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RYAN BARNCASTLE FEATUREDIN VARIETY MAGAZINE 2014DEALMAKERS IMPACT REPORTDecember 10, 2014by Cynthia Littleton (Ryan Barncastle mentioned)See attached PDF to view the full article (Note: article islocated on the second page). Thank you.

Benedict Cumberbatch Reluctant Star Contenders Writers on Writers Dealmakers Impact Report

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‘Removing Sony Pictures on

Earth is a very tiny work for

our group which is a worldwide

organization. And what we

have done so far is only a

small part of our further plan.’

HACK ATTACK: A SPECIAL REPORT, P.11

GUARDIANS OF PEACE:

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AAbramson, Chris 62

Af leck, Ben 94

Alibaba 78

All3Media 54-56

Allen, Woody 29

Amazon 140

AMC Networks 61

Anchor Bay

Entertainment 134

Anderson, Anthony 116

Anderson, Blake 106

Anderson, Wes 86, 94

Andreasen, Erik 66

Ansari, Aziz 101-103

Assange, Julian 46

Ayer, David 85

BBaldwin, Alec 29

Bale, Christian 38, 94

Barncastle, Ryan J. 70

Barris, Kenya 116

Bateman, Jason 112

BBC 45

Beers, Betsy 148

Benton, Robert 91-92

Berg, Alec 118

Bezos, Je� 140

Black, Daniel H. 60

Bloom, Orlando 39

Bo, Armando 84

Bonner, Michael 129-130

Bovell, Andrew 82

Boyle, Danny 46

Brearton, Chris 61

Brett, Paul 60

Brittenham, Skip 61

Bruington, Nancy 61

Buress, Hannibal 112

Burnett, Mark 54-56

CC.K., Louis 116

Calabrese, Joe 61

Cameron, James 91-92

Campbell, Bruce 61

Carell, Steve 38

Carey, Chase 76

Carloss, Alex 142

Carlton, Timothy 48

Carroll, Ed 61

Cates, Gil 122

Chandor, J.C. 98

Chatham & Hogan 61

Chatham, Christopher 61

Chayefsky, Paddy 98

Chazelle, Damien 82, 98

Cheadle, Don 147

Cheeks, George 61

Chen, Joan 38

City National Bank 64

Clark, Bill 134

Coen, Ethan 89

Coen, Joel 89

Coltrane, Ellar 38

Columbia 67, 75

Comcast 130-134

Conner, Lindsay 61

Coogler, Ryan 91, 98

Coon, Carrie 94

Cooper, Jay L. 62

Core Media Group 54

Cosby, Bill 29

Crosby, Bing 29

Crystal, Billy 108

Cuaron, Alfonso 91

Cuddy, Christine 62

Cumberbatch,

Benedict 39, 45

DDalton, Stephanie 64

Davidson, Gordon 28

Dawson, Shane 119

De Chauveron,

Philippe 119

DeFelice, Jim 86

Del, Ernie 75

Deloitte 142

Dempsey, Patrick 146

Denton-Howes, Nigel 153

Devine, Adam 106

Dey, Thomas 54, 64

Diaz, Cameron 39

DiCaprio, Leonardo 46

Dinelaris Jr., Alexander 84

Dinelaris, Alexander 38

Dolan, Xavier 98

Dominik, Andrew 94

Dosani, Sachin 64

Douglas, Anne 28

Douglas, Kirk 170

Duncan-Smith, Eden 39

Dunham, Je� 112

Dunham, Lena 116

Dunn, Mike 134

Duplass, Jay 83

Duplass, Mark 83

DuVernay, Ava 98

Dylan, Bob 88

EEdgerton, Joel 38, 94

Edwards, Brian 64

Eichner, Billy 108

Emanuel, Craig 64

Endemol 54

Erramouspe, Matthew 64

Eyeworks 54-56, 61, 138

