Films, News
Since it doesn’t seem like “Saturday Night Live” star and Emmy winner Kate McKinnon will be trapped at Studio 8H playing Hillary Clinton for the foreseeable future, it was only a matter of...
Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors
Another trailer has landed for “Belle” director Amma Asante’s new film, “A United Kingdom.” The interracial romance is inspired by a true story, and a newly released spot for the film...
Features, Films, News, Women Directors
Zoe Saldana, who was denied on-set child care, on The Today Show: NBC If we really want more women making the media that defines our world, we can’t ignore the giant stuffed elephant in the room:...
News, Television, Women Directors
Ryan Murphy has put his words into action. Months after launching Half, a foundation within his 20th Century Fox-based production company aiming to diversify Hollywood, results are actually in. As...
Films, News, Women Directors
Denise Di Novi’s directorial debut won’t be released until April 21, but the filmmaker has already lined up her second directing gig. Deadline reports that she will follow up Warner Bros.’...
Awards, Films, News
Cheryl Boone Iscaacs has been named as the 2017 recipient of the Pioneer of the Year Honor by The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, Variety reports. The president of the Academy of...
News, Television
Whoopi Goldberg may return to acting in a major way. The Hollywood Reporter writes that the Oscar winner is joining forces with Bravo to develop an untitled series for the network, and is eyeing one...
Films, News, Women Producers
Megan Ellison has been selected by the Producers Guild of America as the 2017 recipient of the Visionary Award, Variety reports. The producer, whose credits include “20th Century Women,” “Zero...
Shailene Woodley is attached to star in the film “Adrift,” Variety reports. Based on a true story, the site describes the project as “Gravity” on the high seas: “When Tami Oldham and her...
There has been uproar in the UK over the course of the past week when it was announced that four white men were approved as board members for Channel 4 while a fifth candidate, a minority woman, was...
Films, News, Television, Women Directors
“Queen Sugar’s” first season concluded on OWN Wednesday, November 30, and many viewers tuned in to see what the Bordelon siblings got up to. OWN announced that it had ordered a second season...
Films, News, Trailers, Videos
In anticipation of the arrival of our next “Star Wars” heroine, some new clips and featurettes from “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” have been released. Hitting theaters on December 16,...
Books, Films, News, Trailers
A trailer has landed for “The Circle,” an upcoming sci-fi film led by Emma Watson. The former “Harry Potter” franchise star plays Mae, a young woman who gets hired for a job at The Circle, a...
Awards, News
Helen Marten has been awarded the 2016 Turner Prize. According to the BBC, the artist intends to share the £25,000 award (about $31,500) with her fellow nominees. Including Marten, women accounted...
Awards, News, Television, Women Writers
The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for its 2017 awards. The eligibility period for the 2017 awards falls between December 1, 2015 and November 30, 2016. The good news is,...
The legendary Vanessa Redgrave has made her directorial debut. The long-time actress helmed “Sea Sorrow,” which stars Emma Thomspson and Ralph Fiennes, and tells the story of “refugees fleeing...
Music, News, Women Writers
The Metropolitan Opera just premiered its first opera composed by a woman in 116 years. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s “L’Amour de Loin” is the first female-written opera to play at the...
News, Theater, Women Writers
Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is heading to Broadway. As Deadline reports, her play “Sweat” will transfer to Studio 54 in March after a successful run at The Public Theater. The play...
News, Television, Women Writers
“Good Girls Revolt” has been cancelled by Amazon, but there’s still hope for the female-centric series. “Producer Sony Pictures Television has big plans for a sophomore season of the...
Awards, Films, News, Women Directors
Andrea Arnold and “American Honey” won big at the British Independent Film Awards over the weekend. It took home four awards total, including Best British Independent Film. “American Honey”...
Elizabeth Banks is continuing her TV takeover. As Variety reports, Banks has a number of projects in the works, and has just optioned the feminist book “Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman” with the...
Comedy, Films, News, Women Directors
Amy Schumer is bringing the world’s most famous doll to the big screen. The “Trainwreck” star and screenwriter is in negotiations to play Barbie in a live-action Sony Pictures film based on...
Julie Delpy has booked her next gig. The screenwriter, director, and actress is moving forward with a project that she’s been working on for over 20 years, “My Zoe.” She’ll write, direct,...
Films, News, Television, Women Writers
Hey female screenwriters of New York City! Grab your pens and keyboards. The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and Brooklyn College’s Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema have announced...
Regina King is taking her television dominance to Netflix. As THR reports, King has signed on to star in the streaming network’s crime drama “Seven Seconds.” The series comes from “The...
Again?!? In today’s case of “Are you fucking kidding me?” yet another guy with absolutely zero directing experience may be tapped to helm a franchise film, and a female-centric one...
