
It’s the representation shuffle (much less fun than the Super Bowl Shuffle)!
Just think of it as musical chairs, that will help.
While the music was playing, talent agency Endeavor stole Nick Stevens, Sharon Sheinwold and Lisa Hallerman (we don’t know these names either, but they’re big) from United Talent Agency after the last round of musical chairs saw Chris Rock jump the Endeavor ship over to ICM.
But the joke was on Endeavor, who suffered a That 70’s Show switch. When the music stopped a second time, Ashton Kutcher was gone after 10 years of circling En’s chairs. Topher Grace took an En seat after leaving William Morris.
The big news today is that Kutcher headed over to Creative Arts Agency, who hopefully have killed that bird by now, lest their assistants cry fowl-play (you can whip us for that pun later).
Why the huge shuffle for these three stars? Because they are all sucking it up on the movie front.
Kutcher’s most recent, the animated Open Season in 2006 just barely broke even on their $85 million budget. Just barely like $100,000 barely.
Rock’s forays into film hasn’t been much better. His directorial debut I Think I Love My Wife grossed $12.5 mil on a $11 mil budget, nothing compared to what his stand-up and HBO specials bring in, and his character in Bee Movie didn’t help the film get back into the black.
Grace might be the only one of the three who can even pretend that his transition into film has been semi-successful. Spider-Man 3 brought in the bank, though it’s been too long since we’ve seen the Topher Grace we love on screen. If you don’t count the Oceans 12 cameo (too brief, if you ask us), the last thing that showed the potential to turn Grace into a bona-fide star was Traffic in 2000.
All three of these moves come after long-standing rumors that these three actors were pissed with their previous reps’ inability to land them something good.
The rumblings were so loud, you can bet Endeavor feels like they’ve been punk’d after dropping major bank on some relief reps only to have Kutcher and Rock jump ship.
The only thing that’s going to make that sting less is if What Happens In Vegas…, Kutcher’s new Cameron Diaz rom com somehow outgrosses Titanic.
If that was all Greek to you, we’re writing about Paris Hilton being “in love” later today. Smiley face emoticon.
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