Comedy
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...
“Divorce” is No “Catastrophe”
Maybe it’s just that Sharon Horgan’s caustic dialogue sounds better in her own Irish accent. Maybe it’s too soon after “The Affair” to watch another well-off couple duking it out in an...
Two Redheads and a Fleabag: In Defense of the Comedy Anti-Heroine
“Fleabag”: Amazon Ari, the narrator of Elisa Albert’s novel “After Birth,” describes how she felt around other feminists when she was a student: “I was a person. I mattered. I was in fact...
NBC Snags New Comedy About Siblings Created by Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling’s stacked resume continues to expand, Deadline reports. The creator, executive producer, and star of Hulu’s “The Mindy Project” just scored a put pilot commitment from NBC for a...
FX Buys “Meaty” Comedy from Jessi Klein, Samantha Irby, and Abbi Jacobson
FX has ordered another female-centric comedy, Deadline reports. The cable network has bought a comedy based on Samantha Irby’s memoir “Meaty,” which was inspired by her blog, “Bitches Gotta...
Margot Robbie and Emily Blunt to Host “Saturday Night Live”
Margot Robbie is set to host the 42nd season premiere of “SNL” this coming weekend. Robbie had a huge summer, starring in “The Legend of Tarzan” and the big money-maker “Suicide Squad.”...
Felicity Huffman Signs on to New ABC Series from “Black-ish” Creator
Felicity Huffman is joining forces with the brains behind “Black-ish.” She has signed on to star in a new family comedy from “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris. ABC nabbed the single-camera...
Fox 2000 Snags Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson Comedy
Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson are a dream team, and now we’re one step closer to seeing the actresses together on the big screen. Fox 2000 has snagged the rights to an untitled film penned by...
Amy Schumer is the First Woman to Make Highest-Paid Comedians List
Amy Schumer is the highest paid female comedian, and the first woman ever to land on Forbes’ list of the top earners in comedy. According to Forbes’ latest rankings, Schumer is the world’s...
Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson Team Up for Comedy About a Late-Night Host
Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson are joining forces. The actresses have signed on to star in an untitled movie centered on a late night talk show host, Variety reports. Kaling penned the script and...
Freeform and Comedian Iliza Shlesinger Are Developing a Late-Night Show
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger may be entering another male-dominated field: late-night television. Freeform is developing a late-night series with Shlesinger as host, Variety reports. According to...
Sophie Goodhart on Guilt, Shame, and What Inspired “My Blind Brother”
Sophie Goodhart began her career in news and documentaries for UK television. “My Blind Brother” originated as a short. The short version of the film screened in competition at Cannes in 2003,...
“Fleabag” is a Feminist Tragi-Comedy with Bite
Phoebe Waller-Bridge in “Fleabag”: Amazon Traditionally, female narration has taken place rather ethereally, as if the character is allowing us a genteel peek into her diary: One of its most...
Open Road Acquires Reese Witherspoon Comedy Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer
Open Road Pictures has picked up the North American rights to “Home Again,” Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s directorial debut, Variety reports. The romantic comedy stars Reese Witherspoon. The story,...
“Better Things” Renewed for Season 2
“Better Things” is coming back for a second season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. FX has renewed the comedy after airing only two episodes of the series. The show was created by...
Andrea Savage Comedy Series Picked Up
“Episodes’” actress Andrea Savage has scored her own TV series. Cable network truTV has given a series order to “I’m Sorry,” a half-hour comedy Savage created and stars in. According to...
Pam Fryman Directs Her 500th Episode of TV
Pam Fryman is in the midst of directing her 500th episode of television. According to Deadline, Fryman now ranks among the directors with the highest number of small-screen credits to their name....
Margot Robbie Signs First-Look Deal with Warner Bros.
Margot Robbie has signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter writes. The deal will see Robbie developing and producing films through her LuckyChap Entertainment...
“Fresh Off the Boat” Producer Kourtney Kang Gets Pilot Based on Her Life
NBC has ordered a pilot for a family comedy based on the life of “Fresh Off the Boat” producer Kourtney Kang. The comedy, The Hollywood Reporter writes, will “explore what it’s like to grow...
