BY Laura Berger
Rashida Jones to Topline Apple TV+ Dark Comedy “Sunny,” Katie Robbins Penning the Adaptation
Rashida Jones is returning to the small screen, taking on her first starring role in a series since “Angie Tribeca” wrapped in 2018. The “Parks and Recreation” and...
Trailer Watch: June Squibb Brings Her Fractured Family Together in Stephanie Laing’s “Family Squares”
“Welcome to my death,” announces June Squibb in a new trailer for “Family Squares.” From writer-director Stephanie Laing and inspired by her experience of not being able to be...
More Sundance Titles Land Distribution: Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” & Adamma Ebo’s “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.”
Sundance 2022 wrapped just over a week ago, but festival favorites continue to find homes. Utopia has landed U.S. rights to “Sharp Stick,” Lena Dunham’s first feature since 2010...
Berlinale 2022 Women Directors: Meet Ursula Meier – “The Line”
Of Swiss and French nationalities, Ursula Meier studied filmmaking in Belgium. In 2008, her first feature film, “Home,” was selected for the Cannes Critics Week and received numerous...
Trailer Watch: Gabrielle Union Has a One-of-a-Kind Family in “Cheaper by the Dozen”
Following stints on series such as “Grace and Frankie,” “Black-ish,” and “Odd Mom Out,” director Gail Lerner is making her feature debut with a fresh take on...
Noree Victoria to Make Feature Directorial Debut with “An Arrangement”
Best known for her on-screen work in series such as “American Crime Story” and “Queen Sugar,” and in the 2019 big screen comedy “Little,” Noree Victoria is set to...
Trailer Watch: Rachel Brosnahan Drops Truth Bombs in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Season 4
Rachel Brosnahan vows to speak her truth in a new trailer for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” in anticipation of the Emmy-winning comedy’s fourth season. The spot kicks off with Midge...
Cate Blanchett to Receive Inaugural International Goya Award
Cate Blanchett is set to make history at the Goya Awards. A press release announced that the two-time Oscar winner will receive the inaugural International Goya Award from the Spanish Film Academy....
London Critics’ Circle: “The Power of the Dog” Named Best Film, Jane Campion Best Director
“The Power of the Dog” has been collecting honor after honor since its world premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival, where it took home the Silver Lion for Best Director. Jane...
Berlinale: Claire Denis’ “Fire” Acquired by IFC Films, Juliette Binoche Stars
Claire Denis’ “Fire” is already blazing ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Berlinale next week. IFC has acquired U.S. rights to the French auteur’s latest, per...
Saoirse Ronan Will Topline Film Adaptation of “The Outrun,” Nora Fingscheidt Directing
“The Unforgivable” helmer Nora Fingscheidt is following up her record-breaking Netflix hit by teaming with another A-list talent. Sandra Bullock starred in the German filmmaker’s...
Sundance Winners: “Nanny,” “The Exiles,” and More
It’s a wrap on Sundance 2022. Over 60 percent of Competition titles this year were directed or co-directed by women, and a number of them took home top honors. The U.S. Grand Jury Prize:...
Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson Are Bringing “Dead Day” to Peacock
Julie Plec will continue telling stories about the undead. The “Vampire Diaries” creator, who went on to create spinoffs “The Originals” and “Legacies,” is already...
Mary Shelley Biopic “Mary’s Monster” in the Works
Another Mary Shelley biopic is on the way. “The Great’s” Elle Fanning played the “Frankenstein” author in Haifaa Al-Mansour’s “Mary Shelley,” released...
Trailer Watch: Mattie Do Tells a Ghost Story in “The Long Walk”
“People say they’ve seen a boy walking down the road with a young woman, but when they get close enough, she vanishes,” we’re told in a new trailer for “The Long...
Jordan Scott Thriller “Berlin Nobody” Adds Kiernan Shipka to Cast
Kiernan Shipka is following up her stay in Greendale with a trip to Europe. The “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” alumna has been tapped to star in “Berlin Nobody,” Jordan...
DGA Film Nominations: Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and More
It’s looking more and more likely that Jane Campion will be making history at the upcoming Academy Awards. If Campion receives a directing nod for “The Power of the Dog,”...
Apply Now: Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab
Hillman Grad Productions, Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani’s’ production and development company, is set to “provide opportunities for marginalized creatives to connect, grow, and...
