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Amy Sherman-Palladino & Daniel Palladino Sign Overall Deal with Amazon Studios
Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino are making themselves at home at Amazon Studios. Deadline reports that the creative partners/spouses have signed a multi-year overall deal with the...
Lauren Gunderson Tops American Theatre’s Most-Produced Playwrights List
“I and You” scribe Lauren Gunderson is the most-produced playwright in the United States, American Theatre confirms. The publication has put out the 2017–2018 edition of its annual ranking and...
“Being Mary Jane” Showrunner Erica Shelton Kodish Inks Overall Deal with CBS TV Studios
Erica Shelton Kodish is heading back to CBS. The “Good Wife” alumna has signed a multi-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios after serving as showrunner on the fourth season of BET’s “Being...
Playwright Lauren Yee Wins the Kesselring Prize
Lauren Yee’s adding another highlight to her 2017 reel. Earlier this year the playwright debuted “In a Word” Off Broadway to rave reviews, and now she’s been named as the winner of the...
Dan Harmon Calls Out Misogynist “Rick and Morty” Fans
Dan Harmon: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons “Rick and Morty” co-creator Dan Harmon has been known to speak his mind — he has a history of DGAF tirades in person and on Twitter. Harmon...
Trailer Watch: A Writer Announces Her Plan to Commit Suicide and Seeks an Heir in “Maya Dardel”
Academy Award nominee Lena Olin plays an internationally renowned poet and novelist busy orchestrating one helluva plot twist in her own life in Magdalena Zyzak and Zachary Cotler’s “Maya...
Apply Now for Fork Films’ Documentary Grants
Documentary filmmakers, take note: Fork Films’ annual open call for doc grant applications is here. The New York-based production company will accept applications via an online submission form...
Doctor Comedy Being Developed at NBC, Sugar Lyn Beard to Star
Sugar Lyn Beard is stepping into scrubs. The “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” actress is set to star in a new comedy series about a female doctor that’s being developed by NBC, Deadline...
Susanna Nicchiarelli’s “Nico, 1988” Acquired by Magnolia Pictures
Susanna Nicchiarelli’s award-winning drama about Christa Päffgen, better known as Nico, has secured distribution. Deadline reports that Magnolia Pictures snagged the U.S. rights to “Nico,...
TV Adaptation of “I Mom So Hard” Web Series Coming to CBS
We approve so hard. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley’s popular web series “I Mom So Hard” is on its way to CBS as a multi-cam comedy. The “sizable pilot...
Trailer Watch: A Woman Grapples with Trauma in Jessica M. Thompson’s “Light of the Moon”
“The Light of the Moon” “How about you let me decide how I feel?” Bonnie (Stephanie Beatriz, “Brooklyn Nine- Nine”), a rape survivor, tells her boyfriend Matt (Michael Stahl-David,...
Jessica Williams to Star in Showtime Series
Jessica Williams’ star continues to ascend. Last month brought news that the “Daily Show” alumna’s podcast with Phoebe Robinson, “2 Dope Queens,” is being adapted by HBO, and now comes...
Diablo Cody Signs Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV
Diablo Cody is taking the next step in her relationship with Warner Bros. Television. The Oscar-winning “Juno” screenwriter has signed a multi-year overall deal with the studio, The Hollywood...
Kate Winslet’s Lee Miller Biopic Secures Financing and Distribution
Kate Winslet has been attached to play American war photographer Lee Miller since 2015, and yesterday marked a major step forward for the project. According to Deadline, Entertainment One snagged...
Women’s Media Summit Issues White Paper & IDs Strategies for Fighting Gender Inequality
Nearly six months after its inaugural meeting, the Women’s Media Summit has unveiled its promised action plan for combating gender inequality in the media. The Summit released a white paper that...
Sabrina the Teenage Witch “Riverdale” Companion Series in Development at The CW
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is coming back to the small screen. The CW is developing a project based on the Archie Comics’ character, but it’s not a reboot of the ’90s series led by Melissa Joan...
Slovenia Chooses Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak’s “Miner” as Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
Another woman-directed film based on a true story has been added to the foreign-language Oscar race. On Monday Cambodia selected Angelina Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father” as its pick for...
