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Andrea Riseborough Creates Production Company to Support Women in the Industry
Looks like hanging out with Billie Jean King made a mark on Andrea Riseborough. The “Battle of the Sexes” actress is speaking out against sexism in her industry and taking a stand by...
The Orchard Snags “Susanne Bartsch: On Top”
A doc about New York City’s “patron saint of transformation and inclusion” is heading to theaters. The Orchard has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Susanne Bartsch: On...
Tonya Harding Doc “Sharp Edges” Acquired by Neon
Tonya Harding’s story is coming back to the big screen. Neon snagged three Oscar nods for “I, Tonya” this year, and is looking to capitalize on the success of the Margot...
Lily James to Co-Star with Gillian Anderson in “All About Eve” Stage Adaptation
A Hollywood classic is heading to London’s West End and Cinderella is going along for the journey. Lily James has signed on to star in a reimagined version of “All About Eve” with...
“Claws” Renewed for Season 3
Celebratory mani-pedis are in order. Deadline confirms the nail salon-set crime dramedy “Claws” has received a Season 3 renewal at TNT, following an impressive ratings showcase in its...
Submit Now: “The Spy Who Dumped Me” Female Storyteller Contest
Attention female filmmakers with “meaningful, heartfelt, and hilarious stories” you want to share with the world: a new contest is inviting you to share your stories about “enduring...
Susanne Bier’s “A Second Chance” Secures Theatrical Release in the U.S.
U.S. audiences are finally getting the chance to see “A Second Chance” in theaters. Susanne Bier’s kidnapping drama debuted at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival and was released in...
Trailer Watch: Career Day Goes Awry in Judy Greer’s “A Happening of Monumental Proportions”
Career Day is shaping up to be a super memorable affair in a new trailer for “A Happening of Monumental Proportions.” Set in an elementary school, Judy Greer’s directorial debut...
Kamil Oshundara Joins Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Prods. as Cultural Exec
Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions has made an unusual but very valuable hire. According to The Hollywood Reporter, activist and scholar Kamil Oshundara will serve as cultural executive at...
Maria Melnik to Adapt Superhero Comic “Faith”
As amazing as it is to see women like Gal Gadot, Scarlett Johansson, and Tessa Thompson lighting up the big screen in superhero pics, the genre is sorely lacking in female characters who can’t...
Jane Fonda Donates Collection of Films, Letters, & More to Smith College
Smith College’s Sophia Smith Collection — an archive “of the history of women changing the world” — has received its latest donation from a Hollywood and feminist icon....
Trailer Watch: Patty Jenkins Investigates Hollywood’s Dark Secrets in “I Am the Night”
Patty Jenkins latest project has a trailer and a new title. Formerly known as “One Day She’ll Darken,” “I Am the Night” is a noir series that digs into some of...
Nicole Amber Maines to Star in LGBTQ Vampire Story “Bit”
Intersectional vampires are lurking just around the corner. Best known for the HBO documentary “The Trans List” and being the subject of the New York Times bestselling book...
Trailer Watch: Rose Byrne Falls for Her Boyfriend’s Hero in “Juliet, Naked”
“I may look like a nice English lady in a sensible cardigan, but these days it’s a thin veneer and it’s starting to crack,” says Rose Byrne in a new trailer for “Juliet,...
July 2018 Film Preview
By Beandrea July and Sophie Willard While the summer is often associated with big budget films, like the “Mamma Mia!” sequel (July 20), this July is defying expectations by releasing a...
Shana Feste Writing and Directing Feminist Horror Pic “Run Sweetheart Run”
Shana Feste is making her horror debut. The writer-director will follow up father-daughter dramedy “Boundaries” with “Run Sweetheart Run,” a feminist horror-thriller about a...
Trailer Watch: Emily Mortimer Fights to Keep Her Business Open in “The Bookshop”
Emily Mortimer refuses to kowtow to Patricia Clarkson in a new trailer for “The Bookshop.” “You have to succeed if you give everything you have,” says Florence (Mortimer). And...
