‘Jurassic World’ & ‘Avatar 2’ Cowriters Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver Sign With UTA

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has scored a coup, signing as new clients Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, the married writing/producing team whose recent screen work includes Jurassic World, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Avatar 2. The scribes, who got story credit for the upcoming Ron Howard-directed In The Heart of the Sea, were longtime clients of CAA. They produced the Apes movies and are producing the new one, War For The Planet of the Apes. They were signed by a UTA team led by David Kramer.