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DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Monica Long Ross – “We Believe In Dinosaurs”
Monica Long Ross is a filmmaker and playwright, and a co-founder of 137 Films, a Chicago-based documentary production company. Ross co-directed and co-produced the award-winning documentaries “The...
Trailer Watch: Marielle Heller Celebrates Mister Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
“You need to let people know that each one of them is precious,” explains Tom Hanks in a new trailer for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” Marielle Heller’s latest...
Michelle Wolf Has a Netflix Special on the Way
Michelle Wolf is returning to her old stomping grounds. The comedian’s latest stand-up special, “Joke Show,” is coming to Netflix, the home of her former talk show. The Hollywood...
Teaser Watch: Carrie May Have Been Turned in the Final Season of “Homeland”
A teaser for “Homeland’s” eighth and final season is here and asks the previously unthinkable question: Has Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) been turned? She’s been subjected to...
Bert & Bertie’s “Troop Zero” Coming to Amazon Prime Video, Viola Davis and Allison Janney Star
“Troop Zero” is breaking new ground. Bert & Bertie’s comedy about a group of misfit scouts will be released worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on January 17, 2020, making it the...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Karin Kainer – “Kosher Beach”
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Karin Kainer is a Documentary Film Lecturer at H.I.T., The Holon Institute of Technology, in Israel, and the director of “Skate of Mind,” and “South Wind on...
Galt Niederhoffer’s “10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up” Acquired by Vision Films
Galt Niederhoffer’s latest has secured distribution. Vision Films scored North American rights to romance “10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up,” Deadline reports. Christina...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Ema Ryan Yamazaki – “Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams”
Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s first feature documentary, “Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George’s Creators,” premiered in 2017 and won the Audience Award at the Nantucket...
Maryam Touzani’s Oscar Hopeful “Adam” Acquired by Strand Releasing
Maryam Touzani’s feature directorial debut, “Adam,” is heading stateside. U.S. rights to the Cannes pic, and Morocco’s selection for the International Feature Oscar, have been...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Sara Dosa – “The Seer and the Unseen”
Sara Dosa’s first directorial feature, “The Last Season,” won the Golden Gate Award when it premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2014. In addition to film,...
Quotes of the Day: Julie Delpy and Marjane Satrapi on the Constraints Women Filmmakers Face
Between them, Julie Delpy and Marjane Satrapi have helmed 12 features and netted three Oscar nominations — they obviously know what they’re doing. Yet, as the filmmakers recently revealed...
Exclusive: Julianne Moore & Michelle Williams Discuss Gender Swap in “After the Wedding” Featurette
Released earlier this year, Bart Freundlich’s “After the Wedding” is not simply an English-language remake of Susanne Bier’s Oscar-nominated 2006 film of the same name. The...
Kristin Scott Thomas to Be Honored at BIFA Awards
Kristin Scott Thomas is set to be recognized for her “outstanding contribution to British film” at the 2019 British Independent Film Awards. She’s been named as the recipient of the...
Beanie Feldstein-Starrer “How to Build a Girl” Lands at IFC
Beanie Feldstein stole hearts with her breakout supporting role in 2017’s “Lady Bird” and co-anchored “Booksmart,” one of the year’s funniest movies, with Kaitlyn...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Mo Scarpelli – “Anbessa”
Mo Scarpelli co-directed “Frame by Frame,” which screened at SXSW, Hot Docs, and BFI London Film Festival, among other fests. It has won over a dozen jury and audience awards....
Weekly Update for November 8: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
Women and Hollywood is organizing a casual meeting in London in the early evening of December 4. If you’re interested in participating, please email Melissa Silverstein...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Olga Lvoff – “Busy Inside”
Olga Lvoff is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a member of The European Film Academy. Her feature doc “When People Die They Sing Songs” was nominated for a Student Oscar in 2014...
Female Obama White House Staffers’ Book “Yes She Can” Being Adapted as ABC Drama
The stories of 10 female Obama White House staffers will serve as the basis for an ABC drama. According to Variety, the network is developing a women-driven, D.C.-set political series based on the...