“Saturday Night Live” Finally Hires First Latina Cast Member
“Saturday Night Live” announced three new cast members for its upcoming 42nd season yesterday, one of whom will be the sketch series’ very first Latina. Melissa Villaseñor has been added as...
Trailer Watch: Issa Rae Makes a Change in New “Insecure” Full Trailer
“Go shorty. It’s your birthday. But no one cares cause I’m not having a party. Cause I’m feeling sorry for myself,” Issa Rae sings into her bathroom mirror, fully capturing the hilarious...
“Heathers” Receives a Pilot Order, Leslye Headland to Direct
Beloved 80s cult classic “Heathers” is being made into an anthology series. The project has received a pilot order, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Leslye Headland (“Sleeping With Other...
“Bad Moms” Passes the $100 Million Mark
“Bad Moms” has passed the $100 million benchmark at the domestic box office, Forbes reports. The film sees Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, and Kathryn Hahn playing three mothers who endeavor to stop...
“Better Things” Gives Pamela Adlon a Turn to Shine — and Snark
Pamela Adlon in “Better Things”: FX Pamela Adlon, a writer and actress who ought to be way more famous than she is, finally gets her own show, the dark comedy “Better Things,” debuting...
Anne Hathaway to Star in “Live Fast Die Hot”
Anne Hathaway has signed on to star in “Live Fast Die Hot,” a film adaptation of actress Jenny Mollen’s best-selling book released this June, The Tracking Board reports. Warner Bros. snagged...
Ellen DeGeneres and Emily Kapnek Team Up for New ABC Comedy
Ellen DeGeneres is joining forces with Emily Kapnek, the creator of “Selfie” and “Suburgatory,” for a new single-camera comedy series. “Splitting Up Together” has secured a put pilot...
Trailer Watch: Sibling Rivalry Gets Super Awkward in “My Blind Brother”
A trailer has been released for “My Blind Brother,” Sophie Goodhart’s feature debut. The comedy centers on Bill (Nick Kroll, “Burning Love”), a man who is constantly overshadowed by his...
Three Women Shortlisted to Direct “Captain Marvel”
Three outstanding female directors are on the short list to direct “Captain Marvel,” the first female-led superhero movie from Marvel Studios. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that those...
Sofia Vergara Joins the Cast of Whitney Cummings’ Directorial Debut
Sofia Vergara will star in “The Female Brain,” comedian Whitney Cummings’ directorial debut. Comingsoon.net has reported that the ensemble cast for the film will include the Emmy-nominated...
Lizzy Caplan to Topline Dark Comedy “Friend of Bill”
“Masters of Sex” star Lizzy Caplan has signed on to topline “Friend of Bill,” a dark comedy directed by Amy Rice (“By the People: The Election of Barack Obama”). The script, penned by...
Lauren Palmigiano to Direct Elizabeth Banks-Produced “White Girl Problems”
“Funny or Die” writer Lauren Palmigiano has signed on to make her feature directorial debut with Lionsgate’s “White Girl Problems,” Variety reports. The project is produced by Elizabeth...
Jill Soloway Bringing a Musical Comedy to Amazon
Jill Soloway will executive produce a musical comedy for Amazon, The Hollywood Reporter writes. The series will follow “a woman’s search for love and self-discovery in Los Angeles.” The idea...
Tig Notaro Breaking Ground at Amazon
Comedian Tig Notaro is gearing up for the premiere of her Amazon series “One Mississippi“ by speaking about the project at the TCA press tour this week. The series, The Hollywood Reporter via...
Brie Larson to Make Feature Directorial Debut with “Unicorn Store”
Brie Larson is having a banner 2016. After winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in “Room” earlier this year, Larson was recently announced as taking on the role of...
Rebel Wilson to Headline “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” Remake
Rebel Wilson has signed on to star in a “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” remake. MGM is developing the project. The original 1998 comedy starred Steve Martin and Michael Caine as con-men who plot to...
