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Nikyatu Jusu to Make Feature Debut with Horror Pic “Nanny,” the Story of an Undocumented Caregiver
“Nanny” is set to begin shooting a year after making the Black List, a survey of Hollywood’s most popular un-produced scripts. Deadline reports that Stay Gold Features and Topic...
Hillary Shakespeare & Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare Bringing “The Upside of Unrequited” to the Screen
“The Upside of Unrequited” is heading to the big screen with woman writers, directors, and producers attached. Film rights to Becky Albertalli’s YA novel have been acquired by U.K....
Serena Williams Sets Docuseries as First Project Under Amazon TV Deal
Serena Williams is heading to Amazon Studios. The tennis superstar has inked a first-look television deal with the company, which will see her developing scripted and unscripted projects, Variety...
Trailer Watch: Aidy Bryant Is Dealing With Work Drama & Juggling Boys in Season 3 of “Shrill”
Aidy Bryant is on the prowl in “Shrill’s” third and final season. A new trailer for the Hulu comedy sees Annie (Bryant) hitting the dating scene after her breakup with Ryan (Luka...
Trailer Watch: A Young Doctor Makes for “The Perfect Candidate” in Haifaa Al Mansour’s Latest
“Change is a big word, and elections are the only way to have our voices heard,” Saudi physician Maryam Alsafan (Mila Al Zahrani) says in the trailer for “The Perfect...
Natalie Portman & Maggie Betts Team Up on HBO Adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s “The Days of Abandonment”
Natalie Portman is joining forces with “Novitiate” writer-director Maggie Betts. The pair are collaborating on HBO Films’ “The Days of Abandonment,” an adaptation of...
“Promising Young Woman” Offers Free Virtual Screenings to College Students
College students will have the opportunity to check out “Promising Young Woman” ahead of the Academy Awards. Focus Features has co-partnered with anti-sexual violence organization RAINN...
Netflix Orders Seasons 3 and 4 of “Bridgerton” Ahead of Season 2 Premiere
We won’t need to rely on Lady Whistledown for hot goss about the fate of “Bridgerton.” Netflix has renewed its biggest hit for Seasons 3 and 4 ahead of its Season 2 premiere. A...
Teaser Watch: “In Treatment” Is Back, Dr. Uzo Aduba Is In
Goodbye Dr. Paul Weston, hello Dr. Brooke Taylor. Ten years after its Season 3 finale, HBO therapy drama “In Treatment” is returning for Season 4 with a different protagonist. Emmy winner...
Starz Aims to Increase Representation of Women Helmers with Alliance of Women Directors Partnership
Starz is joining forces with the Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) to boost the number of its women helmers. According to Deadline, the network and the collective have launched the #TakeTheLead...
Maya Sarfaty’s Holocaust Doc “Love It Was Not” Lands at Greenwich Entertainment
Maya Sarfaty’s award-winning documentary about the romance between an Auschwitz prisoner and a Nazi will be released in North America this fall. Deadline confirms “Love It Was Not” has...
Chloé Zhao Makes History at DGA Awards and BAFTAs with “Nomadland”
Chloé Zhao’s at it again. The trailblazing “Nomadland” filmmaker just made history again, becoming the second woman to ever win best director at the DGA Awards. “The DGA has...
Savion Einstein Adapting Helen Hoang’s “The Kiss Quotient” for Lionsgate, Kristin Burr Producing
Helen Hoang’s romance novel “The Kiss Quotient” is one step closer to the big screen. Two years after Lionsgate acquired the rights to the book, Deadline has confirmed Savion Einstein...
Stacey Lee’s YA Novel “The Downstairs Girl” Being Developed as TV Series
Miss Sweetie is bringing her voice to a new platform. According to Variety, Stacey Lee’s young adult novel “The Downstairs Girl” is being developed as a half-hour series at Bound...
Trailer Watch: “Ziwe” Is Comfortable with Getting Uncomfortable in Her New Showtime Series
“I believe in using humor as a tool to shed light on the truth,” Ziwe Fumudoh announces in the trailer for her new Showtime variety series, “Ziwe.” “But there are some...
Natalie Morales, Amy Landecker, & Alice Lee to Star in Sarah Cooper/Cindy Chupack CBS Pilot
CBS’ comedy pilot based on Sarah Cooper’s “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings” has found its cast. Natalie Morales, Amy Landecker, and Alice Lee will...
