BY Casey Cipriani
Trailer Watch: “Rogue One” TV Spot Teases Women’s Victory
It’s a little prescient, don’t you think, that the latest TV spot for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” highlights female leadership and power so intentionally? With our looming 2016...
NYC Theater Metrograph Presents Isabelle Huppert Retrospective
The Metrograph, an independent movie theater in New York, will be hosting a six-film retrospective of French actress Isabelle Huppert. The event kicks off November 19. As their announcement...
Quote of the Day: Jessica Chastain’s Goal is to Work with a Female Director Every Year
Jessica Chastain is among the most vocal Hollywood A-Listers championing inclusivity in the industry, both onscreen and behind the scenes. In 2015, she published an essay via The Hollywood Reporter...
Women in the Director’s Chair Announces 8 Directors for Mentorship Program
Canada’s Women in the Director’s Chair (WIDC) has selected this year’s group of eight female directors who will participate in WIDC: Story & Leadership, its mentoring program. The eight...
Karen Gillan to Make Feature Directorial Debut with “Tupperware Party”
Actress Karen Gillan is set to make her feature directorial debut with the female-driven “Tupperware Party.” The news was announced along with the launch of Mt. Hollywood Films, a development...
Voice of a Woman Film Festival Hits NYC
The Voice of A Woman Film Festival, which features the works of women in film, television, arts, and technology, kicks off in New York City this weekend. As the offical info details, the goal of the...
Trailer Watch: The World Belongs to “Wonder Woman”
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman: Warner Bros. It’s really hard to watch this new trailer for Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” and have anything else to say besides “YAAAS QUEEN!” Comic book fans,...
Sofia Coppola Begins Production on “The Beguiled”
Production has begun on writer-director Sofia Coppola’s next project, “The Beguiled.” The Louisiana production kicked off yesterday. Coppola adapted the screenplay from Thomas Cullinan’s...
Mélanie Laurent to Make English Language Directorial Debut with “Galveston”
Mélanie Laurent is set to make her English language directorial debut, Variety reports. The French actress and director will helm “Galveston,” starring Elle Fanning and Ben Foster. Based on...
Joelle Charbonneau’s “Need” Movie Gets All-Female Writing-Directing Team
Joelle Charbonneau’s young adult thriller novel “Need” is getting the big screen adaptation treatment, and thankfully those in power have secured a female writing-directing team for...
Women Dominate Warner Bros. Emerging Film Directors Workshop
Warner Bros. has announced the first five participants in the newly launched Emerging Film Directors Workshop and four of them are women. We’re so used to having to lament the fact that women are...
Ava DuVernay and Amma Asante Begin Their Next Films
Ava DuVernay and Amma Asante just wrapped up two high-profile films and premiered them at festivals, but they’re both jumping into new projects right away. Women get stuff done. DuVernay...
“The Good Fight” Revealed as “The Good Wife” Spinoff Title
CBS has announced that its spinoff series based on “The Good Wife” will be called “The Good Fight.” Deadline reported the new title and that production has begun in New York City. The...
Women Directed 30% of Documentaries Submitted for Oscar Consideration
145 documentary feature films have been submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for consideration for the 89th Academy Awards, and according to our calculations, 44 of them are...
Trailer Watch: It Takes Women to Raise Men in “20th Century Women”
“20th Century Women” “Don’t you need a man to raise a man?” asks Elle Fanning’s Julie in “20th Century Women.” Annette Bening’s Dorothea responds, defiantly, “No, I don’t...
Christina Herrera’s “No Dress Code Required” Acquired by Outsider Pictures
Outsider Pictures’ specialty label Todo Cine Latino has acquired the North American distribution rights to Christina Herrera’s “Etiqueta No Rigurosa” (“No Dress Code Required”). The deal...
Watch: “50/50” Explores the 10,000 Year History of Women and Power
For far too long the contributions of women have been forgotten and ignored. But now Tiffany Shlain, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards, is out to change that...
