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Stage 32 and PGA Women’s Impact Network Launch Pitching Event for Female-Centric Scripts
Female protagonists at the movie theater are becoming an endangered species. To help tell more relevant and interesting stories to girls and women — an audience that has proven itself loyal...
Abigail Breslin to Pen Essay Collection of Advice and Personal Stories
Abigail Breslin will become the latest celebrity to write a collection of nonfiction essays. Based on her Tumblr, “This May Sound Crazy” will include personal stories and advice to readers....
Trailer Watch: Melissa McCarthy Faces Off Against Rose Byrne in New Spot for ‘Spy’
‘Outlander,’ Back and Better than the Books
Quote of the Day: Lupita Nyong’o on Her Sense of Responsibility to Speak Out
Lupita Nyong’o appears on next month’s cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK, and the Oscar-winning actress used to occasion to speak out about, well, why she speaks out. “I don’t feel like the...
‘Apartment Troubles’ Directors/Stars Jennifer Prediger & Jess Weixler on Making a Film With a New BFF
Jennifer Prediger and Jess Weixler’s directorial debut “Apartment Troubles” follows the trials and tribulations of co-dependentroommates Olivia (Prediger) and Nicole (Weixler), who find...
Michelle Pfeiffer, Katie Couric, ‘Murphy Brown’ Creator Diane English Pitching Comedy About TV News
The dream team of Michelle Pfeiffer, Katie Couric, and “Murphy Brown” creator Diane English is currently shopping around a comedy series about the morning TV news business. Based on Couric’s...
Kristen Wiig to Star in Lifetime Parody ‘A Deadly Adoption’ (UPDATED)
Patricia Arquette to Pen Memoir About Her Career and Single Motherhood
Oscar winner Patricia Arquette is set to write a memoir for Random House. According to the press release, the book will focus on Arquette’s atypical family, which includes a father who converted...
Trailer Watch: Amy Winehouse Contemplates Fame in First Teaser for Doc About the Late Singer
‘Apartment Troubles’ Directors/Stars Jennifer Prediger & Jess Weixler on Making a Film With a New BFF
Jennifer Prediger and Jess Weixler’s directorial debut "Apartment Troubles" follows the trials and tribulations of co-dependent roommates Olivia (Prediger) and Nicole (Weixler), who...
Lisbeth Salander to Live on in New ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Book
A fourth “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” novel will be published on August 27. Lisbeth Salander, the anti-social hacker-heroine created by deceased Swedish author Stieg Larsson, will make her...
Quote of the Day: Michelle Rodriguez: “I Can’t Be the Slut, I Cannot Be Just the girlfriend”
Michelle Rodriguez recently made some fans unhappy when she spoke out against race-blind casting in superhero movies. “It’s so stupid,” she said. “Stop stealing all the white people’s...
Anne Frank’s Life Retold Through Hallucinogenic Animation in New Film (IMAGES)
Anne Frank’s story has been told countless times, but never quite like in Ari Folman’s upcoming animated film. The Israeli director of “The Congress” and the Oscar-nominated “Waltz with...
Debbie Tucker Green to Co-Write Steve McQueen’s BBC “Epic” Miniseries About Black Britons
The day after “12 Years a Slave” director Steve McQueen announced that he would co-write the female heist thriller “Widows” with “Gone Girl” author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn, he...
April 2015 Film Preview
Summer blockbuster season is just around the corner, but there’s no need to wait until then to see a great movie. April brings us a wide variety of women-centric projects, as well as quite a few...
‘Fancy Nancy’ Adaptation Lands at Disney Channel
The children’s book series “Fancy Nancy” will be turned into a TV movie and a weekly series for the Disney Channel. Written by Jane O’Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser,...
Nicole Kidman, Ava DuVernay, Jill Soloway Among Women in Film’s 2015 Crystal + Lucy Awardees
Actresses Nicole Kidman and Kate Mara, writer-directors Ava DuVernay and Jill Soloway, Warner Bros. marketing chief Sue Kroll, and ICM partner Toni Howard have been named the honorees of this...
