Verve Signs Colombian Filmmaker Cristina Gallego, Co-Director Of ‘Birds Of Passage’

straight to your inbox every day for freeThe sporting director who took Bruno Fernandes to Italy says the Portuguese star has reached his pinnacle at Manchester United.Cristiano Giaretta was instrumental in taking a young Fernandes from Boavista to Novara in 2012, giving the midfielder his first taste of senior football.Giaretta is now sporting director at Watford so will be reunited with Fernandes in January's FA Cup tie between the Hornets and United.Speaking to Calcio Mercato, Giaretta was

hospital after a horror Christmas Day crash on the M8. The accident happened at around 7.25am on the eastbound carriageway near junction 18 in the Charing Cross area of Glasgow city centre.

Fair City fans can enjoy an extended episode on Christmas Day as there’s a 40-minute episode of Carrigstown drama in store.

Comedian, actor and writer Blaire Erskine, known for sharing viral videos on social media, has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas. She has also signed with Sweet 180 Management.

Lovecraft Country‘s costume designer Dayna Pink has opened-up about subtle Easter eggs that viewers may have missed.The acclaimed HBO horror drama premiered over the summer to acclaim, and follows a young African-American as he journeys across the southern US in the 1950s, encountering racism and real-life monsters.Speaking to NME, Pink opened-up about Easter eggs that she used within costumes to help tell the story, namely subtle hints in the costumes of Christina Braithwhite (Abbey Lee) and

Settebello Entertainment will represent producer-filmmaker and former NFL player and broadcaster Ed Cunningham in all areas.

Alma Har’el, who directed both Shia LaBeouf and FKA twigs in the film Honey Boy, is standing by FKA twigs amid her lawsuit against Shia for abuse and sexual battery.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed writer-director Merawi Gerima and cinematographer Mark Jeevaratnam for representation in all areas. Gerima and Jeevaratnam are part of the filmmaking team behind Residue, a feature film that premiered at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival and was a 2020 Venice Film Festival selection.

EXCLUSIVE: Playwright Will Eno, whose credits include Broadway’s The Realistic Joneses and the Pulitzer Prize finalist Thom Pain (Based on Nothing), has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas.

Angelique Jackson Cinetic Media has signed “Collective” writer-director Alexander Nanau for management, representing the filmmaker across scripted and documentary film and television.After debuting at the Venice International Film Festival in 2019, Nanau’s documentary film “Collective” (from Magnolia Pictures and Participant) has earned widespread acclaim and has been designated as Romania’s official submission for best international feature at the 2021 Academy Awards.“Encountering Alexander’s

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFilmmaker Ryan White says his documentary feature “Assassins” one of the hardest documentaries he’s made. White’s credits include: “Visible: Out on Television” and “The Keepers.”The road to “Assassins,” now streaming on virtual cinema took White down into the underbelly of Malaysia, dark alleys, taxis and a dive into the North Korean regime.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe publishing and production entity of best-selling author Michael Crichton’s estate has signed with Range Media Partners, Variety has learned.CrichtonSun, run by Sherri Crichton and partner Laurent Bouzereau, will partner with Range to produce, package and develop a slate of projects from the Crichton archives.

Range Media Partners has signed CrichtonSun, the LA-based archive, publishing and production company of late author Michael Crichton which is overseen by President Sherri Crichton and her producing partner, Laurent Bouzereau.

There will be a new, unfamiliar face joining the cast of Fair City this week, and just like others who have joined the soap in the past, drama ensues.

Sunday night in Carrigstown will bring new faces and inevitably new drama.

“Spider-Man” director Jon Watts will direct “The Fantastic Four,” about Marvel’s first family for Marvel Studios.Studio Chief Kevin Feige made the epic announcement on Disney Investor Day.More to come… 

EXCLUSIVE: Playwright and performer Hannah Benitez has signed with Verve in what was described as a competitive signing situation. The Cuban-Jewish playwright’s most recent play, GringoLandia, was included on the 2020 Kilroy List, an annual industry survey of notable new plays by women, trans, and non-binary playwrights.