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National Geographic Doc “The Cave” to Spotlight Women-Run Underground Hospital in Syria
National Geographic will pay tribute to unsung heroes working tirelessly to save lives in war-torn Syria. A press release announced that its documentary unit will release “The Cave,”...
Susan Johnson to Direct a Fairy Tale for Disney+
Susan Johnson set millions of viewers’ hearts aflutter with Netflix’s “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” and now she’ll set their imaginations ablaze. The...
A Pic About Corey Rae, the First Openly Trans Prom Queen, Is in the Works
A prom story told from a trans perspective is on the way. According to Deadline, Red Crown Productions is working on a film about Corey Rae, an activist and model who became the world’s first...
Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Play a Trailblazing Nurse in “Seacole”
Gugu Mbatha-Raw just played a woman with superpowers in Julia Hart’s “Fast Color” and now she’ll portray a real-life hero. The “Wrinkle in Time” actress is set to...
Trailer Watch: Everyone’s Struggling to Move On in “Orange Is the New Black’s” Final Season
The previous season of “Orange Is the New Black” left off with several characters on the brink of major change. Piper (Taylor Schilling) and Sophia (Laverne Cox) were released from...
How Women Showrunners Are Changing TV
This year seven trailblazing series led by women come to an end. Each one — “Jane the Virgin,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Broad...
Maisie Williams Goes on the Lam in “Two Weeks To Live”
As Arya Stark, Maisie Williams spent a lot of time hunting down those who made the mistake of wronging her and her family. Now she’s the one being hunted, though she’s not without a few...
EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir – “The Deposit”
Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir is a director, writer, and producer. Her films have screened at film festivals around the world. Two of her documentaries were nominated for Best Documentary by the...
WIF LA & Pepperdine University to Boost Funding for Women-Run Businesses in Film Industry
Women In Film, Los Angeles (WIF LA) and Pepperdine University are working together to address the entertainment industry’s gender gap in business funding. A press release has announced that the...
Keeley Hawes to Play a Detective in ITV’s “Honour”
Keeley Hawes won’t be standing behind a bodyguard in her next gig. The “Bodyguard” actress will take center stage as a detective in ITV crime drama “Honour.” Deadline...
Rachel Brosnahan Signs First-Look Deal with Amazon Studios
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is just the beginning of Rachel Brosnahan’s career at Amazon. The Emmy-winning actress has inked a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, Deadline reports....
Viola Davis to Star in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Viola Davis won an Oscar for her performance in 2016’s “Fences,” an adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. The “How to Get Away with...
Trailer Watch: Naomie Harris Uncovers Police Corruption in “Black and Blue”
“You think you’re black? You think they’re your people? Well, they’re not. We are,” a rookie cop is told by a fellow officer in a new trailer for “Black and...
Allison Schroeder to Write “Minecraft” Movie
Allison Schroeder is taking “Minecraft” to the screen. The Oscar-nominated “Hidden Figures” screenwriter has been tapped to pen Warner Bros.’ adaptation of the wildly...
EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Susanne Heinrich – “Aren’t You Happy?”
Susanne Heinrich is a German filmmaker and author. She published four books between the ages of 19 and 25 and was nominated for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. Following her first short film,...
Writer to Watch: Grace Nkenge Edwards of “Insecure” and MTV’s New “Daria” Spinoff
Grace Nkenge Edwards has a long-standing love of comedy. Born in Guyana, South America, and raised in Michigan, the “Insecure” writer received a BFA in Acting from the University of...
EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Sasha Collington – “Love Type D”
Sasha Collington is an alumnus of the Binger Writers Lab and the Berlinale Talent Campus. She was one of four writers to win the inaugural Betty Box and Peter Rogers Comedy Writing Award for her...
Constance Wu to Topline and Exec Produce “Goodbye, Vitamin” Adaptation for Universal
“Crazy Rich Asians” breakout Constance Wu is set to topline another high profile adaptation of a novel. She’ll star in and exec produce “Goodbye, Vitamin” for Universal...
