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Nicole Larson’s “Love In The Time Of Dick Pics” Script Acquired by Sony Pictures
Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to Nicole Larson’s memorably-titled debut feature film screenplay, “Love in the Time Of Dick Pics.” Deadline writes that the plot is being described as...
Kathleen Kennedy Doesn’t Think There’s a Woman Director Ready for “Star Wars”
“Star Wars” producer Kathleen Kennedy sounds determined to get a female director on board for a movie in the “Star Wars” franchise, but she seems to be going about it the wrong way. Rather...
“New Girl” Creator Liz Meriwether Has a New Comedy Pilot in the Works at Fox
“New Girl” creator Liz Meriwether has a new pilot in the works at Fox, the home of her long-running Zooey Deschanel-led sitcom. Variety reports that the network has made a pilot production...
“Call the Midwife” Renewed for Three More Seasons
The BBC has announced that the much-beloved series “Call the Midwife” has been renewed for three more seasons, keeping the female-centric show on the air through 2020. Three Christmas specials...
Kesha to Receive Billboard’s Women in Music Trailblazer Award
Singer and musician Kesha is going to be honored with Billboard’s Women in Music Trailblazer Award at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, THR reports. The event will take place on December 9 in...
Project for Women Directors Sabotaged By a One Man’s Complaint
The news coming out of North Carolina’s theater scene is slightly confusing, but what it sounds like is a classic case of sexist sabotage. As IndyWeek reports, on Tuesday of last week, Jerome...
Quote of the Day: Gabrielle Union on the “Bullshit” She Experiences in Hollywood
Gabrielle Union is calling out the “bullshit” she experiences as a black woman in Hollywood. The “Being Mary Jane” star spoke with Harper’s Bazaar about “that sense of being...
Read Sarah Ruhl’s Inspiring Speech on the Election and Being a Female Writer
Playwright Sarah Ruhl was awarded with the 2016 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award last week. The prize, which “celebrates career excellence in American theater,” comes with $200,000. An...
Trailer Watch: Vanessa Hope’s “All Eyes and Ears” Highlights U.S.-China Relations
A trailer has landed for “All Eyes and Ears,” Vanessa Hope’s documentary feature debut. Hope told Women and Hollywood that she hopes the film “will stand the test of time as one of the more...
Win a Trip to the Sundance Film Festival Through The Horizon Award
Heads up, female filmmakers! The Creative Mind Group is now accepting submissions for the 2017 Horizon Award, which gives the opportunity to aspiring female directors to win a free trip to the...
Catching Up with “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life’s” Lauren Graham & Alexis Bledel
Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham are best known as Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, the quick-witted, close-knit mother-daughter pair in “Gilmore Girls.” The popular series, which ended in 2007 after...
Shonda Rhimes Honored with International Emmy Founders Award
Who runs the world? Shonda Rhimes. The TV mogul, creator, and producer will be receiving a special honor at the International Emmy Awards Gala this coming Monday, The Seattle Times reports. Tony...
Reese Witherspoon is Starting a New Female-Driven Company
Reese Witherspoon has started a new company, Deadline reports. She’s teamed up with Otter Media to start Hello Sunshine, a company that will focus on telling female-driven stories across all...
Rachel Goldenberg to Direct MGM’s “Valley Girl” Musical Adaptation
“Valley Girl” is coming back to the big screen. MGM is remaking the 1983 cult classic romantic comedy as a musical, and Deadline reports that Rachel Goldenberg (“The Mindy Project,” “A...
Elle Fanning in Talks to Star in Adaptation of Teresa Toten’s “Beware That Girl”
Elle Fanning is in talks to star in Awesomeness Films’ adaptation of “Beware That Girl,” Teresa Toten’s critically acclaimed YA novel, Deadline reports. The psychological thriller has earned...
Mary Louise Parker, Martha Plimpton, and More Honored at NYWIFT Muse Awards
New York Women in Film and Television will hold its 37th annual Muse Awards Gala on December 8, and has announced the recipients of this year’s awards. The Muse Awards recognize and celebrate the...