“The Power of the Dog” and “CODA” Among the Films Up for PGA Awards’ Top Honor
“The Power of the Dog” and “CODA” are one step closer to becoming Best Picture contenders at this year’s Academy Awards. Nominations for the PGA Awards are in, and both...
DGA TV Nominations: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Lorene Scafaria, Lucia Aniello, and More
The TV nominations are in for the 2022 Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards. Oscar favorites Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are among the directors in the running for Documentary Feature...
Trailer Watch: Laura Poitras Explores the Impact of Cyberweapons in “Terror Contagion”
“Surveillance is not only a breach of privacy, but it is violence — it does things to you,” we’re told in a new trailer for “Terror Contagion.” Described as...
Sundance: Sophie Hyde’s Emma Thompson-Starrer “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” Acquired by Searchlight
Sophie Hyde’s third feature has found a home stateside following its well-received world premiere out of Sundance. Searchlight Pictures scored U.S. rights to Emma Thompson-starrer “Good...
Keisha Rae Witherspoon, Assia Boundaoui, Diane Paragas, & Ekwa Msangi Named United States Artists Fellows
Keisha Rae Witherspoon, Assia Boundaoui, Diane Paragas, Ekwa Msangi are among the 63 artists across 10 creative disciplines named as 2022 United States Artists Fellows. The directors account for four...
Michelle Buteau Scripted Comedy “Survival of the Thickest” On the Way From Netflix
Michelle Buteau has yet another project in the works at Netflix. The streamer has ordered eight episodes of “Survival of the Thickest,” a scripted comedy starring the multi-hyphenate and...
Fox Maxy Named as Sundance Institute’s 2022 Merata Mita Fellow
Fox Maxy (Payómkawichum and Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians) has been named as the recipient of the 2022 Merata Mita Fellowship, an annual fellowship designed to support Indigenous...
Ivory Aquino Joins “Batgirl” Cast as Alysia Yeoh, the First Trans Character in a Live-Action DC Film
Ivory Aquino is set to make history in Gotham City. The actress, whose credits include “When They See Us,” “Lingua Franca,” and “When We Rise,” is joining the cast...
Dee Rees and Leila Gerstein Join Forces on “Saint X” Adaptation at Hulu
An Academy Award nominee and an Emmy winner are teaming up to bring “Saint X” to Hulu. Dee Rees, who scored a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nod for “Mudbound,” and Leila...
Emerald Fennell Lines Up Next Film
Emerald Fennell has lined up the follow-up to her Oscar-winning feature directorial debut. “The Promising Young Woman” filmmaker is said to be working on “a story of...
Sundance: Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” Lands at National Geographic Documentary Films Following Bidding War
Things are heating up at Sundance 2022. National Geographic Documentary Films came out the victor of a “fierce bidding war” for “Fire of Love,” a deal Variety describes as...
Sujata Day Talks “Definition Please,” Normalizing South Asian American Stories, & Being Inspired by Issa Rae
Pittsburgh native Sujata Day is a performer, creator, writer, and director. She regularly performs in Upright Citizens Brigade’s hit “Asian AF” show. Day is known for her starring...
Trailer Watch: Josephine Decker and Grace Kaufman Bring “The Sky Is Everywhere” to the Screen
“There’s no more music in me. No more dreams in me,” says Grace Kaufman in a new trailer for “The Sky Is Everywhere.” “I’ve lost the one person on earth who...
Agam Darshi on Centering “Donkeyhead” Around a South Asian Family & Processing Trauma Through Art
Agam Darshi is an award-winning actress, writer, and director. Born in England and raised all over Canada, she currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She recently wrapped on Ava DuVernay’s...
Lana Barić to Make Feature Directorial Debut with “Eve After the Fall”
Lana Barić is stepping behind the camera. After writing and starring in “Tereza37,” Croatia’s submission in the International Feature Film category at last year’s Oscars,...
Gina Rodriguez Will Topline TV Adaptation of “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” for Apple TV+
Penélope Cruz has plenty of buzz heading into Oscar season thanks to her leading role in Pedro Almodovar’s latest, “Parallel Mothers.” Cate Blanchett just signed on to the Spanish...
