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Trailer Watch: Amy Schumer Thinks She’s a Super Model in “I Feel Pretty”
Amy Schumer gets an invisible makeover that changes her life in “I Feel Pretty.” The comedy sees her playing Renee, a woman who suffers from low self-esteem. Convinced that her life is adversely...
Athena Film Fest Adds To Its Lineup: “Mankiller,” “Battle of the Sexes,” and STEM Panel
The Athena Film Festival (AFF) has announced more of its 2018 lineup. Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton’s “Battle of the Sexes,” a biopic about the famous 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean...
Jill Santopolo to Adapt Her Best-Selling Novel “The Light We Lost”
Jill Santopolo is set to adapt her best-selling romance “The Light We Lost” for the big screen, Variety reports. The author’s debut novel is a love story that kicks off on 9/11: two seniors at...
Kat Coiro Will Make Pilot Directorial Debut with Liz Meriwether’s “Daddy Issues”
Kat Coiro is making her pilot directorial debut. Deadline confirms that Coiro will helm “Daddy Issues,” the Fox comedy pilot produced by Liz Meriwether (“New Girl”) and written by and...
Julianne Moore to Star in English-Language Remake of Susanne Bier’s “After the Wedding”
Julianne Moore is heading up another U.S. remake of a revered foreign film. She’s set to star in an English-language version of “Night Manager” helmer Susanne Bier’s “After the Wedding,”...
#MeToo Updates: Women In Film Starts Support Group, Screen Australia Pens New Code of Conduct
The #MeToo movement is showing no signs of slowing down. On the heels of Time’s Up’s revelation that it has raised $20 million so far, Women in Film (WIF) has announced that it is organizing a...
Lyric R. Cabral, Michelle Latimer, and More Announced as 2018 Field of Vision Fellows
First Look Media’s documentary unit, Field of Vision, has announced a new fellowship. A press release also revealed the year-long, collaborative program’s 2018’s fellows, and three of four of...
Milla Jovovich to Topline Sci-Fi Thriller “Hummingbird”
Milla Jovovich is set to star in another genre pic. The “Resident Evil” actress has signed on to topline sci-fi action thriller “Hummingbird,” Deadline confirms. Described as being “in the...
Mary Harron’s Manson Family Pic Moves Forward, Set to Launch in Berlin
“American Psycho” director Mary Harron is one step closer to tackling one of the most infamous crimes in history. Matt Smith (“The Crown”) and Suki Waterhouse (“The White Princess”) have...
Trailer Watch: Diane Is Still Trying to Prove Herself in “The Good Fight” Season 2
“You came back from the dead,” Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) is told in “The Good Fight” Season 2. “You proved yourself — you don’t have to keep proving yourself over and...
Tribeca Film Festival to Open with Lisa D’Apolito’s Gilda Radner Doc “Love, Gilda”
The 17th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival will kick off with a portrait of Gilda Radner. The comedian is the subject of “Love, Gilda,” the fest’s opening film. Directed and produced by...
Tiffany Haddish & Lena Waithe Among Essence’s Black Women in Hollywood Awardees
Whether they starred in the summer’s breakout comedy, became the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing, or broke barriers in the Marvel universe, Tiffany Haddish, Lena Waithe, Tessa...
Today in #MeToo: Time’s Up Legal Fund Raises $20M, Berlinale Joins Movement
It’s only been five weeks since the Time’s Up initiative formally launched, but it has made incredible strides. In addition to dominating the Golden Globes and shifting the cultural...
Gabriela Pichler’s “Amateurs” Wins Top Prize at Goteborg Film Festival
Gabriela Pichler’s second feature took home Goteborg Film Festival’s highest honor. “Amateurs” was named as the winner of the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film, The Hollywood Reporter...
Phylicia Rashad to Receive League of Prof Theatre Women’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Tony winner Phylicia Rashad will soon have another award to add to her mantle. A press release has announced that the “Empire” actress will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at...
Pilot News: Projects From Ava DuVernay, Amy Poehler, and More
Your new favorite show could be on the way. A number of promising-sounding projects have recently been ordered to pilot, including ones exec produced by “Selma” director Ava DuVernay and...
