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Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has optioned the screen rights to Blitzed, based on the provocative Norman Ohler non-fiction book that uncovers an untold aspect of what fueled the Nazi war machine during World War II, as seen through the eyes of Adolf Hitler’s personal physician—Dr. Theodor Morell. Morell’s position gave him direct access to the most evil figure in modern history, and the book made headlines for all of the drugs that were prescribed for Hitler and others in the Third Reich and its armies.

The book will be adapted by Paul Scheuring, best known for being the creator, writer and executive producer of Prison Break. Appian Way, Chris Donnelly, Rick Yorn and David Greenblatt will produce. Ohler will be executive producer. His bestselling book was translated into over 30 languages.

Scheuring is repped by CAA and Lbi.

Breaking: Wme has minted 20 new partners into the agency fold, and those include the tireless Sundance dealmakers working under Wme Global Finance & Distribution chief Graham Taylor. Mark Ankner, Liesl Copland and Alexis Garcia all have made partner. On the talent side, Esther Chang, Brandon Liebman, Doug Lucterhand, Boomer Malkin, and Brent Morley got partner stripes. On the motion picture lit side, Sarah Self is a new partner. In Scripted TV, Zach Druker, Lisa Harrison and Theresa Kang have made partner; from the Music Department, Michele Bernstein, David Levy, Rob Markus, and Joel Zimmerman made partner; from Commercials, Jeff Googel and Will Ward are now partners; Andy McNicol from Books is partner and so is Keith Friedenberg from Administration. This comes after the agency saw two longtime partners exit, with Brian Swardstrom moving to UTA and Christopher Donnelly becoming a manager at Lbi.

Breaking: Wme has minted 20 new partners into the agency fold, and those include the tireless Sundance dealmakers working under Wme Global Finance & Distribution chief Graham Taylor. Mark Ankner, Liesl Copland and Alexis Garcia all have made partner. On the talent side, Esther Chang, Brandon Liebman, Doug Lucterhand, Boomer Malkin, and Brent Morley got partner stripes. On the motion picture lit side, Sarah Self is a new partner. In Scripted TV, Zach Druker, Lisa Harrison and Theresa Kang have made partner; from the Music Department, Michele Bernstein, David Levy, Rob Markus, and Joel Zimmerman made partner; from Commercials, Jeff Googel and Will Ward are now partners; Andy McNicol from Books is partner and so is Keith Friedenberg from Administration. This comes after the agency saw two longtime partners exit, with Brian Swardstrom moving to UTA and Christopher Donnelly becoming a manager at Lbi.

Exclusive: Longtime Wme partner and senior motion picture literary agent Christopher Donnelly is leaving the agency to become a manager at Lbi. This transition has been in the works for a few weeks and he will make the move immediately. It is being announced at the Wme morning staff meeting as we speak. At Lbi, Donnelly will continue to rep clients as manager and help build out the company’s production arm. He joins Rick Yorn. Donnelly has been working with Yorn and Wme chief Ari Emanuel on the career of The Wolf Of Wall Street director Martin Scorsese since The Aviator. Donnelly becomes the second partner on the feature side to exit in recent weeks, after Brian Swardstrom left to become a partner at UTA. Donnelly started with Endeavor in 1996 and then transitioned to Wme after the merger. He was promoted to agent in 1998 and made partner in late...

Endeavor has promoted agents Jennifer Rawlings and Megan Silverman to partner.

Rawlings counts Keisha Castle-Hughes, Alison Lohman, Josh Lucas, John Malkovich, Viggo Mortensen, Samantha Morton, Karl Urban and Rachel Weisz as clients. She spent 15 years at CAA before becoming partner, then moved to Endeavor in 2006.

Silverman's roster includes Paul Bettany, Amanda Bynes, Amber Heard, Shia Labeouf, Leighton Meester, Kay Panabaker, Ryan Phillippe and Emma Stone. She worked as a business affairs lawyer for New Work Entertainment and Fox before spending five years at Gersh as an agent. She moved to Endeavor in 2004.

The agency, founded in 1995, now has 28 partners, including Christopher Donnelly, Ari Emanuel, Nancy Josephson, Robert Newman, Philip Raskind, Tom Strickler, Brian Swardstrom and Patrick Whitesell.

"We're thrilled to welcome Jenny Rawlings and Megan Silverman to the partnership," the Endeavor partners said in a statement. "Both women have made significant contributions to the agency, and we look forward to...