Tippi Hedren Says Alfred Hitchcock Sexually Assaulted Her
Tippi Hedren, the actress who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s films “The Birds” and “Marnie,” has revealed in her new memoir “Tippi” that the acclaimed director once sexually assaulted...
A.V. Rockwell Wins Tribeca’s 2nd Through Her Lens Women’s Filmmaker Program
Tribeca Enterprises partnered with Chanel for the second iteration of Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program and the winning project and recipient have been announced: A.V....
Marti Noxon’s “Dietland” Adaptation Heading to AMC
Marti Noxon’s television adaptation of Sarai Walker’s novel “Dietland” is heading to AMC after an intense, multiple-network bidding war, THR reports. HBO, Netflix, and TV Land were all in...
Jennifer Lopez to Headline Live “Bye Bye Birdie” for NBC’s 2017 Holiday Musical
Continuing NBC’s trend of putting a live musical production on television during the holiday season, The Hollywood Reporter details that their 2017 selection will be a production of “Bye Bye...
Diablo Cody Developing New Comedy at Fox
Oscar-winning writer Diablo Cody is co-developing a comedy for Fox about the strange world of synchronized swimming, THR reports. She’s teaming up with “American Idol’s” Simon Cowell and...
Viola Davis Developing Family Musical Comedy for ABC
Dramatic powerhouse Viola Davis is turning to comedy for ABC. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Davis is developing a single-camera comedy for the network called “The Zipcoders.” “The...
WGA West’s TV Writers Access Project Now Taking Submissions
Hey women TV writers, time to polish those scripts. The Writers Guild of America West has opened up the submission period for their 2016–2017 TV Writers Access Project, which is open to guild...
Jackie Wylie Named Artistic Director of National Theatre of Scotland
Jackie Wylie has been announced as the new Artistic Director of The National Theatre of Scotland, The Guardian reports. Former Artistic Director Laurie Sansom departed unexpectedly earlier this year...
Women in Film & Video Hosting 2nd #GalsNGear Event at NAB New York
Women in Film & Video of Washington, D.C. has announced the second installment of their #GalsNGear pop-up event. The event, set to promote gender balance in digital content production, will take...
J.K. Rowling’s “Cormoran Strike” Series Heading to HBO
J.K. Rowling’s work is headed to HBO. You may recall when the “Harry Potter” author turned to the pseudonym Robert Galbraith to write a series of crime novels. Now BBC One is turning them into...
Biopic of German Singer Nico in the Works
A biopic focusing on German singer Nico is in the works, Variety reports. The late singer was a 1960s icon who played with The Velvet Underground and became a muse of Andy Warhol. Italian director...
Lifetime’s Broad Focus Partners with Chicken & Egg for Short Film Series
Lifetime’s Broad Focus initiative and Chicken & Egg Pictures have partnered up for a project that elevates women’s voices. The duo is producing “Shorts on Time,” a series of short films...
Glenn Close Bringing “Sunset Boulevard” Back to Broadway
Glenn Close is returning to Broadway in the role that won her a Tony. As Variety reports, a new production of “Sunset Boulevard” will hit the Great White Way in February 2017 with Close...
“The Lady and the Panda” Ruth Harkness Biopic in the Works
A biopic about Ruth Harkness is in the works. Variety reports that filming on “The Lady and the Panda” is set to begin next month in China at the foot of the Himalayas. Vicki Croke’s book...
Bird’s Eye View Releasing Jane Linfoot’s “The Incident”
Birds Eye View, an organization that ran an international film festival from 2002–2014 and currently runs year-round filmmaker training programs, is now getting into distribution. According to...
Playwright Aleshea Harris Wins The Relentless Award for “Is God Is”
Playwright Aleshea Harris has won The Relentless Award, for her play “Is God Is,” The New York Times reports. The award includes prize money of $45,000 and opportunities for staged readings at...
Tribeca Announces Second Through Her Lens Women’s Filmmaker Program
Tribeca Enterprises has partnered with Chanel and announced the second iteration of Through Her Lense: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program. The program “balances industry support,...
