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Sundance 2017 to Host World Premieres of Films by Barbara Kopple, Dee Rees, & More
The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled more of its 2017 slate. The Park City, Utah-based fest will host World Premieres of films by Oscar winner Barbara Kopple, Lucy Walker, Dee Rees,...
Vanessa Redgrave Makes Directorial Debut with “Sea Sorrow”
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...
Metropolitan Opera Premieres First Opera Composed By a Woman in 116 Years
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...
Lynn Nottage to Make Broadway Debut with “Sweat”
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...
Save “Good Girls Revolt”
“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...
Andrea Arnold’s “American Honey” Wins Big at British Independent Film Awards
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 Options Lindy West’s “Shrill” For Television
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...
Amy Schumer to Write and Star in “Barbie” for a Woman Director
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 to Write, Direct, and Star in Family Drama “My Zoe”
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,...
Made in NY Launches Scriptwriting Contest for Women
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 to Star in Veena Sud’s “Seven Seconds” for Netflix
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...
Weekly Update for December 2: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“Jackie” Films About Women Opening This Week Jackie “Jackie” is a searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of...
Dudeocracy Alert: Female “21 Jump Street” Written and Possibly Directed by Dude
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...
Maren Ade’s “Toni Erdmann” Tops Sight & Sound’s Critics’ Poll and Makes History
“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...
“Hidden Figures” to Receive Ensemble Performance Award At Palm Springs Fest
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...
Trailer Watch: Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman Tell “Big Little Lies”
When someone asks “Exactly how psychotic do you think I am?” you’re probably better off not giving an answer. The first full trailer has been released for “Big Little Lies,” HBO’s...
Circus-Themed “High Wire” in the Works at Fox From Kathleen York
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...
Hannah Macpherson to Direct Adaption of “The Merciless” for Lionsgate
“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...
Gilmore? Gil-less: Was “Gilmore Girls” Always Like This?
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...
Trailer Watch: “Nashville” Season 5 Hints at Disaster, Heartbreak, and New Love
“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...
Watch: “Girls Lost” Mixes Gender, Adolescence, and Supernatural Powers
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...
December 2016 Film Preview
“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...
Sundance 2017 Competition Lineup Revealed, 36% of Films Women-Directed
“Casting JonBenet”: Sundance Sundance has revealed the competition lineup for the 2017 edition of the fest, to be held in Park City, Utah January 19–29. Of the 56 films that have been announced...
Amazon Studios to Sponsor the 2017 Athena Film Festival’s Athena List
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’s 10 Directors to Watch Only Includes Two Women
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,...
Putting it All Out in the Open: Crowdfunding Picks
“Netizens” A lot of social and cultural issues stem from those in power refusing to acknowledge the elephant in the room. In our crowdfunding picks, two documentaries delve into topics that are...
Nicole Kidman Honored with Palm Springs Film Festival International Star Award
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...
“Room” to be Adapted for the Stage
“Room” is moving from the page to the big screen to the theater. A stage production based on Emma Donoghue’s best-selling, award-winning novel is set to open in London next year, and will be...
Anna Foerster to Direct Thriller “Lou” for Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams
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...
“Appropriate Behavior’s” Desiree Akhavan to Direct Adaption of “Adam”
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...
“Hidden Figures,” “Cameraperson,” & More Win National Board of Review Honors
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 to Star in Sci-Fi “Hotel Artemis” Directed By Unqualified Dude
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...
Mia Hansen-Løve to Direct Juliette Binoche in “Maya”
“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,”...
“Carol” Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy to Adapt Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta Film
“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,...
Kelly Reichardt Announces Next Film
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...
“Toni Erdmann” Wins European Lux Film Prize
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...
“Big Little Lies” Gets Premiere Date on HBO
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...
Alia Shawkat Is Awesome. So Why Has “State of Grace” Been All but Forgotten?
Alia Shawkat is killing it on “Search Party,” the new dramedy on TBS. The series centers on a confused twentysomething, Dory (Shawkat), and her obsession with a missing acquaintance from college....
Gotham Award Winners: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” Isabelle Huppert, and More
“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,...
Trailer Watch: Grab a Tissue for Lifetime’s “Beaches”
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...
Sondheim’s “Company” Getting Gender Swapped by Marianne Elliott
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” Creator Sally Wainwright to Pen BBC Series About Anne Lister
“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...
Quote of the Day: Susanne Bier on the Lingering Threat of “a Female Vision”
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...
Oscars 2016: 20 Shorts Move Forward, and Only 2 of Them Are Directed by Women
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 live action shorts and 10 animated shorts that will advance on the road to the Oscars. Zero women directors made the cut for live...
Trailer Watch: Dorothy’s Not in Kansas Anymore in NBC’s “Emerald City”
There’s no doubt that HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones” has had a big influence on television and created an interest in more fantastical fare. The latest new series to seemingly take the...
“Southwest of Salem” Helps Exonerate Four Wrongfully Convicted Women
Nearly 20 years after being wrongfully convicted for a crime they didn’t commit, the San Antonio Four have been declared innocent. Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh, and Anna...
Anne Rice is Bringing “The Vampire Chronicles” to TV
Before “Buffy,” “Twilight,” and “The Vampire Diaries,” there was “The Vampire Chronicles,” Anne Rice’s book series that included “Interview with the Vampire,” the source...
Michelle Yeoh Joins the “Star Trek: Discovery” Crew
The new and upcoming Star Trek series, “Star Trek: Discovery,” has added a new cast member, and we couldn’t be more excited about this addition to the cast. As THR reports, Michelle Yeoh will...
Inner Lives: November 2016’s VOD and Web Series Picks
“Bwitches” It’s no secret that women lead rich, inner lives. From keeping their true selves secret from the public eye, to private struggles with illness, this month’s choices on VOD and the...
Ellen DeGeneres, Cicely Tyson, and Diana Ross Among Medal of Freedom Winners
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres, actress Cicely Tyson, and singer Diana Ross were among the 21 recipients honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday. As Variety describes, the “prestigious...
Maria Turtschaninoff’s Feminist Fantasy Novel “Maresi” Being Developed into Film
“Maresi” is headed to the big screen, Variety reports. The film rights to the feminist fantasy novel have been optioned by Film4, the London-based company behind Andrea Arnold’s “American...