Trailer Watch: A Teen’s Disappearance Uncovers Darkness in “Knives and Skin”
Carolyn Harper (Raven Whitley) has gone missing. A new trailer for “Knives and Skin” explores what happens after the teen disappears. Described as “part suburban nightmare, part...
Octavia Spencer Will Receive the PGA’s 2020 Visionary Award
Octavia Spencer has previously been honored as an actress and as an LGBTQ ally — and now she’ll be celebrated as a producer. Deadline confirms the “Truth Be Told” actress and...
2020 Cinema Eye Honor Nominees: “American Factory,” “One Child Nation,” & More
Cinema Eye has announced all of the nominees for their 2020 Honors, which recognize excellence in nonfiction filmmaking. Of six titles competing for Outstanding Nonfiction Feature, four are directed...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Francesca Trianni – “Paradise Without People”
Francesca Trianni is an Emmy-nominated senior producer at Time, where her work has been recognized with a World Press Photo award, Pictures of the Year International, and the National Murrow Awards....
Trailer Watch: “Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator” Traces the Rise & Fall of Hot Yoga’s Founder
A trailer has dropped for ““Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator,” a Netflix doc that director Eva Orner describes as “a pre-#MeToo/#TimesUp story being told in a post #MeToo/#TimesUp...
“Weeds” Revival in Development at Starz, Mary-Louise Parker Attached to Star and EP
Cue the “Little Boxes.” Mary-Louise Parker has signed on to star and executive produce a “Weeds” sequel series that’s in the works at Starz. The project is written and...
Renée Zellweger to Be Honored at Palm Springs Film Fest
Renée Zellweger’s been a frontrunner in the Oscar race since “Judy’s” world premiere at Telluride in August. Her performance in the Judy Garland biopic has already earned her...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Martha Shane – “Narrowsburg”
Martha Shane is an Emmy-award-winning documentary filmmaker whose credits include “After Tiller” and “Picture Character.” The former won the Emmy for Best...
Andrea Riseborough to Topline Supernatural Thriller “Geechee”
Andrea Riseborough will soon have another thriller under her belt. The star of “Nancy” and “Black Mirror’s” “Crocodile” is attached to lead...
Zoe Saldana to Lead Netflix Adaptation of “From Scratch” & Exec Produce Alongside Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon is working on yet another adaptation of a woman-penned book. Following in the footsteps of “Gone Girl,” “Wild,” and “Big Little Lies” comes word...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Shani Rozanes – “Golda”
Shani Rozanes is an Israeli journalist, writer, and filmmaker living in Berlin. A former news editor in leading Israeli media outlets, she currently works at Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international...
GLAAD Report: Number of LGBTQ Series Regulars on Broadcast TV Reaches All-Time High
The LGBTQ presence on broadcast TV is growing. Per Variety, GLAAD has released its annual “Where We Are on TV” report and found that the number of LGBTQ characters represent 10.2 percent of...
Trailer Watch: Elisabeth Moss Is Haunted by Her Abusive Ex in “The Invisible Man”
Elisabeth Moss is out of Gilead but far from free in a new trailer for “The Invisible Man.” Inspired by the the H.G. Wells novel and 1933 film of the same name, the thriller sees...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Deia Schlosberg – “The Story of Plastic”
Deia Schlosberg made national news in October 2016 when she was arrested and charged with 45 years’ worth of felonies for filming the #ShutItDown pipeline protest in North Dakota. She produced...
Christina M. Kim Is Developing a Female-Led “Kung Fu” Reboot at The CW
The legend continues — and evolves. A female-led reimagining of “Kung Fu” is in development at The CW, Deadline reports. Inspired by the original 1970s David Carradine-starrer, the...