FFarahani, Golshifteh 38

Farrelly, Bobby 119

Farrelly, Peter 119

Felker Toczek

Suddleson 62, 78

Felleman, Susanna 64

Fey, Tina 106

Fincher, David 94

Finkel, David 86

Fishburne, Laurence 116

Fisher, Ruth 64

Flea 146

Flixter 138

Flynn, Colleen 153

Flynn, Gillian 89

Fogelson, Noah 76

Forssell, Andy 153

Fox Rothschild 75-76

Rosario Dawson 37

Fox Searchlight 86, 94,

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Frank, Scott 87

Fraser, Noreen 104

Freeman, Martin 39

Frot-Coutaz, Cecile 56

Frye, E. Max 84

Fusco, John 38, 50

Futterman, Dan 84

GGaiman, Neil 81

Galsor, Matt 66

Gendler & Kelly 66

Gendler, Michael 66

Gewecke, Thomas 134,

138

Giacobone, Nicolas 84

Gilroy, Dan 87

Ginsburg, Lev 66

Glazer, Ilana 106

Gleeson, Brendan 39

Gluck, Will 39

Gold, Nina 50

Goldberg, Evan 119

Google Play 134

Grammer, Kelsey 29

Granier, Jorge 67

Grant, Cary 28

Gray, Richard 64

Greenberg Traurig 60,

62, 69, 76

Greenberg, Richard 84

Greenfield, Luke 116

Grey, Brad 38

Grif in, Kathy 114

Gugenheim, D.J. 72

Guinness, Hugo 86

Gumpert, Andrew 67

Half Yard

Entertainment 54

HHall, Jason Dean 86

Hamm, Jon 37

Handler, Chelsea 110

Hao, Ning 118

Harrelson, Woody 46

Hart, Kevin 114

Hawking, Jane 80, 87

Hawking, Stephen 80, 87

Haymer, Robert 61

Hill, Jonah 108

Hillenbrand, Laura 89

Hogan Lovells 67

Holm, Anders 106

Hornby, Nick 80, 88

Horowitz, Jimmy 39

Howard, Ron 91-92

Huayi Bros. 78

Hulu 140

Hunt, Carolyn 72

Hunter, Sophie 46

Hurwitz, Andrew 67

IJIannucci, Armando 108

Ice Cube 112

IFC Films 83, 92

Inarritu, Alejandro G. 84,

91

ITV Studios 54-56

Jackson, Michael 122

Jackson, Peter 39

Jacobs, Jesse 67

Jacobson, Abbi 106

Jacobson, Alan 89

Jef rey, Sheri 67

Jehelman, Eric 85

Jolie, Angelina 152

Jones, Tommy Lee 96

Judge, Mike 118

KKaku, Michio 88

Kaner, Mark 69

Katz, Joel A. 69

Kazan, Wayne 69

Keaton, Michael 37

Kelly, Kevin 66

Kelly, Richard 94

Kern, Richie 153

Key, Keegan-Michael 114

Keys, Bobby 153

Kilvert, Lilly 50

Kim, Claudia 38

King, Michael Patrick 118

Knightley, Keira 39, 46

Korer, Jo 50

Kreiz, Ynon 69

Kudrow, Lisa 118

Kyle, Chris 86

LLaGravenese, Richard 89

Lancaster, Burt 28

Lanin, Ari 69

Lapine, James 81

Lawrence, Bill 108

Le Carre, John 82

Leakes, NeNe 75

Leonsis, Ted 69

Lesher, John 38

Levy, David 69

Lieb, Josh 114

Lilly, Evangeline 39

Lionsgate 82, 98, 130

Litt, Stefan 67

Loeb & Loeb 64, 72, 76

Lombardini, Carol A. 70

Lord, Phil 119

Lorre, Chuck 110

Lotus Entertainment 72

Louis-Dreyfus, Julia 108

Lovett, Sarah 82

MMa, Jack 78

Ma, Pony 78

Madatian, Jasmine 153

Magical Elves 54

Magnussen, Billy 96

Maguire, Dennis 130

Maker Studios 69

Malhotra, Namit 70

Manwaring, Tom 64

Marcus, Ann 153

Marinelli, Janice 130-134

Marsh, James 99

Marshall, Rob 96