Ann Sarnoff Appointed CEO of Warner Bros., Becomes First Woman to Head the Studio
The home of “Wonder Woman” will, fittingly, soon have a female CEO. BBC Studios Americas president Ann Sarnoff has been named Warner Bros.’ next CEO, Variety reports. When she takes...
Six Critics Orgs Join Forces to Promote Women, POC, and LGBTQ Voices in Film Journalism
Six national critics organizations are forming a coalition in order to champion marginalized voices in entertainment journalism. According to a press release, Critics Groups for Equality in Media...
Lucrecia Martel Named Venice Jury President
Lucrecia Martel will serve as president of the jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Variety confirms. The Argentinian filmmaker’s last feature, “Zama,” premiered at the 2017...
Trailer Watch: A First Date Goes Sideways in Lena Waithe & Melina Matsoukas’ “Queen & Slim”
Queen and Slim’s first date seems to be going pretty well, even if starts off a bit shakily. Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith, “Nightflyers”) decided to go out with Slim (Daniel Kaluuya,...
EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Greta Bellamacina – “Hurt By Paradise”
Greta Bellamacina is an actress, filmmaker, and poet. She was born in London and made her acting debut in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” at the age of thirteen. She trained at The...
Jill Soloway Will Direct “Red Sonja”
“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway is seizing the reins of “Red Sonja.” They are taking over directing duties of Millennium Film’s long-gestating comic adaptation from...
“Wild Rose” Screenwriter Nicole Taylor on Country Music & Crafting Mother-Daughter Stories
Screenwriter Nicole Taylor hails from Glasgow, where her new film “Wild Rose” takes place. A huge fan of country music, her film, directed by Tom Harper, is about a burgeoning country singer...
Weekly Update for June 21: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Endzeit – Ever After – Directed by Carolina Hellsgård; Written by Olivia Vieweg (Opens in NY; Opens in LA June 28) A zombie apocalypse provides the backdrop for...
EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Ruth Platt – “The Black Forest”
Ruth Platt co-created a theater company which was nominated twice for Time Out Critics Choice runs. Her short film featuring Maxine Peake, “The Heart Fails Without Warning.” was selected...
Trailer Watch: Jessie Buckley Sings Her Heart Out in “Wild Rose”
A new trailer for “Wild Rose” kicks off with aspiring country singer Rose-Lynn (Jessie Buckley) paying tribute to her hometown. “There’s no place like home,” she belts...
Female Biker Drama “Black Mambas” in Development at BET Networks
“Rebel” creator Amani Walker has a female-led biker series in development at BET Networks. Deadline broke the news. Titled “Black Mambas,” the one-hour New Orleans-set drama...
Emily Dean to Make Feature Directorial Debut with Sony Pictures Animation’s “Tao”
After a decade spent working as a storyboard artist on pics such as “The Lego Batman Movie” and “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part,” Emily Dean is set to make her feature...
Quote of the Day: “Pose” Writer-Director Janet Mock Wants Her Work to “Shatter Stigma”
Janet Mock has blazed trails as the first trans woman of color to write and direct a TV ep and the first out trans woman to ink a multimillion-dollar deal with a major content company. But the...
Trailer Watch: A Teen Seeks Answers About a Night She Can’t Remember in Pippa Bianco’s “Share”
“Do you have an image from that night?” 16-year-old Mandy (Rhianne Barreto, “Hanna”) is asked in a new trailer for “Share.” The highschooler can’t remember...
Katee Sackhoff-Starrer “Another Life” Sets Netflix Premiere Date
Starbuck is heading back to space. “Battlestar Galactica” alumna Katee Sackhoff’s upcoming Netflix sci-fi series, “Another Life,” has set a premiere date. The...
Elizabeth Banks Will Be the First Woman Director to Receive Pioneer of the Year Award
Elizabeth Banks is breaking another boundary. The mogul will be the first woman director to be honored with the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s (WRMPPF) Pioneer of the Year...
Andrea Savage’s “I’m Sorry” Renewed for a Third Season
Andrea Savage is going to apologize for at least another year. “I’m Sorry,” the TruTV comedy she created, executive produces, and toplines, has been renewed for a third season set...