Trailer Watch: Chilean Miners Fight for Survival in Patricia Riggen’s ‘The 33’
An international trailer has been released for Patricia Riggen’s English-language Chilean mining drama “The 33.” The film is, of course, based on a true event — the 69-day struggle to...
Why Disney’s Live-Action ‘Mulan’ is So Promising
Guest Post: ‘Younger’: From Novel to TV Show in 527 Easy Steps
The following post was originally published in April 2014. “Younger” debuts today at 10 PM on TV Land. Exactly two years ago today, I got an email from my agent Melissa Flashman at Trident...
Watch: “Be Your Own Hero” During Women’s History Month (and Every Other Month)
Kering to Launch ‘Women in Motion’ Awards and Discussion Series at Cannes
Over the years, the Cannes Film Festival has developed a reputation for not including enough women directors. The years 2010 and 2012 saw no female filmmakers in competition, and only one woman...
Angelina Jolie at Kids’ Choice Awards: “Different is Good”
In her first public appearance since penning an op-ed for the New York Times about her medical decision to remove her ovaries, Angelina Jolie revealed more of her struggles while accepting the award...
Keira Knightley: “Where Are the Female Stories? Where Are the [Women] Directors and Writers?”
Keira Knightley has spoken out once again about the adverse consequences of the film industry’s gender-lopsidedness. “Where are the female stories?” she asked rhetorically in a new interview...
Malala Yousafzai Doc ‘He Named Me Malala’ to be Released by Fox Searchlight
Malala Yousafzai is the subject of a new nonfiction portrait by Oscar-winning documentarian Davis Guggenheim (“Waiting for ‘Superman,’” “An Inconvenient Truth”). Yousafzai became the...
Gillian Flynn to Co-Pen Steve McQueen’s Female Heist Thriller ‘Widows’
Novelist and screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) has been tapped to co-pen Steve McQueen’s next film alongside the director. The two will collaborate on the big-screen adaptation of the...
Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep’s ‘Suffragette’ Gets Awards-Friendly Oct. 23 Release Date
“Suffragette” has received an awards-friendly US release date of October 23. Starring Carey Mulligan with Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, and Anne-Marie Duff in supporting roles, the drama...
Trailer Watch: A Small Town Implodes in the US Spot for JK Rowling’s HBO Miniseries ‘Casual Vacancy’
Weekly Update for March 27: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Women and Hollywood Pick of the Week: 52 Tuesdays — Directed and Co-Written by Sophie Hyde (Opening in New York) Sophie Hyde’s ambitious directorial debut...
What I Learned in India, Part 2: Pune and Mumbai
From my latest Forbes post on the second leg of my State Department trip to India as an American Film Showcase envoy: “The young women (and men) we met — as I said, we were meeting lots of...
Saoirse Ronan and Cynthia Nixon’s Kidnapping Drama “Stockholm, Pennsylvania” to Air on Lifetime
In a clear example of how the distribution market is changing everyday, Nikole Beckwith’s Sundance drama “Stockholm, Pennsylvania” has been slated for a run on the Lifetime channel. Starring...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Talks to Produce and Star in ‘Force Majeure’ Remake
National treasure Julia Louis-Dreyfus is planning her big-screen follow-up to “Enough Said.” The actress has been killing it for the past three years on HBO’s “Veep,” of course, which...
Viola Davis and Catalina Sandino Moreno to Star in Big-Screen Legal Drama ‘Custody’
Oscar nominees Viola Davis and Catalina Sandino Moreno are heading to the big screen in the courtroom drama “Custody.” Davis will star as a family-court judge who is deeply affected by one of...
Composer Jeanine Tesori on Her Artistic Process and Rewarding Female Ambition
Cross-posted with permission from The Interval.We want Jeanine Tesori to be our life coach. Really. And not just for the obvious reasons, like that Jeanine holds the most Tony nominations for...