Raising Films Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Continue Work for Parents & Carers in the Biz
Motherhood shouldn’t prevent women from making films, but it can. Caring for one’s elderly parents or sick family members shouldn’t upend a person’s career in show business, but it can....
Isabel Coixet Wins Three Goya Awards for “The Bookshop”
Isabel Coixet was one of the big winners at this weekend’s Goya Awards, Spain’s counterpart to the Oscars. Per Screen Daily, Coixet took home prizes for best feature, best director, and best...
Reed Morano Makes History with DGA Win
Reed Morano has cemented her place in in the record books with a historic Directors Guild of America win. This past Saturday she took home the DGA Award in the drama series category for helming...
Nicole Kidman Joins Meryl Streep in Supporting The Writers Lab
Nicole Kidman doesn’t just talk the talk: she walks the walk. A couple of weeks after the actress called for Hollywood to treat women over 40 as the “potent, powerful, and viable” people they...
Drew Barrymore and Jamie Babbit Team Up for Rom-Com “The Stand In”
Drew Barrymore currently stars as a flesh-eating zombie in “Santa Clarita Diet,” but the Golden Globe winner is getting back into the rom-com game. A press release has announced that she’ll...
Female Music Execs “Step Up,” Push for Recording Academy Prez Neil Portnow’s Resignation
Women have always stepped up, no matter what Recording Academy president Neil Portnow thinks or says. In fact, women are stepping up once more in an effort to revitalize the Recording Academy’s...
ABC Orders Comedy Pilots from Liz Meriwether and Kristin Newman
Liz Meriwether has yet another comedy pilot on the way. “Single Parents,” a single cam project from the “New Girl” creator/EP and J.J. Philbin, received a pilot order at ABC. This marks...
Octavia Spencer to Topline “Ma”
Octavia Spencer has booked another leading role. The “Shape of Water” actress has signed on to star in Blumhouse Productions’ “Ma,” a thriller that sees her reuniting with Tate Taylor, who...
Chrissy Metz to Star in Roxann Dawson’s ”The Impossible”
“This Is Us” breakout Chrissy Metz has signed on to star in TV vet Roxann Dawson’s feature directorial debut. Entertainment Weekly reports that the two are teaming up for Fox 2000’s “The...
WGA West Releases Statement on Sexual Harassment
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is the latest Hollywood institution to weigh in on the industry’s rampant sexual harassment problem. Unfortunately, its stance is not as unequivocally...
Michelle MacLaren to Direct Chris Pratt Action Pic “Cowboy Ninja Viking”
Michelle MacLaren is taking her genre expertise to the big screen. The “Game of Thrones,” “Westworld,” and “Breaking Bad” director has signed on to helm Chris Pratt-starrer “Cowboy...
Prize Founded to Honor Thrillers That Don’t Depict Women Being Raped and/or Murdered
Love thrillers but tired of the genre being dominated by stories about brutalized women? You’re not alone. A newly launched honor is set to celebrate books where “no woman is beaten, stalked,...
British Comedy Writers Launch Female-Led Production Company
Sick and tired of seeing one-dimensional female characters on-screen, four British comedy writers/performers have joined forces to launch Double Yay Productions. The company seeks to address the...
February 2018 Film Preview
“Annihilation” February is when many of us need a mid-winter pick-me-up. Luckily, there are plenty of theatrical releases this month that make for the perfect antidote to cabin fever. Kicking...
Eliza Hooper to Make Feature Directorial Debut with Sci-Fi “Wellwood”
Frequent Funny or Die contributor Eliza Hooper is making her feature directorial debut. The UCB writer is helming “Wellwood,” a sci-fi indie that “centers on a terminally ill Laura and her...
Lena Waithe’s “The Chi” Renewed for Season 2, Ayanna Floyd Davis Named New Showrunner
Showtime is making itself at home in “The Chi.” Shadow and Act reports that Lena Waithe’s sprawling Southside Chicago-set drama will receive a second season. Series writer Ayanna Floyd Davis...
Trailer Watch: Toni Collette Is Haunted by Her Mother in Sundance Hit “Hereditary”
“My mother was a very secretive and private woman,” Annie (Toni Collette) eulogizes in the trailer for “Hereditary.” “She was a very difficult woman, which maybe explains me.” The...
