Newly launched strategic creative group ATK PLN has expanded its business development team, bringing on Sonia Reps for Midwest sales representation and Saarinen & Pico for representation on the West Coast. Sonia Reps, led by Sonia Blum and Hillary Herbst, is a full-service representation company specializing in live action, CG, VFX, motion graphics, design, 2D and 3D animation, mixed media, branded content, editorial and music and sound design. Its current roster includes Durable Goods, Rodeo Show, Grand Large, The Famous Group, 71 Degrees North, Bent Image Lab, Nerd Productions, Nylon Studios and The Colonie. Saarinen & Pico, made up of founder Toni Saarinen and Brandon Pico, brings a wealth of experience to their 10-year partnership representing commercial directors, animators and FX artists on the West Coast and Texas markets. Its current roster includes Aggressive, Cultivate, Mutt, Concrete + Clay, BODEGA, Double-wide 360, Click3X, Acme Filmworks and Zoom USA…..
“Conclave,” “Nickel Boys” Among Film Finalists For USC Libraries Scripter Awards
The USC Libraries named the finalists for the 37th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards, which honor the writers of the year’s most accomplished film and episodic series adaptations, as well as the writers of the works on which they are based.
The finalist writers for film adaptation are, in alphabetical order by film
--James Mangold and Jay Cocks for “A Complete Unknown” based on the nonfiction book “Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties” by Elijah Wald
--Peter Straughan for “Conclave” based on the novel by Robert Harris
--RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes for “Nickel Boys” based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead
--Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar (screenplay and story) and Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield (story) for “Sing Sing” based on the “Esquire” magazine article “The Sing Sing Follies” by John H. Richardson
--Screenwriter Chris Sanders and novelist Peter Brown for “The Wild Robot”
The finalist writers for episodic series are, in alphabetical order by series
--Richard Gadd for the sixth episode of “Baby Reindeer,” based on his stage play of the same name
--Steven Zaillian for “V Lucio,” the fifth episode of “Ripley,” based on “The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Highsmith
--Joshua Zetumer for the episode “The People in the Dirt” from “Say Nothing,” based on the nonfiction book “Say by Patrick Radden Keefe
--Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks for “Anjin,” the first episode of “Shōgun,” based on the novel by James Clavell
--Will Smith for the episode “Hello Goodbye,” from “Slow Horses,” based on the novel... Read More