Films
In Her Voice Podcast Episodes from This Week- May 12
Please check out the latest podcast episodes of In Her Voice Weekly News Brief on May 10- includes latest Writers Strike info Interview with Laurel Parmet- writer/director of The Starling Girl which...
Sophie Barthes’ Emilia Clarke-Starrer “The Pod Generation” Lands at Roadside Attractions, Vertical
Emilia Clarke says goodbye to the distant past in King’s Landing and hello to the near future in “The Pod Generation,” a sci-fi story that sees the Emmy-nominated “Game of...
“Eileen” Adaptation Lands at Neon, Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie Star
Thomasin McKenzie finds herself on another dangerous journey inspired by a glamorous, mysterious woman in “Eileen,” her latest big screen outing following “One Night in Soho.”...
Destry Allyn Spielberg Will Make Directorial Debut with “Please Don’t Feed the Children,” Michelle Dockery Starring
Michelle Dockery is saying goodbye to period costumes and hello to a survival story. The “Downton Abbey” alumna has been tapped to lead Destry Allyn Spielberg’s directorial debut,...
Nancy Buirski’s “Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy” Acquired by Kino Lorber, Zeitgeist Films
Nancy Buirski’s look inside the making of an X-rated Best Picture winner has found a home. Kino Lorber in association with Zeitgeist Films have announced the acquisition of all North American...
Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel to Star in Pop Music Melodrama “Mother Mary”
Anne Hathaway is showing off her pipes again. Deadline reports that the Oscar winner will play a fictional musician in “Mother Mary,” an “epic pop melodrama” that will see her...
Claire Simon’s Gynecological Ward Doc “Our Body” Acquired by Cinema Guild
“Our Body” has secured North American distribution following its world premiere at last month’s Berlinale. Cinema Guild scored rights to Claire Simon’s look inside a public...
Chinonye Chukwu to Write and Direct “Wolf Hustle” Adaptation
Chinonye Chukwu is heading to Wall Street. The “Till” filmmaker will follow up her acclaimed biopic of Mamie Till-Bradley, an activist fighting for justice following the murder of her...
Mona Awad’s “Bunny” Getting Film Adaptation, Bad Robot Nabs Rights
“Bunny” is coming to the big screen. Bad Robot acquired film rights to Mona Awad’s bestselling novel in a “competitive situation.” Deadline broke the news. Published in...
Danielle Nicolet Will Adapt “Black Karen” Short into Feature
Danielle Nicolet is writing and exec producing a feature adaptation of “Black Karen,” “The Flash” star’s 2022 short directed by “Harlem’s” Meagan Good....
Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, & Alfre Woodard Will Star in Castille Landon’s “Summer Camp”
Castille Landon has major star power attached to her next project. Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, and Alfre Woodard will lead “Summer Camp,” per Deadline. Penned by Landon, the comedy...
Patricia Chica’s “Montréal Girls” Acquired by Level 33 Entertainment
Patricia Chica’s award-winning feature debut has found a home. Deadline reports that Level 33 Entertainment nabbed rights to “Montréal Girls,” the Canadian-Salvadorean...
Noora Niasari’s Sundance Winner “Shayda” Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
One of our most anticipated titles out of Sundance 2023 has found a home following its world premiere at the fest, where it took home the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Sony...
Laurel Parmet’s “The Starling Girl” Lands at Bleecker Street, Eliza Scanlen Stars
Eliza Scanlen is earning praise for her leading performance in another woman director’s feature debut. She took home an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for...
Maryam Keshavarz’s Sundance Winner “The Persian Version” Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
With “The Persian Version,” Maryam Keshavarz became the first director to have two films win the Sundance Audience Award in the Dramatic Competition category. The dramedy about Iranian...
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum to Direct Adaptation of “Mary Jane”
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum is bringing another woman-penned novel to the screen. The director will follow up 2022 Sofia Carson-starrer “Purple Hearts,” based on the book by Tess Wakefield,...
Melissa Barrera-Starrer “All the World Is Sleeping” Acquired by Gravitas Ventures
Melissa Barrera is switching gears from squaring off against Ghostface to fighting personal demons. The “Scream” actress leads “All the World is Sleeping,” an addiction drama...
Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston Team Up for Body Swap Comedy
Two of Hollywood’s biggest stars are joining forces. Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston will star in and produce a body swap comedy. The untitled project was, unsurprisingly, a hot commodity....
Chloe Domont’s “Fair Play” Sells to Netflix for $20 Million at Sundance, Phoebe Dynevor Stars
Phoebe Dynevor may be adding another smash success to her resume. The “Bridgerton” star toplines “Fair Play,” a psychological thriller exploring gender dynamics that’s...
Lisa Cortés’ “Little Richard: I Am Everything” Acquired by Magnolia Pictures Out of Sundance
You may not have been able to catch the world premiere of “Little Richard: I Am Everything” at Sundance last week, but it looks like we won’t have to wait too long to watch Lisa...
Sarah Snook-Starrer “Run Rabbit Run” Lands at Netflix, Daina Reid Directs
Sarah Snook is stepping away from Waystar RoyCo and making her mark on the health care industry: the two-time Emmy-nominated “Succession” actress plays a fertility doctor in “Run...
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez Will Topline Black List Feature “Wildfire”
Being shouted out by “Pose” creator Ryan Murphy in his Golden Globes acceptance speech hasn’t been the only highlight of Michaela Jaé Rodriguez’s week. The history-making...
Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Other People’s Children” Lands at Music Box Film Ahead of U.S. Premiere at Sundance
“Other People’s Children” has secured U.S. distribution ahead of its run at Sundance Film Festival later this month. A press release announced that Music Box Films snagged rights to...
4K-Restored Yvonne Rainer Collection on the Way
Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have landed world rights to seven Yvonne Rainer films, newly restored in 4K by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation. A...
Robin Thede and Bridget Stokes Reteam for Zombie Comedy “Killing It”
“A Black Lady Sketch Show’s” creator Robin Thede and director Bridget Stokes are teaming up again, this time in the realm of horror-comedy. Deadline reports that Stokes is set to helm Amazon...
Daisy Edgar-Jones To Star as Carole King in Lisa Cholodenko’s “Beautiful”
Daisy Edgar-Jones will “Feel the Earth Move” with her lead role as the Carole King in Sony’s “Beautiful.” Variety reports that the musical biopic of the legendary singer-songwriter will be...
Nikyatu Jusu to Direct “Night of the Living Dead” Sequel
“Nanny” director Nikyatu Jusu is moving from the horrors of the mind to the horrors of the flesh with her upcoming “Night of the Living Dead” sequel. MGM Studios is currently in final...
Destry Allyn Spielberg To Make Feature Debut with “Four Assassins (And A Funeral)”
Destry Allyn Spielberg is making her feature directorial debut. Deadline reports that she will helm action pic “Four Assassins (And A Funeral)” for Erica Lee and Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road...
“The Woman King,” “Women Talking,” and “She Said” Among AFI’s Best Films of 2022
Hot on the heels of being named Best Film of the Year by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), “The Woman King” has scored another honor. Gina Prince-Bythewood’s...
Taylor Swift to Make Feature Directorial Debut for Searchlight Pictures
In news that is sure to make Swifties’ “Wildest Dreams” come true, Taylor Swift is stepping back into the director’s chair. The 11-time Grammy winner will make her feature...
Reese Witherspoon Will Star In and Produce “Election” Sequel “Tracy Flick Can’t Win”
Reese Witherspoon is ready to pick Flick. The Oscar winner has signed on to topline and produce a sequel to “Election” that will see her reprising the role of Tracy Flick. Titled...
Gillian Jacobs-Starrer “The Seven Faces of Jane” Lands at Gravitas Ventures
If you’ve ever played exquisite corpse — a game of creating a story or illustration on a paper segmented with folds — you’d know how wacky and surreal the final product can end up. An...
Indian Princess Musical in the Works at Disney, Gurinder Chadha to Direct
Gurinder Chadha is set to make another empowering female-centric story — and make history. The “Bend It Like Beckham” helmer has been tapped to produce and helm an original musical...
Caitlin Cronenberg’s Directorial Debut “Humane” Now in Post-Production
Caitlin Cronenberg has wrapped shooting on her directorial debut, environmental thriller “Humane.” Deadline reports that the film’s cast includes “Schitt’s Creek’s” Emily...
