Exclusive: Culture Creative Entertainment, the nascent talent agency founded by former Abrams Artists Agency agents Brad Rosenfeld, Paul Weitzman and Karen Kirkland, has a new agent.
The company has promoted Adrian Gonzalez to agent.
Gonzalez joined the company as an intern before becoming executive assistant on Kirkland’s desk and then a year later was promoted to a literary coordinator.
It is the latest move for the company, which earlier this year hired Netflix’s Sherley Ibarra as a literary agent.
Rosenfeld and Weitzman, who were previously co-heads of Abrams Artists Agency, which was rebranded to A3 Artists Agency in March 2020, and fellow lit agent Kirkland set up the company in July 2019 and signed the WGA’s new franchise agreement during the standoff between the guild and the Association of Talent Agents, which led to more than 7,000 writers firing their agents.
“We’re ecstatic to promote Adrian. His passion for...
The company has promoted Adrian Gonzalez to agent.
Gonzalez joined the company as an intern before becoming executive assistant on Kirkland’s desk and then a year later was promoted to a literary coordinator.
It is the latest move for the company, which earlier this year hired Netflix’s Sherley Ibarra as a literary agent.
Rosenfeld and Weitzman, who were previously co-heads of Abrams Artists Agency, which was rebranded to A3 Artists Agency in March 2020, and fellow lit agent Kirkland set up the company in July 2019 and signed the WGA’s new franchise agreement during the standoff between the guild and the Association of Talent Agents, which led to more than 7,000 writers firing their agents.
“We’re ecstatic to promote Adrian. His passion for...
- 12/7/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Culture Creative Entertainment, the nascent talent agency founded by former Abrams Artists Agency agents Brad Rosenfeld, Paul Weitzman and Karen Kirkland, has hired a new literary agent.
The company has hired Sherley Ibarra, who joins from Netflix, where she was Manager of Animation Outreach & Engagement. Ibarra was at the streamer for over three years, having previously been Vice-President of Creative Talent Development & Outreach at Nickelodeon.
At Cce, she will represent a diverse roster of talent working across TV series and features in both live-action and animation.
At Netflix, she led the talent incubation programs, designed to create opportunities for emerging and mid-level writers, directors, and producers for the U.S. and Canada across live-action, unscripted, and animation series and films. She developed the Netflix Animation Writing Program, Advancing Voices: Netflix Canada Creator Program, and the Netflix Created By Initiative.
Ibarra started her career in entertainment as a producer of...
The company has hired Sherley Ibarra, who joins from Netflix, where she was Manager of Animation Outreach & Engagement. Ibarra was at the streamer for over three years, having previously been Vice-President of Creative Talent Development & Outreach at Nickelodeon.
At Cce, she will represent a diverse roster of talent working across TV series and features in both live-action and animation.
At Netflix, she led the talent incubation programs, designed to create opportunities for emerging and mid-level writers, directors, and producers for the U.S. and Canada across live-action, unscripted, and animation series and films. She developed the Netflix Animation Writing Program, Advancing Voices: Netflix Canada Creator Program, and the Netflix Created By Initiative.
Ibarra started her career in entertainment as a producer of...
- 6/20/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bridget Regan (Jane the Virgin) and Patrick Heusinger (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back) have signed on to star alongside Katherine Castro in Weak, a new thriller from writer-director J.S. Mayank.
The film inspired by a true story follows an investigation involving two women: Audra (Castro), who’s suffering from depression, and her friend Jen (Regan), who’s trying to help her cope with the mental health issues. Upon their visit to a gun range, an unexpected turn of events leads to a surprising and horrifying revelation.
It’s not yet clear who Heusinger is playing.
Alex Creswick is producing the film, with Anival Morales and Mayank’s longtime collaborator Castro serving as exec producers.
Regan was just cast as Poison Ivy in The CW’s Batwoman, and recently completed filming on Paradise Lost, starring in the Spectrum Originals limited series opposite Josh Harnett, Nick Nolte and Barbara Hershey.
The film inspired by a true story follows an investigation involving two women: Audra (Castro), who’s suffering from depression, and her friend Jen (Regan), who’s trying to help her cope with the mental health issues. Upon their visit to a gun range, an unexpected turn of events leads to a surprising and horrifying revelation.
It’s not yet clear who Heusinger is playing.
Alex Creswick is producing the film, with Anival Morales and Mayank’s longtime collaborator Castro serving as exec producers.
Regan was just cast as Poison Ivy in The CW’s Batwoman, and recently completed filming on Paradise Lost, starring in the Spectrum Originals limited series opposite Josh Harnett, Nick Nolte and Barbara Hershey.
