WME Signs Boss Creator Farhad Safinia

EXCLUSIVE: Farhad Safinia, creator, executive producer and showrunner of Starz’s approaching drama series Boss, has signed with WME. Boss, starring Kelsey Grammer just like a Machiavellian Chicago mayor who's hiding a potentially debilitating condition, does not premiere until next Friday but has acquired as second-season renewal with the network. The spec script for Boss, which Safinia developed with Grammer, marked the Apocalypto co-author’s TV debut. Safinia remains taking part within the feature side — he's installed on direct The Professor As Well As The Madman for Vital and Icon Prods., good book he modified, which is presently writing the Allen Counter project in the new the new sony for Will Cruz to star. Safinia happen to be agentless since departing ICM along with his agent-switched-manager John Sher in 2008. Sher, an expert producer on Boss, is constantly manage Safinia. While using signing of Safinia, WME now reps all key auspicies on Boss, including star/professional producer Grammer and director/professional producer Gus Van Sant.