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Published: March 28, 2023
The hit bilingual podcast Princess of South Beach, produced by Weintraub client Sonoro Media, is set to be adapted to a series for Netflix. Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin) will executive produce the project along with Sonoro, Jasmine Romero, and iHeart’s My Cultura Network.
Published: March 28, 2023
Weintraub client Picture Perfect Federation is teaming up with Picturestart to produce an English-language remake of the hit Thai film Bad Genius. The film will star Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), Callina Liang (Tell Me Everything), and Jabari Banks (Bel-Air). Writer JC Lee (Luce) will make his directorial debut. Patrick Wachsberger and Ashley Stern of Picture Perfect Federation along with Erik Feig and Jessica Switch of Picturestart will produce. Mallory Edens’ Little Ray Media is financing. Executive producers on the project include Edens, Julia Hammer, and Wong.
Published: March 14, 2023
The home renovation show Rock the Block, produced by Weintraub client Big Table Media, recorded its highest-rated season premier among women between the ages of 25 and 54 on March 6th. The show is now the top cable program among this age group, bringing in more than 5.7 million total viewers during the premier on HGTV. 1.2 million people viewed the episode on HGTV’s digital platforms.
Published: March 6, 2023
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that Weintraub has been recognized as the Top Trademark Law Firm and attorney Scott Hervey has been named a Top Trademark author in the 2023 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards. The Readers’ Choice Awards recognize authors and firms across 31 cross-industry topics for their thought leadership and timeliness as well as their proven, ongoing importance.
Published: February 28, 2023
Bestselling novel The Honeys, by Weintraub client Ryan La Sala, is set to be adapted for film by Anonymous Content. The social horror story was published in August 2022, and was named a “Best Book of 2022” by several media organizations, including NPR, Barnes & Noble, and the New York Public Library.
Published: February 16, 2023
Weintraub client Jess Varley (Phobias) will make her solo writing and directorial debut with the new film The Astronaut, a sci-fi thriller set to star Emma Roberts (Madame Web) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix franchise).
Published: February 13, 2023
Weintraub Tobin attorney Jacqueline Simonovich has been elected as the Diversity Director for the Barristers Board of the Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF). The Diversity Director leads the Barristers Diversity & Inclusion Committee and spearheads the planning and execution of the Barristers annual Diversity Conference and Awards.
Published: February 9, 2023
Actor Paul Giamatti will co-host a new podcast series, Chinwag, alongside author and philosopher Stephen Asma. The series, produced by WT client Treefort Media and Giamatti’s Touchy Feely Films, will explore such topics as aliens, conspiracies and altered states of consciousness in weekly episodes. It is set to launch on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
Published: February 7, 2023
All Too Well: The Short Film, directed by Taylor Swift and produced by Weintraub client Saul Germain, was awarded Best Music Video at the 2023 Grammys on February 5, 2023. The 14-minute video stars Sadie Sink (Stranger Things) and Dylan O’Brien (Teen Wolf), and was shot by Rina Lang.
Published: January 30, 2023
New murder mystery series Poker Face is now available to stream on Peacock. The first four episodes of the 10-episode season release premiered on the streaming service on January 26, 2023.
