[ EXCLUSIVE: Verve has signed Tracie Laymon, the filmmaker whose debut solo feature Bob Trevino Likes It won both the Grand Jury and Audience Award at SXSW 2024. Inspired by true events and drawing heavily from Laymon’s own life, Bob Trevino Likes It follows a people-pleasing young woman (Barbie Ferreira) who sends her estranged and … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Devine has been elevated to an agent on Verve‘s TV Literary team. She is the second new agent in the department following the hire of TV Lit Agent Jillian Holch last week. Devine, a USC graduate who started her career in the feature talent department at WME, joined Verve in 2020 as … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Jane Wu, the Supervising Director and Producer behind Annie Award-winning Netflix series, Blue Eye Samurai, has signed with Verve for representation following the announcement that the show would be returning for a second season on Netflix. We also hear that Wu has been upped to EP. In addition Wu will continue to direct … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Following his stunning ouster from Verve, the agency he co-founded in 2010, where he’d most recently served as CEO, veteran agent Bill Weinstein looks to have found his next destination, as multiple sources tell Deadline that he’s in talks to join Paradigm. Paradigm declined comment, and Weinstein couldn’t be reached, but we’ll update … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Following a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed after he departed the agency, former CEO Bill Weinstein and Verve have agreed on a settlement. Details are unknown, but the attorney for Verve co-founders Bryan Besser and Adam Levine’s attorney released a statement Monday. “The parties have amicably resolved their dispute, and have reached a confidential settlement … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Verve has hired Jacy Schleier as an agent in the Non-Fiction team, led by Partner Andy Stabile. Schleier was most recently an agent, Non-Fiction Television, Talent & IP at CAA. There, she was involved in the representation of production companies such as Magical Elves (Nailed It!), Citizen Jones (How to Become a Tyrant), … Read more
[ In 2010, Endeavor lit agents Bill Weinstein, Adam Levine and Bryan Besser left in the wake of the WMA merger to launch a new agency built on a different, client-first approach to representation and a different culture from the corporate-minded big firms. Fourteen years later, Weinstein, who was announced as Verve CEO a year ago, exited abruptly Monday, sending … Read more
[ Here is some news sure to stir the agency world as Deadline has learned Verve CEO Bill Weinstein has separated from the company. The decision was made after deliberation by Verve’s leadership and approved by Verve’s board and owners . “We thank Bill as a co-founder and for his 14 years of service and … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated screenwriter John Orloff, creator of the highly anticipated Apple TV series Masters of the Air, has signed with Verve for representation. Masters of the Air, produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and starring Austin Butler and Barry Keoghan, is set to premiere Friday, January 26. Based on Donald L. Miller’s book, … Read more
[ Verve is bolstering its Publishing and Intellectual Property team with the hire of senior publishing agent Jenni Ferrari-Adler. Ferrari-Adler will be based in Verve’s New York office, working with Partner Liz Parker and IP Agent Noah Ballard to further expand the IP team. Having previously served at Union Literary for over a decade, Ferrari-Adler … Read more