Judi Dench to Receive Kirk Douglas Award at Santa Barbara Film Fest
The Queen is adding another jewel to her crown. Judi Dench will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film, a press release has...
Newly Launched BFI Filmography Reveals Stark Gender Disparity in UK Film
Today the BFI introduced the BFI Filmography, a complete, living record of all the 10,000-and-counting UK films released since 1911. While the resource is, as the BFI describes, “a treasure trove...
Trailer Watch: Melissa McCarthy Plays to Win in “Cook Off!”
Contestants from all over the nation assemble to compete in the Rookle Farms Cooking Contest in a new trailer for “Cook Off!” The Melissa McCarthy-starrer sees a motley crew of...
Jamie Lee Curtis to Star in, Co-Write, and Produce CBS Funeral Home Comedy
“Six Feet Under” fans, take note: A new series about a family-run funeral business is in the works. Deadline reports that Jamie Lee Curtis has signed on to star, co-write, and executive produce...
Trailer Watch: Alicia Vikander Saves the World in “Tomb Raider”
An action-packed trailer for the Alicia Vikander-led “Tomb Raider” reboot has landed. It’s clear that there’s plenty of violence, chase scenes, and CGI in the potential franchise, but the...
Watch: A Runaway Bride Weighs Her Options in Exclusive “Different Flowers” Clip
“You don’t leave a man at the altar then grovel at his feet. Woman up,” Emma (Hope Lauren, “Supergirl”) urges older sister Millie (Emma Bell, “The Walking Dead”) in our exclusive clip...
Shonda Rhimes’ Lifestyle Website Shondaland.com Has Arrived
Now we all have the chance to a part of Shondaland. According to Variety, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” creator and mogul Shonda Rhimes has officially launched her lifestyle website....
Annette Bening to Receive BAFTA Career Retrospective
Annette Bening’s career spans 30 years and includes four Oscar-nominated performances, so it comes as no surprise that The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has opted to host a...
Maria Callas Documentary Acquired by Sony Pictures
“Maria By Callas: In Her Own Words” has secured distribution. Sony Pictures Classics acquired all rights for the documentary in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, a press release has...
Trailer Watch: Blake Lively Regains Her Vision in “All I See Is You”
Blake Lively plays a woman who regains her vision and gets a new perspective on her relationship in “All I See Is You.” A trailer for the Marc Forster (“World War Z,” “Finding...
Horrible Misogyny in the Film World Is Surfacing, But Are We Really Surprised?
This week has been quite the shitshow in the film community. A lot of ugliness came to the surface via the Alamo Drafthouse and Cinefamily debacles, but how many women in the industry can really say...
Elisabeth Moss to Topline Film About Underground Abortion Network
Elisabeth Moss is pivoting from one women’s rights narrative to another. The star of the feminist dystopian drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” has signed on to topline Simon Curtis’ (“My Week...
Trailer Watch: A Native American Woman Takes to the Stage to Tell Her Story in “Te Ata”
“Te Ata”: The Chickasaw Nation “What do you have to say?” a professor challenges college student Mary Thompson Fisher aka Te Ata (Q’orianka Kilcher, “The New World”). “What stories do...
Christine Boylan to Write Jessica Chastain-Starrer “Painkiller Jane”
Jessica Chastain’s “Painkiller Jane” adaptation has found a scribe. Lotus Entertainment has hired Christine Boylan to pen the script, Deadline reports. Boylan’s writing credits include...
Angelina Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father” Chosen to Represent Cambodia at Oscars
Angelina Jolie’s “First They Killed My Father” is officially an Oscar contender. The drama has been chosen to represent Cambodia at the 2018 Academy Awards in the foreign-language category,...
Emmys 2017: “Big Little Lies,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” and Lena Waithe Win Big
The 2017 Emmy Awards were a great night for women in television. Not only did the two biggest awards go to women-centric series — “The Handmaid’s Tale” took home the best drama series...
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Wins TIFF’s People’s Choice Award
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, and if the reception it received at TIFF is any...
Julie Delpy to Receive Award from European Film Academy
Julie Delpy will be honored at the upcoming European Film Awards, The Hollywood Reporter writes. She’ll receive the European Achievement in World Cinema award in Berlin on December 9. Best known...