- 9/14/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A3 Artists Agency has brought in four former Paradigm agents to reestablish a literary division. Veterans Andy Patman and Adam Kanter have come on board as A3 partners and Co-Head of Television Content and Motion Pictures, respectively. They are being joined by fellow former Paradigm agents Katt Riley and Martin To on the lit team, with plans to hire more agents, coordinators and assistants while many talent agencies have been contracting in the face of the coronavirus-related Hollywood production shutdown.
That includes Paradigm, which in late March instituted temporary layoffs for 250 employees. The list included Kanter, Riley and To, sources said, while Patman left Paradigm last week, I hear.
Meanwhile, A3 chairman Adam Bold said that he and the rest of the agency’s leadership, CEO Robert Attermann and President Brian Cho, who acquired and subsequently rebranded Abrams Artists Agency, took time during the pandemic to “step back and analyze...
That includes Paradigm, which in late March instituted temporary layoffs for 250 employees. The list included Kanter, Riley and To, sources said, while Patman left Paradigm last week, I hear.
Meanwhile, A3 chairman Adam Bold said that he and the rest of the agency’s leadership, CEO Robert Attermann and President Brian Cho, who acquired and subsequently rebranded Abrams Artists Agency, took time during the pandemic to “step back and analyze...
- 7/6/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive, Updated with WGA Statement: Respected TV and film literary boutique The Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston Agency, a member of Association of Talent Agents, has reached a deal with the Writers Guild.
“Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston is pleased to announce that it has signed a new Franchise Agreement with the WGA,” the principals said in a statement to Deadline, declining further comment.
Rbel is the fourth established Ata member mid-size agency to break ranks and sign with the WGA, joining another literary boutique, Kaplan Stahler, as well as Buchwald and Abrams Artists, and comes only a week after the guild’s most recent pact with Abrams Artists. Verve, which is not an Ata member, was the first notable agency with writer clients to reach an agreement with the WGA in May.
The WGA’s franchise agreement with the Ata expired in April. That’s when the guild instructed all of...
“Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston is pleased to announce that it has signed a new Franchise Agreement with the WGA,” the principals said in a statement to Deadline, declining further comment.
Rbel is the fourth established Ata member mid-size agency to break ranks and sign with the WGA, joining another literary boutique, Kaplan Stahler, as well as Buchwald and Abrams Artists, and comes only a week after the guild’s most recent pact with Abrams Artists. Verve, which is not an Ata member, was the first notable agency with writer clients to reach an agreement with the WGA in May.
The WGA’s franchise agreement with the Ata expired in April. That’s when the guild instructed all of...
- 11/19/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Abrams Artists Agency has signed the WGA’s Code of Conduct, making it the third mid-tier agency to break ranks with the Association of Talent Agents and sign the code since the guild ordered all of its members seven months ago to fire their agents who refused to sign it. The code bans packaging fees after one year and prohibits agency affiliations with related production entities.
Abrams says it signed after negotiating new terms with the guild about audits and client confidentiality – issues that have reportedly kept several other mid-tier agencies from signing even though they that don’t do much packaging or have any production affiliations. Abrams now joins three other Ata member companies that have broken ranks with the Ata: Buchwald and Kaplan Stahler, which signed in July – and Pantheon, a small agency that signed months before talks broke off with the Ata on June 7.
The Verve agency,...
Abrams says it signed after negotiating new terms with the guild about audits and client confidentiality – issues that have reportedly kept several other mid-tier agencies from signing even though they that don’t do much packaging or have any production affiliations. Abrams now joins three other Ata member companies that have broken ranks with the Ata: Buchwald and Kaplan Stahler, which signed in July – and Pantheon, a small agency that signed months before talks broke off with the Ata on June 7.
The Verve agency,...
- 11/14/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Abrams Artist literary agents Brad Rosenfeld, Paul Weitzman, and Karen Kirkland have departed to form their own agency.
The new entity, known as Culture Creative Entertainment, has already signed the Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) new code of conduct.
Rosenfeld and Weitzman were previously vice presidents and the co-heads of the literary department at Abrams, having joined the agency in 2015 from boutique lit agency Preferred Artists. Kirkland joins Abrams a little less than a year ago. She was formerly the vice president of talent development at Nickelodeon.
Culture Creative Entertainment now joins fellow agencies Verve and Kaplan Stahler in signing the WGA’s code of conduct. The WGA has been in a standoff with the Association of Talent Agents (Ata) for over three months now over packaging fees on TV and films as well as other business practices. To date, none of the biggest agencies have signed the new code of conduct.