Attend 50/50 by 2020 Gender Parity in Entertainment Summit
Swedish Film Institute, Stockholm: Mark Standley On October 25 in Los Angeles, SAG-AFTRA and the Swedish Film Institute will host a one-day summit on the topic of gender parity in the entertainment...
Carol Burnett Returning to Television for Collaboration with Amy Poehler
It’s like our lady comedy dreams are coming true. Television legend Carol Burnett is returning to TV with the help of soon-to-be television legend Amy Poehler. As Deadline reports, Burnett is set...
Trailer Watch: Amy Adams Defies Orders in Final “Arrival” Spot
The arrival of “Arrival” is fast approaching, and in anticipation of the cerebral sci-fi thriller’s premiere, a heart-pounding final trailer has been released. “Arrival” stars Amy Adams as...
“Prime Suspect: Tennison” Heading to Masterpiece
The rebooted story of Detective Jane Tennison now has Masterpiece on board. Masterpiece will co-produce the “Prime Suspect” prequel “Prime Suspect: Tennison,” alongside ITV Studios and NoHo...
Jennifer Diaz Becomes First Female Head Carpenter of IATSE Theater Union
Jennifer Diaz has made history. In the 120 year history of Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, she is the first female head carpenter. In a profile in The New York...
“Sisters of Comedy” Joins New York Comedy Festival
Back in March, filmmaker and activist Agunda Okeyo announced a new monthly production called “Sisters of Comedy,” which is presented at Caroline’s on Broadway. “Sisters of Comedy” just...
Trailer Watch: A Woman Rules the Kitchen in “Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table”
Ella Brennan was one of America’s foremost restaurateurs, and now her life is being explored in the brand new documentary “Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table.” Directed by Oscar and...
Variety’s Power of Women Honors Helen Mirren, Ava DuVernay, Scarlett Johansson, Laverne Cox, and…
Variety’s Power of Women Honors Helen Mirren, Ava DuVernay, Scarlett Johansson, Laverne Cox, and Miley Cyrus Variety has announced this year’s female entertainers for their annual Power of...
Campus Rape Series “Controversy” in the Works at Fox
Sexual assault was the focus of the second season of FX’s “American Crime,” but a new series is tackling this timely, sensitive subject matter from the get go, and from a decidedly different...
Shirley MacLaine to Recieve LA Film Critics Association’s Career Achievement Award
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has announced that this year’s Career Achievement Award will go to the fabulous Shirley MacLaine, Variety writes. “We are very excited to be giving the...
Kirsten Johnson, Ava DuVernay, and More Nominated for Critics’ Choice Doc Awards
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) have announced the nominees for the inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards,...
Quote of the Day: Ava DuVernay Says Hollywood is “a Patriarchy”
Ava DuVernay is having one hell of a 2016. After bursting into Oscar conversations, mainstream Hollywood circles, and onto A-lists in 2014 with her film “Selma,” DuVernay has been incredibly...
Krista Vernoff Lands Pilot at NBC
NBC has ordered a put pilot from “Shameless” executive producer Krista Vernoff, Deadline reports. Along with her “Shameless” co-producer John Wells, Vernoff will executive produce “Flight...
Gina Rodriguez to Host and Produce Ceremony Honoring Young Women
“Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez is producing and hosting a ceremony to honor young women making a difference in the world, the AP reports. Called the Marie Claire Young Women’s Honors,...
Production Begins on Angela Robinson’s “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women”
Looks like we’re going to be getting another Wonder Woman movie pretty soon, though this one isn’t from Patty Jenkins and has a bit of a twist. Production has begun on producer, writer, and...
“Queen Sugar” Names Monica Macer as Season 2 Showrunner
“Queen Sugar” is getting a new showrunner for Season 2, Deadline reports. With creator, executive producer, and co-showrunner Ava DuVernay having to turn her attention to Disney’s “A Wrinkle...
Nanfu Wang to Recieve IDA’s Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award
The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the honorees for its upcoming 32nd Annual Documentary Awards. The special awards honorees, Screen Daily reports, will include...