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Teaser Watch: Blake Lively Disappears and Anna Kendrick Vows to Find Her in “A Simple Favor”

Another addictive mystery is moving from bookshelves to the big screen. Following in the footsteps of page-turners such as “Gone Girl” and “Girl on the Train” is “A Simple Favor,” Darcey...

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Liz Garbus Directing Docuseries Adaptation of Michelle McNamara’s Golden State Killer Book

Liz Garbus is taking on the Golden State Killer for her next project. Per a press release, the documentarian is helming an HBO docuseries based on Michelle McNamara’s best-selling book “I’ll...

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Limited Series About Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor Is in Development

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the subject of yet another project — but this time she’ll be joined by fellow trailblazing female Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Variety confirms...

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Trailer Watch: Fonda, Keaton, Bergen, and Steenburgen Have a Lust for Life in “Book Club”

Sharon (Candice Bergen) announces that she’s done with romance in the trailer for “Book Club.” “We are four smart, successful women,” she declares to her friends (Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton,...

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Limited Series About First Female Israeli PM Golda Meir in the Works

The first project from Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler’s new company, PatMa Productions, will be a limited series about Israel’s first and only female prime minister, Golda Meir. According to...

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Veteran TV Writer Nell Scovell on Her New Book and Hollywood’s Progress — and Lack Thereof

Nell Scovell is no stranger to Hollywood. A 30-year veteran, she has worked on some of the most memorable shows in TV history, including “Murphy Brown,” “The Simpsons,” “Late Night with...

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Aidy Bryant to Topline and Write Hulu Series Based on Lindy West’s “Shrill”

Aidy Bryant is taking “Shrill” to the small screen. Lindy West’s non-fiction feminist book was optioned by Elizabeth Banks back in December 2016, and now the project has landed at Hulu with...

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Trailer Watch: Constance Wu and Michelle Yeoh Face Off in “Crazy Rich Asians”

When Rachel Chu (Constance Wu, “Fresh Off the Boat”) finds out her boyfriend, Nick Young (newcomer Henry Golding), is crazy rich — like the Prince Harry of Asia rich — she takes it...

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Teaser Watch: Amy Adams Heads Home to Investigate a Crime in HBO’s “Sharp Objects”

Amy Adams returns to the small screen after a decade-plus hiatus in “Sharp Objects.” The five-time Oscar nominee stars in HBO’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s 2006 best-selling novel, her...

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Mary Shelley Named Protagonist of “Genius” Season 3

Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso will be succeeded by legendary writer Mary Shelley on National Geographic’s “Genius.” Deadline confirms that the “Frankenstein” author has been named the...

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Gillian Flynn Lands Series Order at Amazon and Signs Overall Deal

“Gone Girl” screenwriter and author Gillian Flynn has another TV series on the way. Already an exec producer and writer on “Sharp Objects,” an HBO miniseries set to debut in 2018, the...

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Nicole Kidman to Star in Adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s “The Female Persuasion”

Another Meg Wolitzer adaptation is on the way, and this one is headed by Nicole Kidman. Entertainment Weekly reports that the Oscar winner’s production company, Blossom Films, is joining forces...

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Bruna Papandrea to Exec Produce Series Based on Allison Pearson’s “How Hard Can It Be?”

Bruna Papandrea has scored the rights to another buzzy novel with plans to bring it to the small screen. The “Big Little Lies” executive producer’s Made Up Stories optioned the rights to...

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Trailer Watch: Elle Fanning Finds Her Voice in Haifaa Al-Mansour’s “Mary Shelley”

“I have a fire in my soul. And I will no longer allow you or anyone else to contain it,” says Elle Fanning in a new trailer for “Mary Shelley.” The “20th Century Women” star plays the...

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Isabel Coixet’s “The Bookshop” Acquired by Greenwich Entertainment, Emily Mortimer Stars

“The Bookshop” is making its way to the United States. Isabel Coixet’s award-winning drama has been acquired by Greenwich Entertainment, Deadline confirms. The Emily Mortimer-starrer screened...

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Trailer Watch: Glenn Close Is Fed Up with Being Defined as “The Wife”

“Don’t paint me as the victim. I’m much more interesting than that,” says Glenn Close in a new trailer for “The Wife.” An adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s 2003 novel of the same name, the...

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Ellen Shanman to Adapt Sci-Fi Assassin Thriller “The Hidden Girl”

Ellen Shanman has been tapped to pen “The Hidden Girl” for Studio 8. Inspired by an ancient Chinese myth and a short story by Ken Liu, the sci-fi pic follows “a team of women assassins who are...