Weekly Update for June 29: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING THIS WEEK Woman Walks Ahead – Directed by Susanna White (Also Available on DirecTV) Based on true events, “Woman Walks Ahead” tells the story of...
Three Women-Created YA Pilots in the Works at Amazon
Amazon Studios has given the green light to three YA pilots from women. As Deadline reports, the projects are “Panic” from Lauren Oliver, “The Wilds” from Sarah Streicher,...
Greta Gerwig May Direct “Little Women,” Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan Circling
Greta Gerwig may be following up her new classic “Lady Bird” with an old classic. The Oscar-nominated helmer is eyeing “Little Women” as her next directing job, Variety...
Sign Up Now: #TimesUp Creates a Database of Critics and Entertainment Reporters
#TimesUp is taking on the world of film criticism. “Together we aspire to bring together a broader collective of entertainment critics [and] writers, each of whom are dedicated to the art of...
All-Female Ambulance Corps Doc “93Queen” Goes to Abramorama
It won’t be long before audiences are introduced to the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in the United States. Abramorama has acquired U.S. and Canadian theatrical rights to...
CAA Launches Database of TV Writers of Color
A recent Diversity Report from UCLA found that people of color accounted for just 7.1 percent of creators on broadcast scripted shows and 7.3 percent of creators on cable scripted shows in the...
Trailer Watch: Lily James Reports on “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”
For Juliet, writing is the “perfect job.” She gets to sit indoors and is “always near a teapot.” But the free spirit is desperate to write about “something...
Trailer Watch: An Iconic Makeup Artist Is Remembered in “Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story”
Cher, Isabella Rossellini, and Naomi Campbell are just a few of those singing the praises of Kevyn Aucoin in a new trailer for a doc about the iconic makeup artist. Described as the “sweetest,...
Theater: Maisie Williams Lines Up First Play, Glenda Jackson to Star in “King Lear”
Maisie Williams and Glenda Jackson are both taking to the stage. “Game of Thrones” star and theater newbie Williams will make her drama debut in Lauren Gunderson’s “I And...
Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashley Judd, and More Discuss the Aftermath of #MeToo
A lot has changed since the #MeToo movement took force last fall. Many sexual harassment and abuse survivors are feeling more confident in speaking out. And many predators are facing consequences....
The Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces Program Celebrating Female Cinematographers
Women accounted for just four percent of cinematographers working on the 250 top-grossing films of 2017. As depressing as that number is, it’s important to note that one of those films was...
Abigail Disney’s Level Forward Financing Hollywood Misconduct Database
This winter Abigail Disney and Killer Content launched Level Forward, a startup studio boosting projects from women and people of color. Five months after that announcement comes word that Disney...
Teaser Watch: All Hell Breaks Loose in Salem in “Assassination Nation”
“You may think that I’m exaggerating, but this is the story of how my town Salem lost its motherfucking mind,” says Lily (Odessa Young, “High Life”) in a new red-band...
Christine Lahti to Play Gloria Steinem in Interactive Off Broadway Show
Christine Lahti is stepping into Gloria Steinem’s shoes, and you just might get a chance to chat with her while she’s in character. The Emmy-winning actress has signed on to star in...
Under the Radar: Motherhood Meets Magical Realism in Brazilian Fairy Tale “Good Manners”
Unsurprisingly for a film infused with magical realism, “Good Manners” was first conceived in a state of sleep: “the original image came from a dream of [co-director Marco Dutra’s]: two women...
Trailer Watch: Barbara Loden Leaves Her Domestic Prison Behind in “Wanda”
“Wanda” is back. The influential 1970 portrait of a housewife experiencing an existential crisis has been newly restored and will return to theaters in a limited run. Written, directed,...
Queen Latifah to EP Travel Docuseries About Women Comedians
Queen Latifah is pivoting from one “Girls Trip” to another. The multi-hyphenate is executive producing a documentary series following female comedians and their globe-trotting adventures....