“Toni Erdmann” “Toni Erdmann” continues to rack up honors. Maren Ade’s Cannes hit came in at number one on Sight & Sound’s prestigious annual critics’ poll. The UK Magazine asked...
Festivals, Films, News
The love for “Hidden Figures” continues. It has just been announced that the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the cast of “Hidden Figures” with the Ensemble...
A drama called “High Wire” is now in the works at Fox from from Kathleen “Bird” York (“The West Wing”) and producer Cary Brokaw (“Angels in America”), Deadline reports. Written by...
Books, Films, News, Women Directors
“The Merciless” is one step closer to terrifying audiences on the big screen. Hannah Macpherson is in “final talks” to helm Lionsgate’s adaptation of Danielle Vega’s 2014 horror novel of...
Features, News, Television
I guess it’s true what they say. You can’t go back to Stars Hollow again. I’ll admit, this is one I’ve been looking forward to maybe a little too much. Ever since it was announced that Amy...
Music, News, Television
“Nashville” is back and as action-packed as ever. CMT has released the first full trailer for the series’ upcoming fifth season, and the footage leaves no doubt that the new episodes will...
Features, Films, News
Growing up can often feel like you’re living in a fantasy realm, and Swedish director Alexandra-Therese Keining aims to capture that feeling in “Girls Lost.” Based on the controversial and...
Features, Films, News, Women Directors, Women Writers
“Hidden Figures” ‘Tis the holiday movie season once more, Women and Hollywood readers! This is the time of year to escape designated family time by going to your local theater and choosing from...
Festivals, Films, News, Television, Women Directors
The Athena Film Festival has announced that Amazon Studios will sponsor the 2017 Athena List, a slate of three to five screenplays that have yet to be produced that showcase female leadership or...
Variety has announced their selections for the 20th anniversary of the 10 Directors to Watch series, and sadly only two of their eleven choices are women. (While the list is 10 Directors to Watch,...
Nicole Kidman will receive the International Star Award at the 28th Annual Palm Springs Film Festival this year. The fest is set for January 2–16, 2017. “One of the world’s most luminous and...
Anna Foerster has booked another directing gig months before her feature directorial debut, “Underworld: Blood Wars,” hits theaters. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” helmer J.J. Abrams has...
The hot streak continues for “Appropriate Behavior” writer-director-star Desiree Akhavan. Deadline reports that she’s been tapped to helm “Adam,” an adaptation of Ariel Schrag’s 2012...
The National Board of Review announced its choices for its annual film honors yesterday. Amy Adams was named Best Actress for her role in the heady sci-fi film “Arrival.” Adams and the film are...
Jodie Foster has signed on to star in the sci-fi film “Hotel Artemis,” THR writes. She’ll play a character called “The Nurse,” in the “near-future thriller that is set in its own...
Films, News, Women Directors, Women Writers
“Things to Come” doesn’t hit U.S. theaters until this Friday, but writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve’s follow-up to the film is already taking shape. The cast for her next project, “Maya,”...
Books, Films, News, Women Writers
“Carol” screenwriter Phyllis Nagy has signed on to adapt Patricia Cornwell’s untitled Kay Scarpetta film for Fox 2000, THR writes. The character has appeared in two-dozen bestselling books,...
Fresh off the success of her latest and highest grossing film, “Certain Women,” director Kelly Reichardt has announced her next project. As The LA Times reports, her next film is “a...
Maren Ade’s “Toni Erdmann” has won the Lux Film Prize, the annual film honor handed out by the European Parliament, THR reports. The award goes to a film that contributes to the “debate and...
HBO has finally confirmed a premiere date for “Big Little Lies,” their seven-episode, star-studded limited series based on Liane Moriarty’s 2014 bestselling novel of the same name. The hotly...
Awards, Films, News, Television, Women Directors
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” was named Breakthrough Series — Long Form at the annual IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards, held last night in NY. Created by Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna,...
Films, News, Television, Trailers
Who knew that what we were lacking in our lives was an Idina Menzel version of “Wind Beneath My Wings”? Thanks to the new trailer for Lifetime’s remake of “Beaches,” we now realize the...
News, Theater, Women Directors
Tony winner Marianne Elliott’s new company is giving the Sondheim musical “Company” a twist by gender swapping the main character. According to The New York Times, Elliott’s new company,...
“Happy Valley” won’t return for its third season for at least a year, but Sally Wainwright, the show’s creator, is keeping busy. The writer and director isn’t penning the third installment...
Features, Films, News, Television, Women Directors
Speaking at the Screen Film Summit, Screen Daily reports, “The Night Manager” director Susanne Bier dove into the perceptions of female directors in Hollywood. One of the biggest topics she...
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