Apply Now: Still I Rise Fellowship
Documentary film series and distribution platform Still I Rise has earmarked a $50,000 grant for women artists and filmmakers. According to Deadline, the Still I Rise Fellowship will provide...
Emma Roberts and Tiffany Paulsen Re-Team for Rom-Com “About Fate”
Emma Roberts and “Holidate” screenwriter Tiffany Paulsen have another holiday-themed rom-com on the way. They’ll follow up their hit Netflix pic with “About Fate.”...
Trailer Watch: Amy Adams Brings “The Woman in the Window” to Netflix
Amy Adams is following up her SAG-nominated turn as an Appalachian mother struggling with drug addiction by playing another character in a life-consuming battle. The “Hillbilly Elegy”...
Pick of the Day: “Slalom”
There is an intimacy between elite athletes and their coaches that can easily become a breeding ground for abuse. In order to get the best performance, to secure the next victory, the coach pushes...
Focus Features Acquires Agnieszka Smoczynska’s “Silent Twins,” Letitia Wright & Tamara Lawrance Star
Focus Features has secured worldwide rights to Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English-language debut, a press release announced. Written by Andrea Seigel, “Silent Twins” stars Letitia...
Mindy Kaling, Maya Rudolph, & Michaela Coel Among Variety’s Power of Women Comedy Honorees
Mindy Kaling, Maya Rudolph, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michaela Coel, Sofía Vergara, and Kate McKinnon are being celebrated for their comedic prowess. They will be featured in the upcoming one-hour...
Trailer Watch: Blanca, Pray Tell, and Co. Return to Ballroom in the Final Season of “Pose”
Since the last time we saw Blanca (Mj Rodriguez), Pray Tell (Billy Porter), Angel (Indya Moore), Elektra (Dominique Jackson), and the rest of the “Pose” crew, things have changed....
Series Adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s “Summer of ’69” in the Works from 3000 Pictures
Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures is going into business with the “Queen of Beach Reads.” The “Sony-housed label has optioned the rights to ‘Summer of ’69’ by New...
Trailer Watch: Emma Stone and Emma Thompson Flaunt Their Killer Instincts in “Cruella”
“Let me give you some advice. You can’t care about anyone else,” Emma Thompson tells Emma Stone in a new trailer for “Cruella.” “Everyone else is an obstacle. You...
Tamara Mariam Dawit’s “Finding Sally” Will Air as Part of WORLD Channel’s “AfroPoP” Series
Tamara Mariam Dawit’s investigation into a family mystery is headed to WORLD Channel. A press release has announced “Finding Sally” will debut on WORLD Channel as part of its...
Trailer Watch: Angelina Jolie Is a Wilderness Expert on a Mission in “Those Who Wish Me Dead”
“You really wanna die for this kid?” Angelina Jolie is asked in a new trailer for “Those Who Wish Me Dead.” The Montana-set survival thriller sees the Oscar winner playing a...
Rites and Wrongs of Passage: Crowdfunding Picks
Growing up, teenage life on the big screen was often too good – or too terrible – to be true. Like those as-seen-on-TV gimmicks, the selling point is enticing enough for you to buy in, but the...
Trailer Watch: Maya Hawke Goes Viral in Gia Coppola’s “Mainstream”
A fateful meeting with a charismatic stranger leads Maya Hawke on a path to internet stardom in Gia Coppola’s “Mainstream.” Unsure of what she wants to do and what kind of art...
“Shiva Baby’s” Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott to Reteam for “Bottoms” at Orion Pictures
Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott are celebrating the success of “Shiva Baby” by reteaming on another comedy. The pair are set to co-write “Bottoms,” the story of “two...
Trailer Watch: “Girls5eva” Are Still Chasing Pop Stardom
Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Busy Philipps are determined to make “the biggest comeback in pop music history” in “Girls5eva,” a Peacock comedy...
Helen Mirren Will Portray Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in “Golda”
Helen Mirren’s returning to public office. In 2007 the actress took home an Oscar for portraying Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen.” In 2020 she received a Golden Globe nod for...
Trailer Watch: A Nine-Year-Old Girl Flees Nazi Germany in Caroline Link’s “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit”
Oscar-winning filmmaker Caroline Link explores Hitler’s rise through the eyes of a nine-year-old girl in “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.” Based on Judith Kerr’s international...