TV Updates: Stephenie Meyer Adaptation, Pilots from Ilene Chaiken & Liz Meriwether in the Works
Another day, another batch of women-centric and created series announced. Projects from “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer and showrunners Ilene Chaiken (“The L Word”) and Liz Meriwether...
Roxanne Benjamin’s Feature Directorial Debut Acquired by Magnet Releasing
Writer-director Roxanne Benjamin’s first feature film has found a home. Variety confirms that Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Pictures’ genre arm, has obtained worldwide rights to Benjamin’s...
Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler Form New Studio Dedicated to Inclusivity
Director/producer Denise Di Novi and former CBS Entertainment Chairman Nina Tassler will spotlight diverse stories via their new company, PatMa Productions. A press release announced that the newly...
Trailer Watch: Claire Foy Is Stuck in a Psychiatric Hospital in “Unsane”
Claire Foy’s latest role sees her moving from Buckingham Palace to a psychiatric ward. A trailer has landed for horror-thriller “Unsane.” “The Crown” star plays a woman trying to heal in...
Marielle Heller Will Direct Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers
“Diary of a Teenage Girl” director Marielle Heller is bringing Tom Hanks to Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Heller will direct “You Are My Friend,” which is...
ABC Orders Diablo Cody Comedy Pilot, Three Female-Driven Dramas
Diablo Cody is headed back to television. After the premature cancellation of “One Mississippi,” the dramedy she co-created with Tig Notaro, ABC has ordered Cody’s pilot “Most Likely To.”...
Trailer Watch: A Girl Decides to Live as a Warrior in “I Kill Giants”
“There are times when you have to ask yourself: Do I want to live my life as a coward or a warrior?” says a teen girl who’s embraced life as the latter in a new trailer for “I Kill...
Reboots on the Way: “Charmed,” “Cagney and Lacey,” and “Greatest American Hero”
“First Wives Club,” “Nancy Drew,” “Roswell” — it’s hard to keep up with all of the TV reboots in the works. In the past few days alone we’ve seen reports about three series...
Academy Announces Procedures to Enforce New Code of Conduct
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made it easier for members to report instances of workplace misconduct. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the organization approved measures to...
Sundance: Women Sweep Directing Awards
About 40 percent of the films to screen in Competition at Sundance 2018 were women-directed or co-directed. One hundred percent of its directing prizes went to women. A press release has announced...
Sundance: Sexual Abuse Drama “The Tale” Snagged by HBO
One of the best-reviewed and most talked about films out of Sundance 2018 has found a home. HBO Films secured the rights to Laura Dern-starrer “The Tale.” Variety broke the news. Written and...
Submissions for HBOAccess Directing Fellowship Open Next Week
Mark your calendars: HBOAccess will be accepting submissions for its 2018 Directing Fellowship beginning January 31, a press release has announced. HBO’s emerging talent pipeline partners up with...
Today in #MeToo: Updates on Franco, Affleck, and Weinstein
Thanks to #MeToo and the brave individuals who continue to speak out, two more men are facing consequences for their past actions. James Franco was digitally removed from Vanity Fair’s annual...
“Big Sick” Scribe Emily V. Gordon to Adapt “The Nest” for Amazon
“The Nest” is coming to the big screen, and Oscar nominee Emily V. Gordon is set to take it there. “The Big Sick” screenwriter has signed on to pen a feature adaptation of Cynthia D’Aprix...
Cheryl Hines to Helm “Revenge Wedding”
Cheryl Hines is stepping behind the camera again. The Emmy-nominated “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress has signed on to direct “Revenge Wedding” for CBS Films, The Hollywood Reporter...
“Edge of Seventeen” Writer-Director Kelly Fremon Craig to Adapt “Wild Game”
Kelly Fremon Craig has booked her follow-up to “The Edge of Seventeen.” The Hollywood Reporter confirms that the writer-director is taking the reins on a feature adaptation of “Wild Game: My...
Study: Women Are Being Shut Out of Popular Music
We’re living in the time of Queen Bey, but the music industry has yet to receive the memo. The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has released a new study on popular music and found that, while...
“Black-ish’s” Marsai Martin to Star in and Exec Produce Tina Gordon Comedy
Thirteen-year-old “Black-ish” star Marsai Martin just lined up her first producing credit. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress has signed on to star in and exec produce...