The new entity, known as Culture Creative Entertainment, has already signed the Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) new code of conduct.
Rosenfeld and Weitzman were previously vice presidents and the co-heads of the literary department at Abrams, having joined the agency in 2015 from boutique lit agency Preferred Artists. Kirkland joins Abrams a little less than a year ago. She was formerly the vice president of talent development at Nickelodeon.
Culture Creative Entertainment now joins fellow agencies Verve and Kaplan Stahler in signing the WGA’s code of conduct. The WGA has been in a standoff with the Association of Talent Agents (Ata) for over three months now over packaging fees on TV and films as well as other business practices. To date, none of the biggest agencies have signed the new code of conduct.
- 7/24/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran literary agents Brad Rosenfeld and Paul Weitzman are leaving Abrams Artists Agency after a 4.5-year stint as VPs and co-heads of the literary division. Partnered with fellow Abrams lit agent Karen Kirkland, the trio have launched a new agency, Culture Creative Entertainment, which has become a WGA signatory, signing the guild’s new franchise agreement.
According to the principals, Cce will initially focus on writers and directors but will expand to include other areas of representation as they grow.
The move comes more than 100 days into the standoff between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents, which led to more than 7,000 writers firing their agents, including those represented by Abrams Artists.
Culture Creative Entertainment would be the third literary agency to sign WGA’s new franchise agreement (formerly Code of Conduct), which would allow it to represent WGA members, joining Verve and Kaplan Stahler.
According to the principals, Cce will initially focus on writers and directors but will expand to include other areas of representation as they grow.
The move comes more than 100 days into the standoff between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents, which led to more than 7,000 writers firing their agents, including those represented by Abrams Artists.
Culture Creative Entertainment would be the third literary agency to sign WGA’s new franchise agreement (formerly Code of Conduct), which would allow it to represent WGA members, joining Verve and Kaplan Stahler.
- 7/24/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Abrams Artists Agency is expanding its literary department with the hiring of former Nickelodeon executive Karen Kirkland.
As Nick’s former VP for Talent Development, Kirkland has been responsible for launching the careers of many successful writers and creative visionaries. Her appointment is effective immediately in the Agency’s Los Angeles office. She will report to Paul Weitzman and Brad Rosenfeld, Co-Heads and VP’s of Abrams Artists Agency’s Literary Department.
Over the last 13 years at Nickelodeon, Kirkland developed and oversaw the network’s Writers Diversity Program, where she successfully supported and developed emerging writers and their careers. In this role, she helped establish incubators and pipelines throughout the organization for the purposes of fostering innovative and diverse talent in both animation and live action television. Numerous writers, story editors, and executive producers that she has worked with have gone on to work at major networks and outlets such as HBO,...
As Nick’s former VP for Talent Development, Kirkland has been responsible for launching the careers of many successful writers and creative visionaries. Her appointment is effective immediately in the Agency’s Los Angeles office. She will report to Paul Weitzman and Brad Rosenfeld, Co-Heads and VP’s of Abrams Artists Agency’s Literary Department.
Over the last 13 years at Nickelodeon, Kirkland developed and oversaw the network’s Writers Diversity Program, where she successfully supported and developed emerging writers and their careers. In this role, she helped establish incubators and pipelines throughout the organization for the purposes of fostering innovative and diverse talent in both animation and live action television. Numerous writers, story editors, and executive producers that she has worked with have gone on to work at major networks and outlets such as HBO,...
- 7/31/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired Us rights to Morgan Matthew’s feature directorial debut.
A Brilliant Young Mind stars Asa Butterfield as an autistic maths prodigy and Sally Hawkins plays his mother, while Rafe Spall is the unconventional tutor who takes him on an eventful trip to Taiwan to train for the International Mathematics Olympiad.
The film premiered in Toronto last year. The distirbutor brokered the deal with Bankside Films and plans a sumer release.
George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures has acquired film rights to Joe Navarro’s thriller Three Minutes To Doomsday. The Cold War story is based on Navarro’s work as the FBI’s leading body language expert and how that led to the discovery of a massive security breach. Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, recently acquired North American rights for the book. Steve Ross and Paul Weitzman represent Navarro for Abrams Artists Agency.Cinelicious Pics has...
A Brilliant Young Mind stars Asa Butterfield as an autistic maths prodigy and Sally Hawkins plays his mother, while Rafe Spall is the unconventional tutor who takes him on an eventful trip to Taiwan to train for the International Mathematics Olympiad.