Trailer Watch: A Teenage Girl Faces Her Fears and Steps into the Limelight in “Tall Girl 2”
Jodi (Ava Michelle) faces her greatest enemy in “Tall Girl 2.” Directed by Emily Ting, the sequel sees the teenager battling her nasty inner voice after booking the lead in her...
Trailer Watch: “The Fallout” Follows Jenna Ortega in the Aftermath of a School Shooting
“No one should have to go through what you went through,” Jenna Ortega is told in a new trailer for “The Fallout.” From writer-director Megan Park, the SXSW winner sees the...
Agnieszka Holland’s Film Inspired by the Life of Franz Kafka to Screen at Berlinale Co-Production Market
Agnieszka Holland is paying tribute to the mind behind “The Metamorphosis.” The celebrated Polish filmmaker’s latest offering, “Kafka,” inspired by the life of writer...
Doc About WNBA Star Sue Bird in the Works from Sarah Dowland
One of the greatest players in WNBA history is getting the doc treatment. Now underway, “Sue Bird: In the Clutch” follows “the final chapter” of the Seattle Storm...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Phyllis Nagy – “Call Jane”
Phyllis Nagy earned Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won the NY Film Critics Circle award for “Carol,” her adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel “The Price of...
Clio Barnard’s “Ali & Ava” Acquired by Greenwich Entertainment
Clio Barnard’s latest is coming stateside. “Ali & Ava,” the BAFTA-nominated writer-director’s follow-up to 2017 Ruth Wilson-starrer “Dark River,” has been...
Laura Karpman Enlisted as Composer for “The Marvels,” Nia DaCosta’s “Captain Marvel” Sequel
Laura Karpman is joining Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Nia DaCosta for “The Marvels,” the sequel to 2019’s “Captain Marvel.” Variety announced that Karpman, a...
Trailer Watch: “Hatching” Is a Twisted Coming-of-Age Story About a Young Gymnast and an Egg
Overwhelmed by the demands of her image-obsessed mother, a 12-year old girl channels the motherly love she’s not receiving into nurturing a strange egg she discovers in the woods in...
Mimi Cave’s “Fresh” Lands Distribution Ahead of Sundance, Daisy Edgar-Jones Stars
Daisy Edgar-Jones says goodbye to Connell and hello to a lover who has been “hiding some unusual appetites” in “Fresh.” Searchlight Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to...
Trailer Watch: Gugu Mbatha-Raw Moves into a Haunted House Designed by a Creepy Architect in “The Girl Before”
Gugu Mbatha-Raw crosses paths with another predator in “The Girl Before.” The “Morning Show” star toplines the four-part HBO Max series about a woman offered the opportunity...
Trailer Watch: Zoë Kravitz Investigates a Murder in “Kimi”
Looks like we won’t have to wait for “The Batman” to see Zoë Kravitz playing a badass vigilante. A new trailer for “Kimi” sees the “Big Little Lies” star...
Sundance Doc “Calendar Girls” Sells to Juno Films
“Calendar Girls” has secured North American distribution ahead of its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival later this month. Juno Films landed rights to the film, which is screening...
Trailer Watch: A Medical Student Blows Up Her Life in “The Worst Person in the World”
“I feel like I’m a spectator in my own life,” says Renate Reinsve in a new trailer for “The Worst Person in the World.” “Sometimes I just want to feel...
ARRAY Releasing Acquires Agam Darshi’s “Donkeyhead” and Sujata Day’s “Definition Please”
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing has acquired distribution rights for two films from emerging South Asian multi-hyphenates: Agam Darshi’s “Donkeyhead” and Sujata Day’s...
Cynthia Erivo Will Topline and Produce Netflix Sci-Fi “Blink Speed”
Cynthia Erivo has added yet another project to her packed slate. The two-time Oscar nominee will topline and produce “Blink Speed,” a Netflix sci-fi pic. Deadline reports that the...
Trailer Watch: Sundance Pic “Girl Picture” Follows Three Young Women Coming of Age
BFFs navigate the murky waters of love and lust in “Girl Picture,” set to premiere at Sundance Film Festival later this month. From Finnish filmmaker Alli Haapasalo, the pic tells the...
Julia Garner Will Topline Natalie Erika James’ “Apartment 7A”
Julia Garner is saying goodbye to “Ozark” and returning to the big screen. The two-time Emmy winner is following up her last film, Kitty Green’s Harvey Weinstein-inspired 2019 drama...