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Family Legacies: Crowdfunding Picks
Family can come with a lot of baggage, good and bad. Our latest crowdfunding picks examine all the complications of our familial relationships — the ones we choose and the ones we don’t...
Exec Tara Duncan Inks Deal with Hulu, Lines Up Adaptation of “The Other Black Girl”
Former Netflix executive Tara Duncan is going into business with Hulu. Deadline confirms the “She’s Gotta Have It” exec producer has signed an overall deal with the streamer —...
Trailer Watch: Alice Wu’s “The Half of It” Is a Different Kind of Teen Rom-Com
Sparks fly between a jock and a shy nerd in a new trailer for “The Half of It.” We’ve seen this story hundreds of times, but never quite like this. Paul Munsky (Daniel Diemer,...
Pick of the Day: “The Good Fight”
Women and Hollywood has temporarily suspended our recommendations newsletter. We’ll be sharing some of the week’s highlights in TV, VOD, and streaming via blog posts. “The Good Fight”...
A Female-Led “Doogie Howser” Reboot Is Being Developed at Disney+
A teenage girl will step into Doogie Howser’s scrubs. A female-led reboot of “Doogie Howser, M.D.” is in the works at Disney+, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Hailing from Kourtney...
“Sea Fever’s” Neasa Hardiman on Transforming a Female Scientist into a “Quasi-Mythological Hero”
Neasa Hardiman is a BAFTA-winning director and writer whose work spans film and television drama. Her short films have won numerous international prizes. Her recent credits include BBC’s...
Watch: Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, & Missy Elliott on “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel”
Some of hip-hop’s biggest icons have teamed up for a biopic celebrating other trailblazing women in music. Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, and Missy Elliott joined forces with Holly Carter to...
Trailer Watch: Beanie Feldstein Adopts a New Persona in Coky Giedroyc’s “How to Build a Girl”
Wolverhampton, 1993. Sixteen-year-old Johanna (Beanie Feldstein) is sick of her life. She wants to get out of her family’s house, she wants excitement, she wants to have sex, and she wants a...
“Bad Mothers” Is Coming to Sundance Now
While we await the fate of “Big Little Lies” — a third season of the HBO hit has neither been confirmed nor outright denied — another drama about the complicated, intertwining...
Drama Series About Trans Activist Abby Stein in Development
Abby Stein’s journey is on its way to the small screen. According to Variety, production and financing company Fugitive has acquired the international distribution rights to “Abby,”...
Trailer Watch: Skater Girls Make a Name for Themselves in a Sexist Scene in “Betty”
“I want to stop fighting the patriarchy and just start helping the matriarchy,” says Nina Moran in a new trailer for “Betty.” The upcoming HBO comedy series is based on...
Storm Reid Celebrates Female Athletes With Short Film Series Directed by Women
After heading a mission through time and space to rescue her father in “A Wrinkle in Time,” Storm Reid is recognizing other inspiring women. The “Euphoria” star has teamed up...
Trailer Watch: A Hollywood Icon’s Life & Death Are Revisited in “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind”
Natalie Wood drowned during a weekend boat trip in 1981, when she was 43. The iconic actress’ death has always been shrouded in mystery: How did she end up overboard? Were the yacht’s...
“The American Nurse” Doc Is Now Streaming for Free to Honor Nurses Battling the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kino Lorber is paying tribute to nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. The distribution company has announced that it is offering a free streaming re-release of Carolyn Jones’...
Virtual Screening Program Will Bring Sally Potter’s “The Roads Not Taken” to Audiences Nationwide
“The Roads Not Taken” has found an alternate road to U.S. audiences in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sally Potter’s latest was released in New York and Los Angeles on March...
Submit Now: 2020 IFP Week Project Forum
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) is now taking submissions for select categories of the 2020 IFP Week Project Forum. According to a press release, the org is accepting submissions to the...
Film Rights to “Divegent” Author Veronica Roth’s New Book Picked Up by Picturestart
Veronica Roth’s latest book was just published today, April 7, and its film rights have already found a home. The Hollywood Reporter confirms Picturestart (“Unpregnant”) has...