Nikyatu Jusu’s Next Pic Will Focus on “Day-Walking Black Vampires”
The theatrical release of Nikyatu Jusu’s feature directorial debut, “Nanny,” is just days away, and new details are emerging about her follow-up to the Sundance winner. The upcoming...
Kristen Stewart Casts Imogen Poots as the Lead of Her Feature Directorial Debut “The Chronology of Water”
Kristen Stewart kicked off the year with her first Oscar nomination and is bookending it by casting the lead for her long-gestating feature directorial debut. According to Deadline, Imogen Poots will...
New “Princess Diaries” Movie in the Works at Disney, Aadrita Mukerji Penned the Script
Audiences may be reuniting with Genovia’s royal family: a new “Princess Diaries” movie is in the works at Disney. Deadline confirmed the news. Penned by “Supergirl”...
Christina Aguilera Doc in the Works, Ting Poo to Direct
Ting Poo is following up “Val,” her acclaimed 2021 documentary about actor Val Kilmer, with a portrait of another industry vet. She’s helming a doc about five-time Grammy winner...
Mel Eslyn’s “Biosphere” Lands at IFC Films
IFC Films has acquired North American rights to “Biosphere,” producer Mel Eslyn’s feature directorial debut. A press release announced that the sci-fi comedy will be released in...
Kino Lorber Acquires Nobel Prize Laureate Annie Ernaux’s “The Super 8 Years”
Kino Lorber has landed North American rights to Annie Ernaux’s autobiographical film “The Super 8 Years” (“Les années Super-8”). A press release announced that the archival documentary...
Maïmouna Doucouré to Direct Josephine Baker Biopic
Maïmouna Doucouré is following up 2020’s “Cuties,” her Paris-set portrait of a pre-teen Senegalese immigrant who joins a dance clique, with the story of a trailblazing dancer,...
Can’t Buy My Silence to Host Exclusive Preview Screening of “She Said” in London
“She Said” is coming to London early. Together Films and Can’t Buy My Silence (CBMS) are presenting an exclusive preview screening of the Maria Schrader-directed #MeToo drama, with all...
Emilia Clarke and Sophie Hyde to Bring Constance Lloyd’s Life to the Big Screen in “An Ideal Wife”
Sophie Hyde will tackle another unconventional relationship in her next pic. The Australian writer-director will follow up Emma Thompson-starrer “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” a comedy...
Kelly Marcel to Direct “Venom 3”
Kelly Marcel is set to make her directorial debut with a big budget comic adaptation. After co-writing the screenplay for 2018’s “Venom” and penning 2021’s “Venom: Let...
Emilia Jones and Susanna Fogel Team Up for Reality Winner Biopic
Emilia Jones and Susanna Fogel are reuniting. The pair just teamed up for “Cat Person,” a film adaptation of Kristen Roupenian’s viral New Yorker story about a college...
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Tapped to Direct a “Star Wars” Pic
The Force is with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: the “Ms. Marvel” director has been tapped to helm a “Star Wars” film. Deadline reports that the script is still being written, and...
Rose Bryne’s Dollhouse Pictures to Adapt Hannah Kent’s Queer Love Story “Devotion”
“Physical” actress Rose Byrne’s Dollhouse Pictures is bringing Hannah Kent’s award-winning novel “Devotion” to the big screen. A press release announced that Dollhouse will be joining...
Nicole Riegel’s KiKi Layne-Starrer “Dandelion” Lands at IFC Films
IFC Films has secured worldwide rights to Nicole Riegel’s sophomore feature, “Dandelion,” a romantic drama led by “Moonlight’s” KiKi Layne. Deadine broke the...
Véronique Jadin’s “Employee of the Month” Acquired by Film Movement
“Employee of the Month” is headed stateside. Deadline reports that Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Véronique Jadin’s dark comedy with plans to release it in...
“The Joy Luck Club” Sequel On the Way
“The Joy Luck Club” is getting a sequel. The groundbreaking 1993 portrait of four aging Chinese women in San Francisco and their Chinese-American daughters will get a second chapter...
Idina Menzel Doc From Anne McCabe in the Works at Disney+
A new Disney+ documentary will give viewers an intimate glimpse into the world of the vocal powerhouse who gave Queen Elsa her unforgettable voice. A press release announced that “Idina Menzel:...