{"id":638129,"date":"2026-10-22T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638129\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:30:08","slug":"rocky-mudaliar-signs-with-verve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/638129\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Mudaliar Signs With Verve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRocky Mudaliar and his Abrupt Entertainment banner has signed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/verve\/\" id=\"auto-tag_verve_1\" data-tag=\"verve\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verve<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/representation\/\" id=\"auto-tag_representation_1\" data-tag=\"representation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">representation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe move follows Mudaliar producing the true crime documentary Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story, a film that chronicles comedian Dane Cook\u2019s rise to fame and the shocking financial betrayal by his own family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe film about Cook \u2014 who at one time was the most successful stand-up anywhere, earning upward of $20 million a tour \u2014 debuted earned a Best True Crime Documentary nomination at the Critics\u2019 Choice Documentary Awards on Oct. 13. Brett Harvey directed the Funny Money documentary that will start streaming on Netflix in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tVancouver-based Abrupt Entertainment specializes in premium documentaries and talent-driven nonfiction programming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe signing with Verve for representation will look to help Abrupt expand its U.S. development and production operations. Other doc credits include the Unbreakable: The Dolph Lundgren Story and Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo, which was released through Universal Pictures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMudaliar also co-founded Stage Zero Entertainment alongside music icon Timbaland to bridge traditional entertainment with next-generation music and technology ventures. Mudaliar and his Abrupt banner are currently producing an untitled documentary about a major rock band, with Emmy-nominated and fellow Verve client Sam Lipman-Stern to direct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs a Canadian company, Abrupt has a track record in international co-productions, production financing and tapping tax incentives and other soft money subsidies to get its documentaries made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rocky Mudaliar and his Abrupt Entertainment banner has signed with Verve for representation. The move follows Mudaliar producing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69,63266,188274],"class_list":["post-638129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-representation","tag-verve"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}