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EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Lissette Feliciano has inked with Verve following the success of her SXSW debut feature, Women Is Losers, which she wrote, directed, and produced. Set during the 1960s in San Francisco, Women Is Losers follows bright and talented Catholic school girl Celina Guerrera (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood…

EXCLUSIVE: Verve talent agency is bolstering its roster with a number of high-level executive producers and directors from Dick Wolf’s camp, including Arthur Forney, Fred Berner, Reza Tabrizi, Jim McKay, Michael Pressman, as well as consultant Connie Rice. The additions follow Verve’s acquisition of Paul Alan Smith’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Gorham has been tapped for a major role opposite Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in The Lincoln Lawyer, Netflix's drama series based on Michael Connelly bestselling novels, from David E. Kelley and A+E Studios. Additionally, the Covert Affairs alum has signed with Verve for representation. Written and…

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues to take lumps from all corners of Hollywood over its dysfunctional business practices and lack of members diversity. Verve becomes the first Hollywood agency to join the chorus demanding reforms. This comes after public statements by a collective of publicists, Time’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Hartmere, writer of the Broadway-bound Britney Spears musical Once Upon a One More Time and the 2017 film The Upside, has signed with Verve. The Spears jukebox musical, with a Hartmere-penned book, sets hit songs including "Oops! I Did It Again," "Stronger," "Toxic" and "Lucky" to an irreverent take on…

EXCLUSIVE: Verve has acquired veteran TV lit agent Paul Alan Smith's New Deal Mfg. Co., a boutique lit agency representing a bevy of television and film directors. New Deal's founding partner Smith and agent Tyler Reynolds will join Verve where they will continue to represent their clients, some of whom have been with…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the promotion of Roberto Larios to Agent just before the holidays last year, Verve has started the new year with the hire of Literary Agent Noah Ballard, expanding its Publishing team. The hire will also epxand its New York presence with Ballard being based in the agency’s New York…

EXCLUSIVE:  Verve have signed Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, who recently won a Primetime Emmy in the Outstanding Children’s Program category for their Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Both created and showran the series which is a prequel to the Jim Henson 1982 feature. The duo join the recently…

EXCLUSIVE: Let Him Go filmmaker Tom Bezucha has signed with Verve for representation in all areas. Bezucha recently wrote, directed and produced the Focus Features western thriller Let Him Go starring Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, and Lesley Manville. Based on the novel by Larry Watson, the film follows a retired sheriff…

EXCLUSIVE: Director of the Netflix hit teen dramedy To All The Boys I've Loved Before, Susan Johnson, has signed with Verve. The filmmaker joins an eclectic and diverse roster of female directors at Verve including Kim Peirce, Hanelle Culpepper, directing duo Bert & Bertie, Cristina Gallego, Leigh Janiak, Tanya Wexler…

EXCLUSIVE: Verve has signed Colombian filmmaker Cristina Gallego, and will rep her in all areas as she moves to widen her reach and continue her passion for telling untold stories from a female perspective. Gallego co-directed Birds of Passage, which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2018 Cannes…

UTA leads all agencies with the most screenplays 2020’s The Black List, which was announced Monday. The agency had a total of 17 scripts on the annual list of the year’s most-liked unproduced screenplays. It was followed by Verve, which had 8.5 scripts on the list. Verve was No. 1 last year with 10.5 screenplays…