Veteran Lit Agent David Kopple Joins Management 360

Will Thorne Staff WriterUTA has announced a whole slew of promotions across various departments and multiple offices.The talent agency has promoted 35 employees all told.

Sir David Attenborough may be late to the party in joining Instagram but after only a day of being online, his account has gathered over 2.7million followers.

Sir David Attenborough posted his first video to Instagram on Thursday after joining the social media platform. Having appeared on television and radio for more than 60 years, the legendary broadcaster is now exploring a new means of communicating to audiences worldwide – with the help of his colleagues.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterICM Partners and its London-based agency Primary Talent International have hired music agent Pete Nash, it was announced today by Rob Prinz, head of worldwide concerts at ICM Partners and Matt Bates, head of international at PTI/ICM.  Nash will be based in ICM’s New York office and brings with him a client roster that includes Kings of Leon, Pet Shop Boys, Regina Spektor, Steve Winwood, The Struts and Travis (outside of the U.S.).ICM Partners International

Sir David Attenborough has joined Instagram, using his debut post to warn “saving our planet is now a communications challenge”.

A post shared by A Life On Our Planet (@davidattenborough) on Sep 24, 2020 at 2:00am PDTSpeaking in the video, Sir David told his followers that he decided to make the account because ‘saving our planet is now a communications challenge.’He continued: ‘We know what to do, we just need the will.’Pulling at the world’s heartstrings, the broadcaster looked into the as he said: ‘The world is in trouble. Continents are on fire.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDavid M. Rudy’s Armada Partners is expanding its ranks, adding Scot Reynolds, formerly an agent with Clear Talent Group, as a new manager.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After a heated auction, Universal Pictures has landed a package for an untitled drama that has David Leitch directing Ryan Gosling. Drew Pearce, who wrote for Universal the Leitch-directed hit Fast and Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw, is set to write the script.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBarcelona’s Gadea Films, co-producer of Laura Herrero Garvin’s Mexico City-set documentary “La Mami,” a hit at IDFA, is reaching across the Atlantic once more, linking to Colombia’s Rara Colectivo Audiovisual on the production of Cordelia Alegre’s “La Unión.”Put through this year’s Screen-Incubator at the Madrid Film School (ECAM), “La Unión” marks yet another feature debut from a Barcelona-based female director, this time a fiction film.“La Unión”

Longtime CAA agent David Kopple is becoming a manager. Kopple has joined firm Management 360 and will bring with him a literary talent list that includes José Padilha (Narcos), Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (The People v.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDavid Kopple is joining Management 360 from CAA, where he has worked since 2010. He currently serves in the agency’s motion picture lit department.Among the clients joining Kopple at Management 360 are José Padilha, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Craig Zobel, Pablo Trapero, Peter Sollett, Adam Robitel, Joe Swanberg, Emily Jerome, and John Curran.