Desiree Akhavan to Write and Direct Chloe Grace Moretz LGBTQ Drama
“Appropriate Behavior” writer-director Desiree Akhavan is stepping behind the camera again. The “Girls” and “Flowers” actress has signed on to co-write and direct “The Miseducation of...
Introducing the 2017 Women at Sundance Fellows
The Sundance Institute has announced the women directors chosen for its fifth iteration of Women at Sundance Fellows. The six diverse filmmakers work as producers and directors in the documentary...
Winners Announced for Women In Film’s Film Finishing Fund
Women In Film has revealed the winners of the 31st annual Film Finishing Fund grant program. The non-profit organization received more than 250 submissions from 22 countries, Deadline reports. Four...
Weekly Update for November 18: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“Moana” Films About Women Opening This Week The Edge of Seventeen — Written and Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig “The Edge of Seventeen” A look at what it’s like to grow up as a young...
Tom Ford Used Google to Hunt for an Older Actress
“A Single Man” writer-director Tom Ford used unconventional methods to cast his latest film, “Nocturnal Animals.” His hunt for an actress to play Amy Adams’ character’s mother led him to...
Holly Hunter to Star in HBO Family Drama
Holly Hunter is headed to HBO. The Oscar winner has signed on to star in an untitled family drama from Alan Ball, creator of “Six Feet Under” and “True Blood,” THR reports. The premium cable...
Moore College of Art and Design Now Accepting Submissions for Animation Fest
Heads-up women animators: Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia is now accepting animated short film submissions for its 2017 “Moore Women Artists Film Festival: Women in Animation.”...
Trailer Watch: Zoey Deutch Repeats Her Past in Ry Russo-Young’s “Before I Fall”
Take “Groundhog Day,” change the main character from a grumpy middle-aged man to a teenage girl, and make it a little darker and creepier, and you’ve got Ry Russo-Young’s “Before I...
Houda Benyamina on What Inspired Her Award-Winning Drama “Divines”
After completing her diploma at ERAC (Acting School for the Cannes Region), Houda Benyamina gained training as a director through the 1000 Faces association, which she founded in 2006 as a way of...
Theater Director Leigh Silverman Inspires Artists in a Trump World
The 16th annual 24 Hour Plays on Broadway took place on November 14. This year’s event honored theater director Leigh Silverman and her inspiring thank you speech is available to read now. The 24...
Screen NSW Makes Amazing Strides Toward Gender Equality
Screen NSW (New South Wales) announced its 50:50 by 2020 Gender Target for female writers, producers, and directors one year ago. The industry has since undergone a dramatic change, and is now “on...
Debora L. Spar Named the First Female President of the Lincoln Center
Debora L. Spar is taking the reins of Lincoln Center, the largest performing arts center in the U.S. The president of Barnard College will serve as the arts complex’s 10th president beginning in...
Zadie Smith’s “Swing Time” Set for Television Adaptation at the BBC
Author Zadie Smith’s novel “Swing Time” has been picked up by the BBC for a television adaptation, ScreenDaily reports. Smith will adapt the book herself, along with her husband, writer Nick...
Oscars 2017 Foreign Language Contenders: Meet Paula van der Oest — “Tonio”
Paula van der Oest is a screenwriter and director. Her works have screened at film festivals around the world. She was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category for her...
Trailer Watch: Jessica Chastain Joins the Resistance in “The Zookeeper’s Wife”
The shoot for Niki Caro’s “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” starring Jessica Chastain, was an anomaly in how inclusive it was for women on set. Now the film’s first trailer has hit, detailing the...
Liu Xiaoqing to Star in and Co-Produce “Empress” U.S. TV Series
Liu Xiaoqing is introducing U.S. audiences to Empress Consort Wu. The Chinese actress will star in and co-produce “Empress,” a TV series centered on the seventh and eighth century empress Wu...
Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” Renewed for a Second Season, Thank God
One of the few late-night voices doing any kind of serious critical work during this election season was that of Samantha Bee’s on her TBS show “Full Frontal.” Thankfully, the show has been...
“The Killing Season” Warms Up a Cold Case
“The Killing Season”: A&E The new docuseries “The Killing Season,” on A&E, will feel familiar to anyone passingly acquainted with true-crime shows. Its ominous music, abrupt...