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“Hidden Figures” Series in Development, “First Wives Club” Gets Pilot Order

We might be getting more Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Elise Elliot Atchison, Brenda Morelli Cushman, and Annie MacDuggan Paradis. That’s right: TV adaptations of “Hidden...

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TV Adaptation of Christie Watson’s Nursing Memoir “Language of Kindness” On the Way

“The Language of Kindness” hasn’t even hit shelves yet and it’s already being adapted for the screen. Christie Watson’s memoir about nurses, compassion, caring, and healing is receiving...

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Octavia Spencer to Exec Produce Alethea Root’s Anti-Slavery Film “Mumbet”

Octavia Spencer is making good on her vow to produce stories that will “inspire and educate.” Variety confirms that the Oscar winner is executive producing the anti-slavery historical pic...

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Adaptation of Sarah J. Maas Best-Seller “A Court of Thorns and Roses” On the Way

Sarah J. Maas’ YA fantasy novel “A Court of Thorns and Roses” is getting the big screen treatment. Deadline reports that Germany production company Constantin Film acquired the rights to the...

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Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough Teaming Up for Noir Thriller “The Earthquake Bird”

Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough are heading to Japan. The new Lara Croft and the “American Honey” actress are in talks to topline Netflix noir thriller “The Earthquake Bird,” based on...

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Alia Shawkat and Holliday Grainger to Topline Sophie Hyde’s “Animals”

“Animals” is inching closer towards the big screen. Alia Shawkat (“Search Party”) and Holliday Grainger (“Tulip Fever”) have been cast in Sophie Hyde’s adaptation of Emma Jane...

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Ellen Kuras to Direct Hulu’s “Catch-22” Limited Series

Ellen Kuras is taking one of the most influential novels of the 20th century to the small screen. The Oscar nominee and Emmy winner has signed on to helm two episodes of Hulu’s upcoming...

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Women Sweep the National Book Critics Circle Awards

Women claimed victory in all six competitive categories at this year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards, The LA Times reports. The winners were announced at the annual event held yesterday in...

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Amma Asante Will Helm Cold War Biopic “The Billion Dollar Spy”

2018 Athena Film Festival honoree Amma Asante has booked her next gig. She will direct the big screen adaptation of David E. Hoffman’s true crime thriller “The Billion Dollar Spy” for Walden...

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Abi Morgan to Adapt Psychological Thriller “Tangerine”

Abi Morgan is set to tell another female-led story. Deadline reports that the Emmy winner is following up women’s rights drama “Suffragette” with an adaptation of “Tangerine,” an upcoming...

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Madonna to Direct Adaptation of Ballerina Michaela Deprince’s Memoir

Madonna is set to return to the director’s chair. The Golden Globe winner will direct an adaptation of Michaela Deprince’s 2016 memoir “Taking Flight” for MGM, a press release has announced....

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Biopic About Pippi Longstocking Author “Becoming Astrid” Acquired by Music Box Films

A biopic of Pippi Longstocking’s creator is on the way. Deadline reports that Music Box Films has snagged U.S. rights to “Becoming Astrid,” Pernille Fischer Christensen’s look into the life...

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Nicole Kidman to Star in and Exec Produce HBO Miniseries “The Undoing”

Nicole Kidman’s last collaboration with HBO earned her great ratings, critical acclaim, and two Emmy Awards. It’s no wonder that the “Big Little Lies” star and exec producer is heading back...

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Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington’s Adaptation of “Little Fires Everywhere” Goes to Hulu

“Little Fires Everywhere” has found a home just over a week after Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington announced the project. Hulu gave a straight-to-series order for the eight-episode...

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Ry Russo-Young to Direct Yara Shahidi-Starrer “The Sun Is Also a Star”

Ry Russo-Young is set to adapt another YA novel. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that she’ll follow up “Before I Fall,” released last year, with “The Sun Is Also A Star,” a star-crossed...

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Cheryl Dunye to Write and Direct Adaptation of “The Wonder of All Things”

The groundbreaking writer-director of “The Watermelon Woman” has a new project in the works. Cheryl Dunye will write and direct female-led supernatural story “The Wonder of All Things” for...

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Trailer Watch: “Fifty Shades of Grey” Rocks Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton’s Worlds in “Book Club”

Jane Fonda introduces her friends to Christian Grey in a new trailer for “Book Club.” The comedy sees four friends — played by Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, and Mary...

