborhoods in January, as he prepares for the London Book Fair (LBF), kicking off thousands of miles away this week in the UK.
Richman will be repping the likes of Adam Kay’s thriller A Particularly Nasty Case and Jemimah Wei’s The Original Daughter and sees the event as a reset opportunity for the international book-to-screen market. “The fires in L.A.
were an awful way to start the year,” he tells us. “As L.A. heals, rebuilds, and transitions into our new normal, the film and TV industry is ramping back up.
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