“Misbehaviour” Will Soon Be Available on VOD in the UK
“Misbehaviour” opened in UK theaters just before cinemas were closed due to COVID-19. Following its opening weekend, “all cinemas in the country were shuttered,” Deadline...
Apply Now: Barbican Cinema’s Inaugural Emerging Film Curators Lab
London’s Barbican Cinema will be closed until June 30 due to the coronavirus, but that isn’t stopping the arts venue from supporting up-and-coming film curators. The Barbican is launching...
“Black Widow,” “Mulan,” and “Eternals” Get New Release Dates
Three upcoming women-directed blockbusters have gotten updated release dates in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Theater closures and safety concerns mean that “Mulan,” “Black...
Trailer Watch: “Selah and The Spades” Sees Teens Making Their Own Rules at a Boarding School
The Queen Bee of an elite Pennsylvania boarding school is seeking a protégée in a new trailer for Tayarisha Poe’s “Selah and The Spades.” Now in her senior year, Selah Summers (Lovie...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s “Fleabag” Stage Show Will Stream on Amazon to Benefit Charities
Years before “Fleabag” became an international sensation and took home six statuettes at the 2019 Emmy Awards, the BBC/Amazon comedy series originated as a one-woman show. Written by and...
Remaking Hollywood: How To Build a Better, More Inclusive Future: Conversation with Lesli Linka Glatter
We are living in difficult and uncertain times. The world we all navigated several weeks ago has disappeared. Everyone in the industry is struggling with what will come next. Following the 2017...
Weekly Update for April 3: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent restrictions, Women and Hollywood is shifting its focus to online content. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. (Please keep in mind that...
Film Adaptation of Wallis Simpson Biography “The American Duchess” in the Works
Wallis Simpson and her course-of-history-changing marriage to King Edward VIII have been explored in projects such as “The Crown” and “W.E.” Now her tale — which is...
Trailer Watch: Police and Protestors Navigate Systems of Sexual Abuse in “La Jauría”
Amazon’s first locally-produced original series in Chile takes on sexual abusers and the systems that protect them. Showrun by Lucía Puenzo (“The German Doctor”), “La Jauría” (“The...
Catholic Nun Drama “Lambs of God” Lands at Topic
Award-winning Australian drama “Lambs of God” is heading stateside. First Look Media’s streaming service, Topic, snagged North American rights to the gothic drama about Catholic...
Television Academy Announces 2020 Honorees: “Unbelievable,” “Queen Sugar,” & More
Another industry event has been “postponed indefinitely” on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Variety reports that the 13th annual Television Academy Honors awards ceremony won’t go...
These Projects Have Been Affected by Coronavirus. Here’s How You Can Help. (Volume III)
It seems like every day brings more cancellations, closings, and upsetting news. The coronavirus is affecting the whole world, not least of all the artists and creators who are trying to bring their...
Pick of the Day: “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Women and Hollywood has temporarily suspended our recommendations newsletter. We’ll be sharing some of the week’s highlights in TV, VOD, and streaming via blog posts. “This is the most magical...
SXSW Lineup Moves to Amazon Prime Video
SXSW Film Festival isn’t ready to call it quits. Coronavirus put the brakes on the 27th edition of the Austin-based fest, which was set to include a competition lineup that was 70 percent...
Ripple Effects: VOD and Web Series Picks
Sometimes one decision can change your life forever; whether it be simply saying yes or no, deciding to go out or stay in, or making a more substantial, life-altering choice. These short films and...
Nicole Kidman and Reed Morano Team Up for “Pretty Things” Adaptation
Nicole Kidman is teaming up with another woman director for a small screen adaptation of a woman-penned novel. The Oscar and Emmy winner’s upcoming HBO limited series with Susanne Bier,...
Five of Six Novels on the Booker International Shortlist Are by Women
Five of six novels shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize are written by women. The prestigious annual prize, which includes 50,000 pounds (about $62,000 USD), is awarded to the best...