Rosamund Pike to Topline TV Adaptation of “The Wheel of Time” for Amazon
Rosamund Pike is switching gears from the harsh realities of battle to a fantasy epic. The Oscar nominee, who most recently played war correspondent Marie Colvin in “A Private War,” will...
Rachel Morrison to Make Feature Directorial Debut with Boxing Drama “Flint Strong”
A history-making cinematographer is set to make her feature directorial debut. Rachel Morrison, who became the first female DP to score an Oscar nod, will helm “Flint Strong” for...
Laugh It Off: Crowdfunding Picks
Comedy has long been a vehicle to talk about the issues plaguing society. From projects like podcast-turned-HBO series “2 Dope Queens” to favorites like “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,”...
Niecy Nash Joins the Cast of “Kidnapped: The Kamiyah Mobley Story” Lifetime Movie
Niecy Nash has signed on to the first movie greenlit by Lifetime under Robin Roberts’ movie and documentary banner. The “Claws” actress will star in “Kidnapped: The Kamiyah...
2019 Kilroys List Spotlights 33 Plays from Women, Trans, & Nonbinary Writers
Feminist theater collective The Kilroys has unveiled The List 2019, a collection of 33 un-produced or underproduced plays written by women and trans and non-binary playwrights. The Kilroys describes...
UK Channel ITV Will No Longer Commission Comedy Shows from All-Male Writing Teams
ITV head of comedy Saskia Schuster is working to correct the wide gender gap among her department’s scribes. BBC confirms the UK channel is banning comedy series penned by all-male writing...
Janet Mock Makes History with Overall Netflix Deal
Janet Mock is making history again. In 2018, the trailblazer co-wrote and directed an episode of “Pose,” making her the first trans woman of color to write and direct a TV ep. Now she’s...
Emma Westenberg to Direct MGM’s “Buffalo Flats”
Emma Westenberg will follow up her vulva-themed, Grammy-nominated collaboration with Janelle Monáe with her first studio feature. The “Pynk” music video director has been tapped to helm...
Guest Post: What I Learned From Revisiting My 1984 Documentary “Before Stonewall”
Guest Post by Greta Schiller “Before Stonewall” traces the making of America’s lesbian and gay community from the turn of the century to the Stonewall Riots. I never imagined the...
Number of Women Directors, Writers, & More at U.S. Film Fests Reaches Historic High
The number of women at film festivals such as SXSW, Tribeca, and AFI Fest is reaching a critical mass. Dr. Martha M. Lauzen and the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film have published...
Lisa Kudrow to Voice Title Character in Fox’s “Therapy Dog”
Smelly Cat, meet Therapy Dog. “Friends” alumna Lisa Kudrow is set to voice the title character in Fox animated presentation “Therapy Dog.” Deadline confirmed the news. Penned...
Dee Rees Will Write and Direct Musical Fantasy “The Kyd’s Exquisite Follies”
“Mudbound” helmer Dee Rees is collaborating with Santigold on her next project. Rees has signed on to direct musical fantasy “The Kyd’s Exquisite Follies,” based on her own...
“Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins” Acquired by Magnolia
Janice Engel’s award-winning tribute to Molly Ivins has secured North American distribution. Deadline reports that Magnolia acquired rights to Sundance doc “Raise Hell: The Life &...
Trailer Watch: “GLOW” Takes Off on the Vegas Strip in Season 3
Zoya the Destroyer, Liberty Belle, Machu Picchu, and the rest of the “GLOW” gang make their mark on the Vegas strip in Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Netflix series. A new trailer...
Aisling Walsh to Direct BBC Adaptation of “Elizabeth Is Missing” Starring Glenda Jackson
Aisling Walsh will follow up “Maudie” with a BBC One adaptation of “Elizabeth Is Missing.” Based on Emma Healey’s 2014 mystery novel of the same name, the one-off...
Trailer Watch: Kristen Bell Returns to Neptune in “Veronica Mars” Season 4
Neptune, California hasn’t seen the last of Veronica Mars. “I spent my first 19 years trying to escape my hometown. Made it out, then after a decade away, decided it needed me, and I...