Richard Linklater 9283

Marvel 48

Masuda, Kevin S. 70

Maxwell, Tony 153

Mayerson, Mickey 72

McAvoy, James 46

McCarten, Anthony 80,

87

McCarthy, Melissa 118

McConaughey,

Matthew 46

McCumber, Chris 72

McEwan, Scott 86

McGrath, Tom 76

McKellen, Ian 39

Mendelsohn, Michael 72

MGM 54, 170

Michaels, Lorne 116

Miller, Bennett 38, 94

Miller, Chris 119

Miller, Darrell 75

Miller, Johnny Lee 46

Minahan, Daniel 38, 50

Mirisch, Walter 28

Mischer, Don 121-124

Mitte, RJ 152

Montgomery, Brent 56

Moonves, Jon 75

Moore, Graham 46, 80

Moore, Schuyler 75

Mota, Bethany 142

Mulcahy, Ben 75

Murdoch, James 76

Murdoch, Rupert 29

Murphy, George 153

Myers, Dan 153

NNanjiani, Kumail 116

Naze, Stephane 153

Netflix 50, 76, 140

Newacheck, Kyle 106

Nichols, Je� 99

Nicholson, William 89

Nolan, Christopher 88

Nolan, Jonathan 88

Novak, Jan 86

OO’Brien, Margaret 153

Oldman, Gary 46

Oliver, John 114

One Three Media 54

Open Road 87

PPark, Randall 27

Pascal, Amy 39

Paull, Michael 140

Peele, Jordan 114

Pejic, Alex 153

Penn, Sean 29

Peretti, Chelsea 110

Perry, Katy 62

Phoenix, Joaquin 152

Pike, Rosamund 94

Chris Pine 96

Plame, Valerie 82

Poehler, Amy 106

Polanski, Roman 29

Pratt, Chris 39

Prime Focus 70

RRaines Feldman 70

Ratner, Brett 136

Redford, Robert 98

Reeves, Matt 92

Reinhorn, Holiday 152

Richelmy, Lorenzo 38, 50

Ridley, John 84

Rihanna 152

Robertson, Phil 29

Robinov, Je� 76

Rock, Chris 37, 38, 99,

110

Rodriguez, Gina 110

Rogen, Seth 119

Ronning, Joachim 51

Rosenberg, Billy 153

Rosenbloum, Bobby 76

Roskam, Michael 96

Ross, Gary 99

Rotten Tomatoes 138

RTL

FremantleMedia 54-56

SSalle, Jerome 85

Salsano, SallyAnn 54-56

Saltzman, Stephen L. 76

Samberg, Andy 108

Sanders, Ron 138

Sarandos, Ted 38, 76

Scharf, Stephen 64

Schilling, Carl 29

Schumer, Amy 38, 106

Schur, Mike 101-103,

118

Scott, Ridley 38, 92

Seger, Bob 88

Seidler, David 87

Seinfeld, Jerry 38, 112

Serkis, Andy 39

Shakira 147

Shapiro, Evan 153

Shaw, Nina 75

Shelton, Lynn 94

Shelton, Ron 96

Shine Group 54

Siegel, Amy 77

Silverman, Sarah 119

Simon, Jody 76

Simonds, Robert 76

Skipper, John 69

Slate, Jenny 38

Smith, Will 39

Snow, Cheryl 76

Soloway, Jill 114

Sondheim, Stephen 81

Spall, Timothy 39

Spears, Nancy 130

Spivak, Jason 129-130

Staf ord, Nick 85

Stearns, Brian 78

Stoller, Nick 118

Stone, Aaron 76

Strayed, Cheryl 80, 88

Streep, Meryl 81

Strong, Mark 39

Studio 8 76

STX Entertainment 76

Sugawara, Bunta 153

Suster, Mark 77

Swank, Hilary 96

Swinton, Tilda 38

TTambor, Je� rey 112

Target Ticket 130

Tatum, Channing 108

TBS 104

Tencent 78

The Chernin Group 67

Thomas, Nicholas 116

Thompson, Emma 39

Thompson, Matthew 78

Thompson, Tessa 38

Thorsen, Wayne 78

Time Warner 54

Timmons, Daniel 78

Tinopolis 54-56