Over Half of Filmmaker’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film Are Women
Filmmaker Magazine has published its annual 25 New Faces of Independent Film feature and over half of the individuals profiled are female. Fifteen women—including 12 solo filmmakers and three...
Quote of the Day: Lesli Linka Glatter Says the Pool of Female Directors Is “Wide and Deep”
“There aren’t enough qualified female directors.” This excuse is all too common in conversations about the lack of films and series directed by women, and suggests that the problem isn’t...
Kate Winslet to Receive Actors Inspiration Award from SAG
Kate Winslet is following in the footsteps of Kerry Washington and Rashida Jones. Variety reports that the Oscar winner will be awarded the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Actors Inspiration Award, an...
Trailer Watch: Sally Hawkins Faces Off Against Michael Shannon in Fairy Tale “The Shape of Water”
Excitement is building for “The Shape of Water.” Described by many critics as a fairy tale for adults, “Pan’s Labyrinth” writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s latest film just won the...
Tatiana Huezo’s “Tempestad” Is Mexico’s Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
Another film from a female director has been selected to compete for a best foreign-language film nomination at the 2018 Academy Awards. “Tempestad,” a documentary about the human trafficking...
Trailer Watch: Teen Bloggers Become Murderers in “Tragedy Girls”
“X-Men: Apocalypse’s” Alexandra Shipp and “Deadpool’s” Brianna Hildebrand leave the superhero world behind for a “Heathers”-esque take on the slasher genre in “Tragedy Girls.” A...
Pamela Adlon on Being Inspired by Lena Dunham and Saying Goodbye to Over-Pleasing
Pamela Adlon has added even more to her plate on “Better Things” this season. The comedy’s sophomore run debuts on FX tonight, and the series’ co-creator, star, showrunner, writer, and...
Trailer Watch: A Buddhist Priest Helps People Find the Will to Live in Lana Wilson’s “The…
Trailer Watch: A Buddhist Priest Helps People Find the Will to Live in Lana Wilson’s “The Departure” A Japanese punk-rocker-turned-Buddhist-priest provides much-needed hope to suicidal people...
You’re Invited: Women and Hollywood’s 10th Anniversary Celebration in LA
Women and Hollywood will be hosting one of its 10th anniversary celebrations in Los Angeles on October 25. As we honor a decade of educating, advocating, and agitating for greater gender diversity...
Angela Robinson to Co-Adapt “Strangers in Paradise” with Its Creator
Angela Robinson’s “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival less than a week ago, and the writer-director has already...
Trailer Watch: Jennifer Lawrence Uses Her Body & Mind as Weapons in “Red Sparrow”
Jennifer Lawrence re-teams with Francis Lawrence, who directed her in three installments of “The Hunger Games” franchise, for “Red Sparrow.” A trailer has arrived for the anticipated spy...
Quote of the Day: Taraji P. Henson Wants to Inspire Little Black Girls
Taraji P. Henson knows the legacy she’d like to leave behind. “I love black people. I love telling stories,” the “Empire” star said in a new interview with Marie Claire. “I want these...
Watch: Gemma Arterton Yearns for More from Life in Exclusive Clip of “The Escape”
A chance encounter with a book may lead to life-changing consequences in “The Escape.” The drama follows Tara (Gemma Arterton, “Their Finest”), a stay-at-home mom who is struggling with...
Rebel Wilson Receives Record Settlement in Defamation Lawsuit
Rebel Wilson won a landmark sum in her lawsuit against Bauer Media, the publisher behind Woman’s Day and the Australian Women’s Weekly. Wilson, who had brought a libel case against Bauer,...
Agnieszka Holland & Kasia Adamik to Direct Netflix’s First Original Polish-Language Series
It’s been quite a week for Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik. Just days ago Poland announced their collaboration “Spoor” as the country’s pick in the foreign-language Oscar race, and now...
TIFF 2017 Deals: Emma Thompson’s “The Children Act” and Ellen Page’s “The Cured”
Emma Thompson and Ellen Page’s latest projects have secured distribution. Both features scored strong reviews out of the Toronto International Film Festival, where they made their world premieres...