Production company Republic Content, with offices in L.A. and San Francisco, has secured Kevin Batten of Pop-Arts Management to oversee sales for the West and Southwest territories. Republic Content’s directorial roster includes Bucky Fukumoto, Doug Walker, Jason Headley, Sean Leman, Husein Alicajic and Joris Debeij. Among Republic Content’s recent clients are Google, Visa, Pandora, American Apparel and McDonald’s. Batten launched management and production consulting firm Pop-Arts this past May….
Dattner Dispoto and Associates has added to its talent roster with the signing of costume designer Kate DeBlasio (commercials). Dattner Dispoto has also booked on the feature film front Star Trek 3 for DP Claudio Miranda, ASC (directed by Roberto Orci), Kidnap for DP Flavio Labiano, AEC (director Luis Prieto) and Daughter of God for DP Trevor Forrest (director Gee Malik Linton)….