Entertainment Lawyers

    It’s unlikely that many had an investment bank giant move into representation on their cards, but here we are. With a new majority stake in Excel Sports Management, the entertainment landscape has a new talent backer in play- and notably, that growth is once again in the sports market. Brandon Blake, our entertainment lawyer Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., looks at the news and what it could mean for the talent agency business.                                                           Brandon Blake   Goldman Sachs Acquires Major Talent Agency Share   The deal for the majority share has not been fully released, but is set to cost the investment bank almost $1B. The deal itself was with  Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, their private equity arm. We’ve seen private equity’s interest in the entertain...

  Will we see another highly successful Thanksgiving box office weekend? With Zootopia 2 already performing strongly in tracking, we certainly could. In fact, the sequel could even beat out last year’s Moana 2 , or even give 2019’s Frozen 2 a good run. With the full story, we have Brandon Blake, an entertainment lawyer from Blake & Wang P.A.                                                                             Brandon Blake   Strong Debut Predicted   Presales for the film are already in line with Pixar’s Inside Out 2 . That film opened at $154.2M over just 3 days back in June 2004. Zootopia 2 has 5 to put to good use, and current predictions suggest that we could see the film take $125M+ on its opening weekend.   To date, Disney has been responsible for ...

  It’s definitely been a great quarter (and indeed, a great year) for YouTube TV. As it releases its next quarter earnings, complete with a growing share of the TV Market, we have Brandon Blake, Entertainment Lawyer Los Angeles at Blake & Wang P.A., with the facts and figures.                                                                             Brandon Blake   Advertising Grows   In the latest financial quarter, YouTube TV advertising brought home $10.3B. This is a significant rise from the start of the year, which closed at $8.9B, rising to $9.8B in the previous quarter. Alphabet, its parent company (alongside Google), took in total revenue of $102.35B, with earnings per share of $2.87. This is a 16% growth over 2024, and came in above analysts’ expectations....

  Armed with its 6th consecutive Cannes Palme d’Or winner, Neon is ramping up its awards season bid with a surprisingly successful limited screening. Brandon Blake, our best entertainment lawyers in los angeles in the know from Blake & Wang P.A., takes a look at the film’s chances ahead of the major awards events.                                                                               Brandon Blake Neon: Not an Accident It Was Just An Accident took $68k over a single weekend and three screens, for a $115k total over five days. It’s clear they’re hoping the film will join its stable of award winners, including Parasite’s 2019 success and a four year winning streak since 2021 with Titane, Triangle of Sadness, Anatomy of a Fall, and Anora , and its recent Cannes victory ce...