Bullock, Jolie, Lawrence, and McCarthy Among Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Movie Stars
The salaries of Hollywood’s highest paid movie stars have been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, and fortunately the picture being painted is not entirely one of a boys’ club. After surveying...
Cate Blanchett is Unsurprised by Female-Driven Successes, Hollywood’s Pay Gap
Cate Blanchett is optimistic about the future of women in Hollywood. The famously outspoken actress believes that we are closer to achieving gender equality in the movie business — a change...
SXSW Film Head Janet Pierson Puts Her Stamp on the Austin Festival
In 2009, Janet Pierson took over the South by Southwest Film Festival from longtime fest head Matt Dentler, stepping boldly into her new role — but not without a little trepidation. Dentler,...
Sam Taylor-Johnson Exits ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Franchise
After making “Fifty Shades of Grey” Universal’s eighth highest-grossing film ever, director Sam Taylor-Johnson has announced her decision not to return for the bondage-romance sequels. The...
Sutton and the City in ‘Younger’
Trailer Watch: Female Friendship is the Be All and Especially the End All in Melanie Laurent’s ‘Breathe’
Ronit Elkabetz to Serve as President of Cannes’ Critics’ Week
Ronit Elkabetz, the star and co-director of “Gett, The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” will preside over Cannes’ Critics’ Week jury. She follows British filmmaker Andrea Arnold in the position....
Distribution Deals: Milla Jovovich’s “Alchemy,” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Climbing Doc “Meru”
Two action thrillers with women in prominent roles have found distribution. Milla Jovovich’s latest vehicle, about a diplomat on the run after being framed, has been acquired by Alchemy. Set in...
Two New Films About Girls — One a Dystopian Sci-Fi, the Other a Gritty Indie — Announced
Two vastly different films about girls will begin shooting soon. The UK-based Altitude Film Sales will adapt Mike Carey’s bestselling novel “The Girl With All the Gifts,” about a 10-year-old...
Elizabeth Banks Chosen as CinemaCon’s Breakthrough Filmmaker of the Year
Elizabeth Banks, who will make her feature directorial debut with “Pitch Perfect 2,” has been named CinemaCon’s Breakthrough Filmmaker of the Year. CinemaCon is the official convention for...
Singer Robyn Launches Tech Festival for Girls
Swedish dance-pop singer Robyn, best known for her 1997 singles “Do You Know (What It Takes)” and “Show Me Love,” has announced that she’ll inaugurate a tech festival for teenage girls....
Trailer Watch: ‘Armor of Light’ Explores the Intersection of Gun Culture and Evangelical Christianity
“Almost two children are killed every week in unintentional shootings,” wrote Reverend Rob Schenck in an USA Today editorial earlier this year. “The presence of a gun in the homes of women and...
Gina Rodriguez: “I Am Constantly Being Told, ‘You’re Not Skinny Enough. You’re Not Ethnic Enough’”
“I work in an industry where I am constantly being told, ‘You’re not skinny enough. You’re not tall enough. You’re not ethnic enough,’” reveals Gina Rodriguez, the titular star of...
Tribeca Film Institute All Access Grant Herald New Projects From Haifaa al-Mansour, Lana Wilson
“Wadjda” director Haifaa al-Mansour and “After Tiller” co-director Lana Wilson were among this year’s 15 awardees for the Tribeca Film Institute All Access grant. The program provides cash...
History Lesson: Female Superheroes Were Not Created to Excite Men
Comic book writer B. Clay Moore is urging fans of comics to revisit the history of female superheroes and their costumes. Best known for the “Hawaiian Dick” series, Moore wrote a Facebook post...
SXSW 2015 Roundup: Field, Schumer, and Garcia Gave Austin Fest “More Girl Power Than Ever”
As the sun sets on this year’s SXSW, the time has come to reflect on some of the biggest stories — and winners — to come out of the film festival, which Variety claimed “had more...