Ellen Rapoport’s Feminist Porn Comedy “Minx” Ordered to Series at HBO Max, Ophelia Lovibond Stars
“Minx” has been given the green light. Ellen Rapoport’s half-hour comedy about the first women’s porn mag has received a 10-episode series order at HBO Max, and lined up its...
Pick of the Day: “Chad”
As monumental as adolescence is in a person’s life, I always appreciate when artists underscore just how ridiculous it is, too. “Chad,” starring and created by “SNL”...
Trailer Watch: “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street” Pays Tribute to the Groundbreaking Show
Marilyn Agrelo is taking us back to “Sunny Days” spent with Elmo, Bert, and Big Bird. The “Mad Hot Ballroom” director’s latest offering, “Street Gang: How We Got...
“The Power” Writer-Director Corinna Faith on Tackling Toxic Institutions in a Period Setting
Corinna Faith is a writer-director working across TV and film. She began work as a film camera assistant before moving into directing factual television. After 10 years in that role, she started...
Trailer Watch: Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh Team Up in Cate Shortland’s “Black Widow”
“You don’t know everything about me,” says Scarlett Johansson in a new trailer for Cate Shortland’s “Black Widow.” Set between the events of “Captain America:...
Guest Post: It’s Time For Disability Representation in Hollywood to Increase and Evolve
By Anna Pakman As a young girl growing up in the ’90s, I rarely saw anyone who looked like me on television or in the movies. You see, I was born with Cerebral Palsy, a disability that limits...
Trailer Watch: Kate Herron Brings “Loki” To Disney+
The God of Mischief is at it again. Set after the events of “Avengers: Endgame” in an alternate timeline, “Loki” sees Tom Hiddleston reprising his role in the Marvel...
“No Ordinary Man” and “Les Nôtres” Acquired by Oscilloscope
Oscilloscope Laboratories has secured U.S. rights to Aisling Chin-Yee’s and Chase Joynt’s “No Ordinary Man,” a documentary about a misunderstood transmasculine trailblazer,...
PBS’ “POV” Acquires SXSW Doc “Fruits of Labor”
“Fruits of Labor” has found a home following its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival. A press release announced that PBS documentary series “POV” scored broadcast rights to...
Nikole Hannah-Jones & Oprah Set “1619 Project” Docuseries at Hulu, Shoshana Guy to Be Showrunner
Nikole Hannah-Jones and Oprah Winfrey have set their first “1619 Project” adaptation. Last summer the duo announced they were collaborating with Lionsgate on a slate of features, TV...
Beth B’s “Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over” Lands at Kino Lorber
Beth B’s tribute to a New York No Wave icon has secured North American distribution. Kino Lorber landed rights to “Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over” with plans to release the doc in...
Trailer Watch: Amanda Seyfried Moves into a Haunted House in “Things Heard & Seen”
Amanda Seyfried is following up her Oscar-nominated trip down Hollywood memory lane in “Mank” with another story steeped in history. An adaptation of Elizabeth Brundage’s novel of...
Pick of the Day: “Hysterical”
An unabashed love letter to women comedians, Andrea Nevins’ “Hysterical” is a celebration of some of the funniest stand-ups working today. Margaret Cho, Fortune Feimster, Nikki Glaser,...
Pick of the Day: “Shiva Baby”
As a fairly shy, private person who loathes being put on the spot — especially at social gatherings — I can’t tell you how tense I was during “Shiva Baby.” But it was...
Cinematographer to Watch: Eunsoo Cho of “August at Akiko’s,” “I Was a Simple Man,” & “Victim(s)”
Capturing physical and emotional beauty is one of the many jobs of a cinematographer. This is a skill Eunsoo Cho has developed throughout her years in the industry. She was born and raised in Korea,...
April 2021 Film Preview
By Kara Headley and Vicki A. Lee Spring is around the corner, and as the world comes into bloom to offer us renewed hope after the long winter, new women-centric films are coming to the big screen to...
ARRAY Releasing Acquires Shantrelle P. Lewis Doc “In Our Mothers’ Gardens”
“In Our Mothers’ Gardens” is joining the ARRAY family. Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing has acquired Shantrelle P. Lewis’ feature film debut with plans to release the doc...
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Desiree Akhavan, & Elisabeth Holm Team Up for Amazon Comedy Pilot “Hot Pink”
Sarah Michelle Gellar is returning to the small screen. The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alumna will show off her comedic chops in “Hot Pink,” a YA comedy that’s been...