Tobey, Bruce 64

Toczek, Fred 78

TPG Capital 60

Tsujihara, Kevin 138

Turen, Kevin 153

Turing, Alan 80, 98

Tyldum, Morten 46, 96

UVUlrich, Lars 82

Underhill, Nick 153

Union Patriot Capital 72

Union, Gabrielle 38

United Artists Media

Group 64

Upfront Ventures 77

USA Network 72

Vallee, Jean-Marc 99

Valverde, Maria 38

Ventham, Wanda 48

Vereen, Ben 38

Viacom 78

Voight, Jon 29

WXYZWallis, Quvenzhane 39

Walter, Jess 88

Wang, Dennis

Zhongjun 78

Wang, James Zhonglei 78

Wasserman, Lew 28

Watts, Sophie 76

Weaver, Jason 119

Webb, Marc 91

Weinstein, Harvey 38, 48

West, Kayne 38

Westcott, Kevin 142

Whitehead, Glenn 78

Wildhack, John 69

Willhite, Marty 79

Wilson, Rainn 152

Wilson, Sylvia 153

Wise, Michael 153

Witherspoon, Reese 99

Wolf, Bryan 61

Wong, Benedict 50

Wright, Edgar 99

Yip, Tim 50

Yorn, Kevin 79

Yost, Graham 89

Younger, Steve 79

YouTube 142

Yune, Rick 38

Zepp, Jonathan 134

Zif ren Brittenham 61

Zweig, Stefan 86

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Buyout Binge: Consolidation Sweeps Reality TV Looking for scale, global conglomerates buy production companies By Cynthia Littleton

ACHIEVEMENT: DEALMAKERS IMPACT REPORT

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Congratulations to our partner Andrew Hurwitz, featured in Variety’s Dealmakers Impact Report

T (212) 980 0120 www.fkks.com

Your friends and colleagues at

AOL. At ESPN since 1997, Skipper, who is also co-

chairman of Disney Media Networks, recently

orchestrated long-term deals for baseball, college

football and U.S. Open Tennis. Wildhack joined

ESPN in 1980 soon after the cable network was

launched. He started in production and moved

up the ranks. Switching to Turner Broadcasting

in 1986, Levy oversees Turner Sports, TBS, TNT,

Turner Classic Movies, truTV, Cartoon Network,

Boomerang and Adult Swim.

CAROL A. LOMBARDINIPRESIDENT

ALLIANCE OF MOTION PICTURE

& TELEVISION PRODUCERS

When actors, writers and

directors each concluded

major movie/television

contracts this year, the

growing trend of sharing

economic information paved

the way for labor peace. Management and labor

evaluated and commented on the other side’s

core industry data. “This informs our bargaining,”

says Lombardini, who is chief negotiator for 80

U.S. and Canada labor agreements, and a board

member for multi-employer benefit plans.

She joined AMPTP when it was formed back

in 1982 in legal a�airs, rising first to exec VP, legal

and business a�airs and general counsel, and then

to president in 2009.

NAMIT MALHOTRAFOUNDER, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

AND GLOBAL CEO

PRIME FOCUS

To ride out rough patches in the

visual e�ects business, Prime

Focus sought a broader scale by

merging with Double Negative

and then Reliance MediaWorks.

