Verve: The Little Agency That Could Black List

December 12, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 8 weeks ago

The upstart agency, along with Paradigm, has more scripts on the list than one-time powerhouse ICM and the long-established Gersh and APA

  

Nikki Finke and Ari Emanuel: Lover's Spat or Divorce?

July 27, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 28 weeks ago

The Deadline editor and founder posted a vulgar screed against WME head Ari Emanuel -- with whom she'd had good relations

  

Mike Medavoy Making Movie About Chilean Miners

July 24, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 28 weeks ago

"Motorcycle Diaries" screenwriter Jose Rivera will adapt the story

  

Summit to 'Snitch' With Dwayne Johnson

May 16, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 38 weeks ago

Exclusive Films International is handling global sales, which kicked off at Cannes

  

WME Snags Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson From CAA

May 3, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 40 weeks ago

The "Fast Five" star had been repped by CAA

  

Maria Menounos Exits CAA for WME

April 21, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 42 weeks ago

The "Today" correspondent is the author of "The EveryGirl's Guide to Life," published this month

  

WME Heavyweight John Fogelman Has Left the Building - Already

March 12, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 47 weeks ago

The top agent and board member left hastily on Friday, despite having no clear plans

  

Did WME's John Fogelman Jump Before Being Pushed? (Updated)

March 10, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein & Sharon Waxman 48 weeks ago

What's behind the top agent's sudden, unexplained exit from WME? "He felt like there was no place for him," says one insider

  

Updated: John Fogelman Leaving WME, But When?

March 9, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein & Sharon Waxman 48 weeks ago

Fogelman, who represents J.J. Abrams, Michael Bay and toy company Hasbro, plans to start a company of his own -- but he's not sure when

  

WME Signs Academy Award-Winning Artist H.R. Giger

March 8, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 48 weeks ago

The Swiss surrealist won the Best Achievement in Visual Effects Oscar for 1979's "Alien"

  

Chilean Miners and Singer/Songwriter Skylar Grey Sign With WME

March 1, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 49 weeks ago

(Updated) Grey was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2011

  

Fox Searchlight Continues Hot Streak With 'Another Earth' Acquisition

January 26, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Brit Marling and William Mapother star in Mike Cahill's directorial debu; Fox pays $750K

  

Exclusive: Rebecca Hall to 'Lay the Favorite' for Focus Features

January 21, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Stephen Frears is directing the adaptation of Beth Raymer's gambling memoir

  

Mel Gibson May Face Domestic Violence Charges Very Soon (Updated)

January 18, 2011 By Dominic Patten 1 year ago

If convicted, the reviled Oscar winner could face up to four years in jail for assaulting ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.

  

Ben Affleck Considering 'American BS' as Follow-Up to 'The Town'

January 18, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Eric Warren Singer's script concerns Abscam, the FBI's 1980 undercover sting operation of Congress to root out corruption

  

Clint's 'J. Edgar' Adds Josh Lucas; Sedgwick Joins 'Dibbuk Box'

January 18, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Lucas will play grief-stricken aviator Charles Lindbergh in Eastwood's period drama

  

Sandler & Samberg to Play Father & Son in 'I Hate You Dad'

January 14, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The Columbia Pictures comedy boasts a script by David Wain, Ken Marino and David Caspe

  

'District 9' Producer Bill Block Prepping 'Alien Sleeper Cell'

January 12, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Adrian Askarieh's Prime Universe will also produce the alien invasion movie

  

Frances McDormand to Voice Villain in 'Madagascar 3'

January 12, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Eric Darnell will direct the DreamWorks Animation sequel from a script by Noah Baumbach

  

Elijah Wood to Star in 'Treasure Island'; Confirmed for 'Hobbit'

January 7, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Eddie Izzard also stars in the Sky TV miniseries based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel

  

Robert Pattinson to Star in David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis'

January 5, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The "Twilight" star joins Marion Cotillard and Paul Giamatti in the film

  

Exclusive: Bob Odenkirk Planning Big Screen Reunion With 'Mr. Show' Co-Star David Cross

January 5, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Rainn Wilson, Krysten Ritter and Dennis Farina have also agreed to play parts in "Annie Jenkins: A Not Very Romantic Comedy"

  

McG in Talks to Direct 'Ouija' for Universal & Hasbro

January 4, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz ("Tron: Legacy") wrote the supernatural action-adventure movie

  

Gareth Edwards to Direct 'Godzilla' for Legendary Pictures

January 4, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The "Monsters" director will return to genre territory with another creature feature

  

Olivia Wilde to Play Chris Pine's Gal Pal in 'Welcome to People'

January 3, 2011 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Alex Kurtzman is making his directorial debut with the DreamWorks drama

  

MGM Vacating Century City Tower for Beverly Hills

December 28, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The financially troubled studio has signed a lease for office space at 235-269 N. Beverly Drive

  

Exclusive: Eric Bana Circling 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'

December 16, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

With Daniel Day-Lewis already set as Spielberg's Abe, Bana would be the 2nd foreign actor to play the Great Emancipator

  

Julia Roberts & Charlize Theron Sought for 'Snow White' Movies

December 13, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Rupert Sanders and Tarsem Singh are directing the rival projects for Universal and Relativity, respectively

  

2010 Black List: 5 Scripts With the Best Chance of Getting Made

December 13, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Anonymous Content's "College Republicans" by Wes Jones received the most mentions

  

Matt Damon in Talks to Star in Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium'

December 10, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Sharlto Copley is also in negotiations to re-team with his "District 9" director

  

Taylor Lautner Attached to Star in Fox 2000's 'Incarceron'

December 9, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

John Palermo is producing the adaptation of Catherine Fisher's young adult novel

  

The Wachowskis Eye Will Smith for WB's Urban 'Robin Hood'

December 8, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The secretive siblings have written a modern take on the popular myth