The film premiered in Toronto last year. The distirbutor brokered the deal with Bankside Films and plans a sumer release.
George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures has acquired film rights to Joe Navarro’s thriller Three Minutes To Doomsday. The Cold War story is based on Navarro’s work as the FBI’s leading body language expert and how that led to the discovery of a massive security breach. Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, recently acquired North American rights for the book. Steve Ross and Paul Weitzman represent Navarro for Abrams Artists Agency.Cinelicious Pics has...
- 4/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired Us rights to Morgan Matthew’s feature directorial debut.
A Brilliant Young Mind stars Asa Butterfield as an autistic maths prodigy and Sally Hawkins plays his mother, while Rafe Spall is the unconventional tutor who takes him on an eventful trip to Taiwan to train for the International Mathematics Olympiad.
The film premiered in Toronto last year. The distirbutor brokered the deal with Bankside Films and plans a sumer release.
George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures has acquired film rights to Joe Navarro’s thriller Three Minutes To Doomsday. The Cold War story is based on Navarro’s work as the FBI’s leading body language expert and how that led to the discovery of a massive security breach. Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, recently acquired North American rights for the book. Steve Ross and Paul Weitzman represent Navarro for Abrams Artists Agency.Cinelicious Pics has...
A Brilliant Young Mind stars Asa Butterfield as an autistic maths prodigy and Sally Hawkins plays his mother, while Rafe Spall is the unconventional tutor who takes him on an eventful trip to Taiwan to train for the International Mathematics Olympiad.
The film premiered in Toronto last year. The distirbutor brokered the deal with Bankside Films and plans a sumer release.
George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures has acquired film rights to Joe Navarro’s thriller Three Minutes To Doomsday. The Cold War story is based on Navarro’s work as the FBI’s leading body language expert and how that led to the discovery of a massive security breach. Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, recently acquired North American rights for the book. Steve Ross and Paul Weitzman represent Navarro for Abrams Artists Agency.Cinelicious Pics has...
- 4/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures has acquired film rights to Joe Navarro’s thriller.
The Cold War story is based on Navarro’s work as the FBI’s leading body language expert and how that led to the discovery of a massive security breach.
Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, recently acquired North American rights for the book.
Steve Ross and Paul Weitzman represent Navarro for Abrams Artists Agency.
Cinelicious Pics has acquired two 1988 films by Agnès Varda: Jane B. Par Agnes V. and Kung-Fu Mater (Le Petit Amour). Jane Birkin stars in both and the distributor will distribute theatrically, on VOD and home video.
The Cold War story is based on Navarro’s work as the FBI’s leading body language expert and how that led to the discovery of a massive security breach.
Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, recently acquired North American rights for the book.
Steve Ross and Paul Weitzman represent Navarro for Abrams Artists Agency.
Cinelicious Pics has acquired two 1988 films by Agnès Varda: Jane B. Par Agnes V. and Kung-Fu Mater (Le Petit Amour). Jane Birkin stars in both and the distributor will distribute theatrically, on VOD and home video.
- 4/13/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Lew Weitzman, a Hollywood agent for more than a half-century, died June 30 of brain cancer in Los Angeles. He was 75. His sons are Matt Weitzman, a co-creator of Fox/TBS sitcom American Dad!, and Paul Weitzman, an agent at Preferred Artists Agency. Their father founded Preferred in 1988. After military service, the senior Weitzman joined McA, then the largest talent agency in the world. In 1966, he began a seven-year relationship with the William Morris Agency, specializing in writers and producers. Weitzman in 1973 formed Lew Weitzman and Associates, which he supervised for the next 10
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- 7/16/2013
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Longtime literary agent Lew Weitzman died June 30 at the age of 75. During his 40-plus year career Weitzman represented dozens of TV and film writers including Dallas producer/writer Leonard Katzman, Smokey And The Bandit and The Green Berets scribe James Lee Barrett, Jim Byrnes, John McGreevey, John Baskin, Roger Shulman, Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan, Ann Beckett, Paul Cooper, and Dick Christie. Weitzman started out at McA then in 1966 moved on to the William Morris Agency where he spent the next seven years specializing in writers and producers. Weitzman formed his own agency, Lew Weitzman and Associates which he sold in 1983 to the Sy Fisher Company, a division of Taft Entertainment. He became head of the agency unit, and remained there until the Writers Guild strike in 1988. He later formed Preferred Artists Agency, where his son Paul Weitzman currently is a literary agent. His other son, TV writer Matt Weitzman is a co-creator of American Dad!
- 7/16/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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