Malhotra recalls lining up

approvals from regulators, shareholders and stock

exchanges in India and the U.K. “in a highly-

synchronized manner” over just weeks. Publicly

traded Prime Focus now sports 20 locations

generating $300 million in annual sales. Malhotra

founded Prime Focus in India in 1995 and

expanded to Hollywood by 2008.

KEVIN S. MASUDAPARTNER

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON

Apple paid $3 billion for Beats’

music businesses, whose

ownership is a mix of

entrepreneurs, including Dr. Dre,

and financiers. Masuda repped

Beats for early money-raising

and the Apple sale. “It is the balancing of the need

for capital in the growth stage, the desire to retain

control and the manner of the ultimate exit,” says

Masuda. “It’s a delicate dance.”

Ryan J. Barncastle

Partner,

Raines Feldman

Barncastle reaches

for his “startup tool

kit” when fashioning

the legal foundation

for enterprises

like horror-mogul

Eli Roth’s “The

Crypt.” That means

attaching intellectual

property rights to

the startup, defining

rights/authority

of executives

and familiarizing

management

with corporate

governance. “You

(also) want to avoid

granting complex

rights or preferences

to founders and/

or early investors

that would impede

subsequent

investment,”

Barncastle says.

His practice covers

finance and M&A.

UP NEXT

The pact optimizes for today but also future-proofs ... by creating this OTT agreement.” Ted Leonsis

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RYAN BARNCASTLEon being named to Variety’s 2014

Dealmakers “Up Next” section

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approvals for products, licensees, board members

and future funders. “When you have a rocket ship

like Ellen, things can go anywhere,” Yorn notes. ED

also avoids conflicts with DeGeneres’ separate

endorsement deals and talkshow. Burch Creative

Capital provides financing. Yorn also represents

Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Saldana and producer

Anthony Zuiker, and specializes in startup

companies.

STEVE YOUNGER PARTNER

MYMAN GREENSPAN FINEMAN FOX

ROSENBERG & LIGHT

Dealmakers negotiate

compensation for Hollywood

talent from platforms that just a

few years ago were

unimaginable. “For example,

people might be surprised at

how much revenue can be generated even by

in-app purchases from free games” based on TV/

entertainment properties, says Younger. Emerging

talents leverage their audience metrics from digital

platforms to land contracts in mainstream media.

His clients include four “Saturday Night Live” cast

members/writers, voice actor Dan Castellaneta for

“The Simpsons,” and “Divergent” trilogy novelist

Veronica Roth.

1983, Whitehead negotiates for original programs

such as the “Westworld” pilot and with Amazon

for HBO’s first domestic subscription-VOD pact.

MARTY WILLHITECOO AND GENERAL COUNSEL

LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT

How to avoid hand-cu�ing two

forward-thinking companies in a

deal? Willhite counsels building

two tracks, as Softbank’s $250

million-$1 billion equity

investment in Legendary

Entertainment is accompanied by a side joint

venture focused on China and India. “It makes the

relationship a ‘living’ one with the ability to

evolve,” he says of the venture. Willhite joined

Legendary in 2011 from private law practice,

working on the William Morris Endeavor merger

and repping the principals of Spyglass

Entertainment when they sold to MGM.

KEVIN YORNFOUNDING PARTNER

MORRIS YORN BARNES LEVINE KRINTZMAN

RUBENSTEIN KOHNER & GELLMAN

Yorn set up and had to

future-proof Ellen DeGeneres’

lifestyle brand ED (pronounced

“Ed”). That meant ensuring

DeGeneres gets right of

REPPING THE TOP

Morris Yorn’s

Kevin Yorn

negotiated the ED

brand deal for

Ellen DeGeneres,

far left. Felker

Toczek’s Fred

Toczek has

a client list

that includes

Seth Rogen,

above right,

and Shailene

Woodley, left.