Struggles and Successes: November 2016’s Crowdfunding Picks
“Guard” We all deal with struggles in our daily lives, and this month’s choices for crowdfunding picks showcase the day-to-day struggles women face. From a very real fight against privilege, to...
Lifetime Announces Winners of “Broad Focus” Short Film Competition
Back in July, Lifetime’s “Broad Focus” initiative in partnership with Women in Film & TV UK, kicked off with a short film competition celebrating women behind the camera, and the winners...
BBC America Orders New Series from “Fleabag” Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge
It’s uncertain whether “Fleabag” will be getting a second season, but BBC America has ordered a new drama from the critically acclaimed dark comedy’s creator and star, Phoebe...
Musical Adaptation of “Amelie” Heading to Broadway Starring Phillipa Soo
A musical adaptation of the French film “Amelie” will hit Broadway in April, 2017 with “Hamilton’s” Phillipa Soo in the lead role, Variety reports. The musical will open at the Walter...
Trailer for Live-Action “Beauty and the Beast” Sets Another Record
Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” won’t hit theaters until next year, but the film is already making history. Variety reports that the newly released trailer for the Emma...
Ana Nogueira to Pen Big Screen Adaptation of “Dan and Sam” for Amblin
Actress and writer Ana Nogueira is set to pen the screenplay for the big-screen adaptation of the graphic novel “Dan and Sam,” THR reports. Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment has acquired...
Trailer Watch: Rooney Mara Unlocks “The Secret Scripture”
An international trailer has dropped for two-time Oscar nominee Rooney Mara’s latest film, “The Secret Scripture.” The Ireland-set drama sees Mara and Vanessa Redgrave playing the same...
Scarlett Johansson to Star in “Tangerine” Adaptation
Scarlett Johansson will star in an adaptation of “Tangerine,” Christine Mangan’s debut novel. Deadline reports that Imperative Entertainment won an auction for the mystery-thriller novel,...
Trailer Watch: “Hidden Figures” Heads Full Force Into Awards Season
On the heels of announcing that 20th Century Fox was teaming up with PepsiCo to fund a scholarship for young women in STEM inspired by “Hidden Figures,” the studio has just released a new...
illuminatrix Launches Database of Female Cinematographers in the UK
Looking to hire a female cinematographer? A helpful new resource will make that task easier: illuminatrix, the UK’s first all-female collective of cinematographers, has launched a database...
Whistler Film Festival Highlights Women Directors
The Whistler Film Festival in Canada, which runs from Novermber 30-December 4 this year, is proudly presenting a number of female-focused films, talent, events, and awards. The festival will feature...
Nikki Finke is Back in the News Business, Joins Mediaite as Senior Columnist
After a three-year hiatus, Nikki Finke has returned to the news business. The journalist, media entrepreneur, and Internet publisher will take on the role of Senior Columnist at Mediaite beginning...
Tig Notaro’s “One Mississippi” Renewed for Second Season on Amazon
“One Mississippi” will return for a second season. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Tig Notaro’s semi-autobiographical series has been renewed by Amazon. The comedian, writer, and actress...
“Hidden Figures” Inspires Scholarship Contest for Women in STEM
In anticipation of the release of the film “Hidden Figures,” which tells the true story of black women who made invaluable contributions to NASA during the 1960s space race, PepsiCo and 21st...
Trailer Watch: Natalie Portman Sets the Record Straight in “Jackie”
“People like to believe in fairy tales,” says Jacqueline Kennedy (Natalie Portman) in a newly released trailer for “Jackie.” “I believe that the characters we read about on the page end up...
Ava DuVernay Announces “A Wrinkle in Time” Release Date
Director Ava DuVernay is fully entrenched in the shoot for her Disney adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time,” and she and the rest of the cast and crew have just announced the film’s official...
Christina Hodson to Write Harley Quinn Movie and “Transformers” Spinoff
Christina Hodson is breaking into the big leagues. The screenwriter will pen the “Suicide Squad” Harley Quinn/ “Birds of Prey” spinoff for Warner Bros. and DC Films, and the...