Nahnatchka Khan Lands Her Own Production Deal at 20th Century Fox TV
“Fresh Off the Boat” creator Nahnatchka Khan has secured her own production deal at 20th Century Fox TV, Variety reports. The multiyear deal will see Khan creating, writing, developing, and...
Trailer Watch: Nicole Byer Finds Her Voice as a Comedian in “Loosely Exactly Nicole”
A hilarious trailer has been released for “Loosely Exactly Nicole,” a new MTV comedy starring actress and comedian Nicole Byer (“Girl Code”). The clip kicks off with Byer, who is playing a...
Netflix Renews “Chelsea” and “Lady Dynamite” for Second Seasons
Netflix has renewed two of our favorite funny women. As Deadline reports from the TCA’s, Chelsea Handler’s talk show “Chelsea” and Maria Bamford’s comedy “Lady Dynamite” have both been...
Roxane Gay Makes History and Joins the Marvel Comic Universe
Roxane Gay is set to become the first-ever black woman to pen a Marvel comic book. An announcement at Comic-Con revealed that the “Bad Feminist” essayist will co-write a new Black Panther...
Oscar Winner Brie Larson Will Play Captain Marvel in Studio’s First Female-Led Movie
Ladies and gentlemen, meet your new Captain Marvel, Brie Larson. Over the weekend during the Marvel presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Larson is taking on the role in...
Trailer Watch: “Wonder Woman” Has Arrived and There’s No Going Back
Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman: Warner Bros. Did you hear that? That massive sound over the weekend? That was the collective sigh of relief let out by female comic books fans, female film fans, and...
Wonder Woman Gets Her Own Stamps for 75th Anniversary Celebration from USPS
Credit: USPS Wonder Woman is going to be flying your mail to its final destination. The U.S. Postal Service has teamed up with Warner Bros. and DC to reveal four Forever stamps commemorating the 75th...
Melissa McCarthy Receives Gilda Radner Award and “Life of the Party” Release Date
It’s been a great week for Melissa McCarthy — and we aren’t just talking about the fact that she had her biggest opening weekend numbers ever for “Ghostbusters.” McCarthy led the...
“Catastrophe” Renewed for Two More Seasons
You have a lot more “Catastrophe” to look forward to. The Peabody Award-nominated series has received a two-season renewal from both Amazon and UK’s Channel 4. Season 2 debuted on Amazon Prime...
Jessica Jones Getting New Comic Series
Jessica Jones is returning to the comics, IGN has reported. After the success of the Netflix series starring Krysten Ritter revolving around the character, Marvel is bringing her back to...
Introducing Iron Woman
Tony Stark will soon step out of the Iron Man suit, Screen Rant has reported, and much to the delight of diverse comic fans everywhere, his successor is a black woman. Riri Williams is a...
“Deadpool’s” Brianna Hildebrand and “X-Men’s” Alexandra Shipp Join Forces for “Tragedy Girls”
Two comic book heroines are set to team up for a new horror comedy with an enticing premise. “Deadpool’s” Brianna Hildebrand and “X-Men: Apocalypse’s” Alexandra Shipp will star in...
Annette Bening and Elle Fanning Family Comedy “20th Century Women” Sells to A24
It looks like four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening may be a name that pops up during awards chatter yet again. The U.S. rights to “20th Century Women,” a new comedy starring Bening,...
Trailer Watch: “Difficult People” Are Back and More Outrageous Than Ever
Your favorite platonic soulmates are back, and they’re just as lovable and hateable as you remember. A hilarious new trailer has arrived for Season 2 of Hulu’s “Difficult People,” starring...
Watch: A Female Comedian’s Looks Are Torn Apart by “The Focus Group”
Comedian Sara Benincasa has dreamed up hilarious and horrifying nightmare fodder. Imagine having your style and body mercilessly evaluated by a focus group while in a state of undress. Now witness...
Trailer Watch: Issa Rae is “Insecure”
Issa Rae, the creator of the hit web series “Awkward Black Girl,” is about to land on HBO with her new series “Insecure.” The eight-episode, half-hour comedy stars Rae, Yvonne Orji, Jay...