‘Fosse/Verdon’ Writer Ike Holter Signs With M88

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EXCLUSIVE: Hank Azaria has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.

EXCLUSIVE: Award-winning theater and television director-producer and overall queen Kamilah Forbes has signed

EXCLUSIVE: Rosalind Ross has signed with Range Media Partners for representation.

EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Leal has inked with Buchwald.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterGravitas Ventures, an independent film distributor, has acquired worldwide rights to Charlie Minn’s next three documentaries.Those projects — “7 Murders a Day,” “Who Shot Colosio?” and “Miracle on 4th Street” — complement Minn’s background in investigative journalism. Minn directed and produced the non-fiction films, which were shot both prior to and during the coronavirus pandemic.

Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated filmmaker Jake Scott has signed with Range Media Partners.

Nancy Grace will host a new series for Fox Nation called America’s Most Wanted Overtime, tied to the Fox network airing of America’s Most Wanted, and she also has signed a new multiyear deal in which she will continue Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

Meghan Markle is receiving support from a former colleague after allegations of bullying have come to light. Just days before the premiere of Markle and Prince’s Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess of Sussex, 39, was hit with allegations of bullying during her time as a working royal in Kensington Palace.

Academy Award-winning writer, director and producer Cameron Crowe has inked with United Talent Agency.

EXCLUSIVE: Mandy Patinkin has inked with ICM Partners.

EXCLUSIVE: South African filmmaker Michael Matthews has signed with Range Media Partners.

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It’s been years since we last heard about the sequel to the best time-travel film of the past decade, “Source Code,” but writer Ben Ripley isn’t ready to move away from mind-bending sci-fi just yet. Netflix is reportedly teaming up with Ripley for a new film titled “Parallel” about — you guessed it — parallel universes.

After two great films, and four bad to mediocre ones, It’s clear the “Terminator” franchise has ground to a halt in live-action following, Tim Miller’s underwhelming “Terminator: Dark Fate.” But given the premium place spent on time-spent as a metric in streaming, Hollywood’s found a lot of success in animation and anime, and thus another way to keep I.P. content churn churning.

Writer-producer Soo Hugh is getting into business with UCP. Hugh has signed a multi-year overall deal to develop, write and produce projects for the studio, a division of Universal Studio Group. As part of the deal, Hugh will launch an incubator program with the mandate of helping new Asian voices create shows and establish careers in the industry.

EXCLUSIVE: Producing partners J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules have signed with Range Media Partners. They are the founders of BoulderLight Pictures, a Los Angeles based production company that focuses on high-concept, filmmaker driven genre stories.

Harlemrestaurateur and TV personality Melba Wilson has signed with Buchwald. The representation comes as Wilson moves deeper into the TV space after her eponymous eatery, Melba’s Restaurant, made her famous for its “American Comfort” menu.