Emma Thompson and Paul Feig Team Up for Christmas Romance
In what sounds like a creative match made in heaven, Emma Thompson and Paul Feig are joining forces. Universal Pictures has acquired a script from the Oscar-winning actress and writer and Feig is...
Trailer Watch: The Lines Between Reality and Art Blur in “Madeline’s Madeline”
“’Madeline’s Madeline’ is about a young woman whose interior life is so big and glorious that it can eat anyone,” writer-director Josephine Decker told us before the...
“L.A.’s Finest” Officially Ordered to Series By Charter Communications
Following a roller coaster development ride, “L.A.’s Finest” has been ordered to series. Charter Communications gave a 13-episode straight-to-series order to the “Bad...
Watch: Rashida Jones Directs #TimesUp Anti-Harassment PSA
“Has the current wave of sexual allegations left you scared, confused, maybe a little angry?” asks “Atlanta” star and creator Donald Glover in a new PSA for #TimesUp....
YouTube Premium Orders Comedy About the Birth of a Female Friendship
A platonic love story is headed to YouTube Premium. Variety reports that the streaming service snagged a half-hour comedy series from AwesomenessTV that charts the birth of a female...
Choreographer Gillian Lynne Gets Theater Named in Her Honor, Makes History
Gillian Lynne just made history in style. The choreographer has become the first woman to have a theater named after her in the West End, The Guardian reports. In truly theatrical fashion, she was...
Academy Invites 928 New Members, 49% Are Women and 38% POC
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited a record 928 people to join its ranks. As Variety reports, the Academy’s list of invitees has been growing steadily for three years....
Kirsten Dunst-Led “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” Lands Series Order from YouTube Premium
Kirsten Dunst is officially returning to the small screen. She’ll follow up her Emmy-nominated role in FX’s “Fargo” with “On Becoming a God in Central Florida,” a...
Rebel Wilson to Star in and Produce Adaptation of “Black Mirror”-esque Comic “Crowded”
Fat Amy is embarking on a life-or-death mission. Rebel Wilson has optioned the rights to “Crowded,” an upcoming Image Comics book, with plans to develop and produce the project. The...
Emma Dumont to Topline “Razor” Adaptation
Emma Dumont is about to gain a whole new set of superpowers. Best known for playing Polaris on Fox’s “X-Men”-inspired series “The Gifted,” the actress has signed on to...
Trailer Watch: An Aspiring DJ Lives in Minsk But Dreams of Chicago in “Crystal Swan”
Twenty-two-year-old Evelina (Alina Nasibullina), also known as Velya, is a law school grad who enjoys living in her native Minsk, Belarus. But, as Velya proudly announces in a trailer for...
Bruna Papandrea Is Bringing Jessica Knoll’s “The Favorite Sister” to TV
Jessica Knoll’s novel “The Favorite Sister” is getting a television adaptation. “Big Littles Lies” producer Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories obtained the rights...
Trailer Watch: Teresa Palmer Unlocks the Magic in Her Blood in “A Discovery of Witches”
“Once the world was full of wonders. But it belongs to humans now,” a 1,500 year-old vampire explains in a new trailer for “A Discovery of Witches.” “We have all but...
Toni Collette, Lisa Cholodenko, and More Join Netflix’s “Unbelievable Story of Rape”
Netflix limited series “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” has lined up a cast and director. The Hollywood Reporter confirms Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever will star in the...
Korean-American Superheroine Pic “Silk” in the Works at Sony, Amy Pascal Producing
Cindy Moon could be getting her own movie. Deadline reports a pic centering on the Marvel character, aka Silk, is in early development at Sony and Amy Pascal’s Pascal Pictures. Created by Dan...
MoMA Series to Highlight Emerging Women Directors
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is working toward “a brighter, more inclusive future in which cinema can more accurately reflect the world around us,” according to a press release. With...
Trailer Watch: A Friend’s Murder Spurs Amandla Stenberg to Activism in “The Hate U Give”
Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) loves her family and her neighborhood, Garden Heights. She goes to predominantly white high school, but is fine with being the non-“ghetto” “Starr,...