“Sea Fever” to Make Live Stream Premiere
Gunpowder & Sky has announced its innovative release strategy for “Sea Fever.” Through its sci-fi label, Dust, the entertainment company “is set to have the first-ever live...
April 2020 Film Preview
Women-centric and -helmed film will not be slowing down in April; the month is set to be filled with interesting and varied projects hitting VOD and streaming platforms, ranging from dread-inducing...
Amy Jo Johnson’s “Tammy’s Always Dying” Scores Distribution, Felicity Huffman Stars
Felicity Huffman-starrer “Tammy’s Always Dying” has found a home. Quiver Distribution landed North American rights to Amy Jo Johnson’s dark comedy. Deadline broke the...
Relief Funds Set Up for Women Artists Over 40, Doc Community, and Indie Theaters
The coronavirus crisis has been devastating for artists, documentary filmmakers, and those working at independent cinemas — i.e. professionals who don’t tend to have a lot of extra money...
Trailer Watch: Martha Stephens Tells the Story of Unlikely Friends in “To the Stars”
Unlikely friends form a life-changing bond in a new trailer for Martha Stephens’ “To the Stars.” Set in 1960s rural Oklahoma, the coming-of-age pic centers on Iris (Kara Hayward,...
Pick of the Day: “How to Fix a Drug Scandal”
Women and Hollywood has temporarily suspended our recommendations newsletter. We’ll be sharing some of the week’s highlights in TV, VOD, and streaming via blog posts. Erin Lee Carr is tackling...
“Shrill” Renewed for Season 3
Annie Easton is ushering in a new era of her life. After saying goodbye to her deadbeat boyfriend, the Portland-based writer will re-enter the dating game in “Shrill’s” third...
Unjoo Moon’s Helen Reddy Biopic “I Am Woman” Secures U.S. Distribution
U.S. audiences will get the chance to see the story behind Helen Reddy’s epic roar. Unjoo Moon’s biopic of the Australian “I Am Woman” singer has secured North American...
Ingrid Veninger Teams with Women Directors Around the World for Short Film Anthology Project
COVID-19 is not preventing “Porcupine Lake” director Ingrid Veninger from making art — or from supporting fellow female filmmakers. According to a press release, Veninger is...
Trailer Watch: Secrets, Games, and Sex Abound in Hulu’s “Normal People” Adaptation
Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal) are really into each other. But they are very different people from very different worlds. She’s a rich girl from a cold, isolated family,...
Alyssa Milano Exec Producing “Surge,” Doc About Women Candidates in 2018 Midterms
The longer the coronavirus crisis rages on, the more obvious it is that we need new, better people in office. You know, ones who aren’t science deniers. Luckily, there is a documentary that...
Full Frame Documentary Film Fest Announces 2020 Lineup: Julia Reichert, Ramona S. Diaz, & More
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has announced the official feature and short film selections for the festival’s 23rd edition, which has been cancelled amid COVID-19 health and safety...
Trailer Watch: Things Are Nuts in “The Good Fight” Season 4
“I never used to swear, so when I do that, it has added meaning,” Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) declares in “The Good Fight’s” Season 4 trailer. “And this...
Watch the SXSW 2020 Official Short Film Selections Online for Free
SXSW 2020 lives on. The 27th edition of SXSW Film Festival was cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns, but some of the Austin fest’s programming has found a second life. Mailchimp and Oscilloscope...
Trailer Watch: Queen Latifah Investigates a Murder in Quibi’s “When the Streetlights Go On”
“Most people aren’t aware of the exact moment when they lose their innocence. It usually happens slowly, but, for me, it was all at once,” says Charlie (Chosen Jacobs), the narrator...
New “Insecure” Mobile Game Will Tie In with Season 4
We’re about to get even more Issa, Molly, Kelli, and Tiffany in our lives. A press release has confirmed that a new “Insecure” mobile game is on it ways, and will tie in to the HBO...
Shiri Appleby May Direct Disney+ Pic “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
Shiri Appleby is eyeing her feature directorial debut. The “UnREAL” alumna is in talks to helm “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” a Disney+ body-switching comedy. The Hollywood...