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Film Adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Telling” On the Way, Leena Pendharkar to Write & Direct

Ursula K. Le Guin fans are still mourning the loss of the iconic sci-fi writer, but just over month after her death comes word that an adaptation of “The Telling” is in the works. The Hollywood...

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Vanessa Taylor to Adapt “Hillbilly Elegy”

The Oscar-nominated co-writer of “The Shape of Water” has booked her next gig. She’ll follow-up the otherworldly fairy tale with a gritty drama set in the Rust Belt, an adaptation of...

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Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira Teaming Up for “Americanah” TV Adaptation

The long-gestating screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Americanah” is moving forward. Nearly four years after Lupita Nyong’o first optioned the heartbreaking novel about love,...

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Jill Soloway Is Launching a Book Imprint with Amazon Publishing

Jill Soloway is taking their relationship with Amazon to a whole new level. The “Transparent” creator is set to launch a book imprint with Amazon Publishing, the Los Angeles Times reports. Named...

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Diane Paulus on Directing the Raw, Personal One-Woman Show “In the Body of the World”

Diane Paulus is a name most theatergoers are familiar with. She has directed productions of “Waitress,” “Finding Neverland,” “Pippin,” and “Porgy and Bess,” and serves as the Terrie...

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Alafair Burke to Adapt Her Sexual Harassment-Themed Novel “The Wife” for Amazon Studios

Alafair Burke’s novel “The Wife” has only been on bookshelves for a month but plans for a film adaptation are already in the works. Following a bidding war with several parties, Amazon Studios...

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Yara Shahidi in Talks to Star in Tracy Oliver’s Adaptation of “The Sun Is Also a Star”

Yara Shahidi is “Grown-ish” and in talks to topline her own film. The actress may be starring in an adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s best-selling YA novel “The Sun Is Also a Star,” The...

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Lupita Nyong’o to Star in Adaptation of Trevor Noah’s Memoir

Lupita Nyong’o is teaming-up with “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the Oscar-winning actress has signed on to topline a film adaptation of the comedian’s...

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Anne Hathaway May Star in Dee Rees’ Joan Didion Adaptation “The Last Thing He Wanted”

Anne Hathaway may be joining Dee Rees’ upcoming Joan Didion adaptation. Variety reports that the Oscar winner is in negotiations to topline political thriller “The Last Thing He Wanted.”...

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Oscar Nominee Ildikó Enyedi Is Making Her English-Language Debut, Léa Seydoux to Star

Palme d’Or-winning actress Léa Seydoux has signed on to star in “The Story of My Wife,” the new film from “On Body and Soul” director Ildikó Enyedi. The upcoming pic will focus on a...

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Trailer Watch: Lily James Wants to Write About “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”

Juliet Ashton’s (Lily James, “Cinderella”) career is off to a frustrating start in the trailer for “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.” As a journalist, she’s not getting...

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Keira Knightley to Topline Spy Thriller “Official Secrets”

Keira Knightley is set to star in another spy story. Just months after signing on to topline a spy drama penned by Camilla Blackett (“Fresh Off the Boat”) comes word that the two-time Oscar...

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Alicia Vikander to Topline Adaptation of “The Marsh King’s Daughter”

Alicia Vikander is expanding her ass-kicking résumé. The star of the upcoming “Tomb Raider” reboot is set to topline an adaptation of “The Marsh King’s Daughter,” a best-selling thriller...

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Lysa Heslov to Direct Adaptation of YA Hit “This Is Where It Ends”

“Served Like a Girl” director Lysa Heslov has booked her next project. She’ll follow up her award-winning doc about female veterans with an adaptation of Marieke Nijkamp’s hit YA novel...

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Jill Santopolo to Adapt Her Best-Selling Novel “The Light We Lost”

Jill Santopolo is set to adapt her best-selling romance “The Light We Lost” for the big screen, Variety reports. The author’s debut novel is a love story that kicks off on 9/11: two seniors at...

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Trailer Watch: Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams Resume Their Forbidden Romance in “Disobedience”

Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams can’t put the past behind them in a new trailer for “Disobedience.” An adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel of the same name, the drama sees Weisz’s...

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Chrissy Metz to Star in Roxann Dawson’s ”The Impossible”

“This Is Us” breakout Chrissy Metz has signed on to star in TV vet Roxann Dawson’s feature directorial debut. Entertainment Weekly reports that the two are teaming up for Fox 2000’s “The...

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