{"id":481899,"date":"2026-06-04T02:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481899\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T02:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:05:09","slug":"gore-verbinski-signs-with-wme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/481899\/","title":{"rendered":"Gore Verbinski Signs With WME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning director <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/gore-verbinski\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gore-verbinski\" data-tag=\"gore-verbinski\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gore Verbinski<\/a> has signed with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/wme\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wme\" data-tag=\"wme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WME<\/a> for representation in all areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOne of the most commercially successful directors of his generation, Verbinski\u2019s films have grossed more than $3 billion worldwide at the global box office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHis acclaimed filmography includes The Ring, The Weatherman, The Lone Ranger, A Cure for Wellness, The Mexican, Rango, Mouse Hunt and the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe most recently directed Good Luck, Have Fun, Don\u2019t Die the critically acclaimed sci-fi indie feature starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Zazie Beetz, Michael Pe\u00f1a, Juno Temple, and Michael Pe\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe animated feature film Rango earned the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, a BAFTA Award, five Annie Awards, and nominations from both the Golden Globes and Producers Guild of America.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Verbinski began his career directing commercials and music videos, earning multiple Clio Awards and a Cannes Lions honor for campaigns including Nike, Coca-Cola, Canon, Saab, and Budweiser\u2019s iconic \u201cFrogs\u201d Super Bowl commercial.<br \/>Verbinski continues to develop and produce projects through his production company, Blind Wink Productions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI am thoroughly psyched to be joining this exceptional team of creative and forward-thinking professionals who share my passion for original and compelling stories,\u201d Verbinski said in a statement. \u201cThere is a wide and wondrous road ahead, and the engines are humming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe continues to be represented by Warren Dern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-winning director Gore Verbinski has signed with WME for representation in all areas. One of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,31588,31589,61,60,80752],"class_list":["post-481899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-good-luck-have-fun-dont-die","tag-gore-verbinski","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-wme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}