We May Be Getting a Latinx-Driven “Revenge” Reboot
ABC is still seeking “Revenge.” The network is developing a follow-up series to the 2010s hit, Deadline reports. This time, the person hellbent on vengeance will be a young Latinx...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Geeta Gandbhir – “Hungry to Learn”
Geeta Gandbhir is an award-winning director, producer, and editor. As director, she won Best Documentary at the News and Doc Emmys for HBO’s “I Am Evidence,” and Best Government and...
Trailer Watch: “Wendy” Goes to Neverland
A new trailer for “Wendy” sees a sidekick taking the starring role in a wildly reimagined take on the beloved “Peter Pan” story. “All children grow up, but some, the...
Women and Hollywood’s Picks of the Week for November 7
Picks of the Week offers Women and Hollywood’s top recommendations — women-driven and women-made movies, series, VOD releases, and more — and tells you why they are worth your time and...
Class Is Now in Session: Crowdfunding Picks
A person’s moral center starts developing at a young age, and continues to grow throughout their life — something we’re exploring in this month’s round of crowdfunding selections....
Trailer Watch: “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings” Tells Stories Through Music
Songs are “just stories put to music,” says Dolly Parton in a new trailer “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings.” The iconic country musician explains that the songs she’s...
Ava DuVernay and “Queen Sugar’s” Kat Candler Bringing Woman-Driven Union Drama to TNT
Ava DuVernay and Kat Candler are re-teaming to tell the story of a female workers rights activist. The “Queen Sugar” collaborators are developing an untitled drama, described as “a...
Margot Robbie & “Birds of Prey” Scribe Christina Hodson Team Up for Women’s Script-Writing Program
Margot Robbie is reuniting with her “Birds of Prey” screenwriter, Christina Hodson. The pair and their respective companies, LuckyChap Entertainment and Hodson Exports, have created the...
Haifaa Al Mansour to Direct Stephanie Shirley Biopic “Let It Go”
Haifaa Al Mansour is set to direct another biopic about a trailblazing woman. Deadline reports that the “Mary Shelley” helmer has signed on to step behind the camera for “Let It...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Cara Jones – “Blessed Child”
Cara Jones is an Emmy Award winning journalist who founded the production company Storytellers for Good. Her short films include “Surfing Possibility,” “Mama Hope,” and...
Annette Bening Will Be Honored with AARP Movies For Grownups Career Achievement Award
Annette Bening’s latest offering, critically acclaimed political thriller “The Report,” will hit theaters later this month, and now she has even more to celebrate. The...
Trailer Watch: A New Doc Explores Whether “To Kid or Not To Kid”
“Why can’t we talk about not having children?” director Maxine Trump asks in a new trailer for “To Kid or Not To Kid.” The documentary explores the cultural pressure and...
Kate McKinnon to Star in Series Adaptation of “Joe Exotic”
Kate McKinnon has signed on to star in another small-screen adaptation of a podcast. Earlier this year Hulu handed out a series order to “The Dropout,” a limited series inspired by the...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Beth B – “Lydia Lunch – The War is Never Over”
Beth B is a writer, director, and producer of feature-length documentary and narrative films, as well as experimental shorts. Her films have been shown at, and acquired by, the Whitney Museum of...
Hannah Marks Has a Futuristic Coming-of-Age Story in Development at The CW
Hannah Marks is set to explore the imminent future. The actress and filmmaker has a futuristic comedic drama about four 20-something female friends in development at The CW. Deadline broke the...
Michelle Ashford to Adapt Elizabeth Gilbert Novel “City of Girls”
Michelle Ashford is taking “City of Girls” to the big screen. The “Masters of Sex” creator is on board to adapt Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling novel. A press release...
Nahnatchka Khan Will Explore the World of Cruise Entertainment with “Showboat”
Nahnatchka Khan is steering the “Showboat.” According to Deadline, the “Fresh Off the Boat” creator and “Always Be My Maybe” director will helm the feature comedy...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Katie Green and Carlye Rubin – “1275 Days”
Katie Green and Carlye Rubin have directed three feature documentaries together: “The (Dead Mothers) Club,” “The Family I Had,” and “1275 Days.” Together, the pair...