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Caroline Link on Standing Up to Fascism with Her New Film “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit”
When Caroline Link first read the children’s book “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit” as a young girl, she was immediately drawn to the story. The semi-autographical novel by Judith...
Pick of the Day: “The Underground Railroad”
“The Underground Railroad,” the new Prime Video show based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel of the same name, makes for an interesting companion piece to “The Long...
Trailer Watch: High School Seniors Risk It All for a Chance to Win $50,000 in “Panic”
A teenage girl risks her life for a shot at a better future in “Panic,” an upcoming Amazon Prime YA drama. Based on Lauren Oliver’s novel of the same name, the series is set in a...
Stacey Abrams’ New Novel “While Justice Sleeps” Getting TV Adaptation
Stacey Abrams’ latest novel just hit bookshelves yesterday, May 10, and an adaptation is already in the works. Deadline confirms Working Title Television scored the rights to “While...
Trailer Watch: Julianne Moore Is a Grieving Widow Embarking on a Scavenger Hunt in “Lisey’s Story”
“Was it real or was it my imagination?” asks Julianne Moore in a new trailer for “Lisey’s Story.” Based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, the eight-episode...
Nancy Buirski’s Next Doc Will Go Behind the Scenes of “Midnight Cowboy”
Nancy Buirski’s filmography has covered miscarriages of justice (“A Crime on the Bayou”), the intersection of racism, misogyny, and sexual violence (“The Rape of Recy Taylor”), and a...
Kaitlyn Dever and Karen Maine Team Up for “Rosaline,” a Revisionist Take on “Romeo and Juliet”
Karen Maine is following up a “love story between one woman and her vagina” with the most famous love story of all. The “Yes, God, Yes” writer-director has been tapped by 20th...
Guest Post: How Seventh Row Is Revising the Film Canon with Books on Women Directors
By Orla Smith Browsing the film section of most bookstores, books about female directors are a rare find. Nestled between the tomes on Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson, you...
Holly Hunter in Talks to Topline & Produce Adaptation of Sue Miller’s “Monogamy,” Dani Shapiro Will Write
A film adaptation of Sue Miller’s bestselling novel “Monogamy” is in the works at Killer Films and Yellow Bear Films, and Holly Hunter is in talks to star and produce. Memoirist and...
Trailer Watch: Felicity Jones & Shailene Woodley Bring “The Last Letter From Your Lover” to Netflix
A journalist uncovers a secret romance from decades prior in “The Last Letter From Your Lover,” Augustine Frizzell’s latest. The Netflix pic sees Ellie (Felicity Jones) stumbling...
“CODA” Breakout Siân Heder Set to Direct “Impossible” Adaptation
“CODA” writer-director Siân Heder will follow up her history-making Sundance hit with a rom-com. She’s been tapped to direct “Impossible,” a feature based on the Sarah...
Florence Welch, Martyna Majok, and Rebecca Frecknall Team Up for “Great Gatsby” Musical
Borne back ceaselessly into the past, Florence Welch is returning to “The Great Gatsby.” The Florence + The Machine singer provided a song for Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 film based on the...
Teaser Watch: Nicole Kidman Promises to Transform “Nine Perfect Strangers”
“We are on the precipice of something great,” says Nicole Kidman in a new trailer for “Nine Perfect Strangers.” An adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name,...
Cyntoia Brown Limited Series in Development at Starz, Santa Sierra Writing and Exec Producing
A limited series about Cyntoia Brown Long, a sex trafficking survivor who was sentenced to life in prison for murder, is in the works at Starz. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Santa Sierra is...
Trailer Watch: Lily James Goes on Many Adventures in “The Pursuit of Love”
“Linda believes in love,” we’re told in the new trailer for BBC One miniseries “The Pursuit of Love.” “She’s passionately romantic.” Linda Radlett...
Thomasin McKenzie & Sian Clifford Will Topline BBC Adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s “Life After Life”
“Jojo Rabbit’s” Thomasin McKenzie and “Fleabag’s” Sian Clifford are teaming up for the BBC’s four-part adaptation of Kate Atkinson’s 2015 bestseller...
Dakota Johnson to Star in “Persuasion” Adaptation for Netflix & MRC Film, Carrie Cracknell Directing
Another “Persuasion” screen adaptation is on the way. In the past year, a Sarah Snook-led retelling of the Jane Austen novel, directed by Mahalia Belo, was announced, and a contemporary...
Trailer Watch: A Young Woman Escapes Slavery and Discovers “The Underground Railroad”
The Underground Railroad is a very real subterranean system of tracks, tunnels, and conductors in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming limited series. An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s...
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...
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: 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”...
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...
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: 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...
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...
Trailer Watch: A Soldier Unleashes an Extraordinary Power in “Shadow and Bone”
The Grishaverse is coming to Netflix. The streamer just dropped a trailer for “Shadow and Bone,” a series adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels...
Katie Holmes to Produce and Topline “The Watergate Girl”
Katie Holmes is tackling one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history. The “Dawson’s Creek” alumna has optioned “The Watergate Girl: My Fight For Truth and Justice...
Chloé Zhao and Jessica Bruder Win USC Libraries Scripter Award for “Nomadland”
“Nomadland” is continuing its hot streak. The USC Libraries Scripter Awards were held in an online ceremony on Saturday and the writers behind the drama, Chloé Zhao and Jessica Bruder,...
Toni Collette to Make Directorial Debut with Adaptation of “Writers and Lovers”
Toni Collette’s stepping into a new role. The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actor is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of “Writers and Lovers” for...
Adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s “Kindred” in the Works at FX
The story of Dana Franklin is headed to the small screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, FX has ordered a pilot for “Kindred,” an adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s seminal...
Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Alison Brie, & Merritt Wever Will Star in Apple Anthology Series “Roar”
Nicole Kidman’s long-in-the-works TV adaptation of Cecelia Ahern’s short story collection “Roar” has found a home — and will also count Cynthia Erivo, Alison Brie, and...
Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer Is Getting a Biopic
Another Fannie Lou Hamer project is on the way. A few months ago, it was announced that Alfre Woodard would play the civil rights activist in a limited series, and now there’s word that a film...
America Ferrera Directing “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” Adaptation for Netflix
America Ferrera broke out playing a college-bound young woman struggling to connect with her mother in Patricia Cardoso’s “Real Women Have Curves” — and now she’s set to...
Samara Weaving Set to Star in Sony TV Adaptation of Holly Madison’s “Down the Rabbit Hole”
Samara Weaving is following up her lethal game of hide and seek in “Ready or Not” by showing a different side of the Playboy Mansion. Deadline reports that the “SMILF” alumna...
Lupita Nyong’o’s Children’s Book “Sulwe” Being Adapted into an Animated Musical at Netflix
Lupita Nyong’o’s debut children’s book will serve as the inspiration for an upcoming animated musical at Netflix. Deadline confirmed that the Oscar-winning actor’s New York...
Minkie Spiro and Charlotte Stoudt to Adapt Kate Summerscale’s “The Haunting of Alma Fielding”
Minkie Spiro and Charlotte Stoudt are re-teaming. The pair are following up their collaboration on FX’s Emmy-winning series “Fosse/Verdon” by adapting Kate Summerscale’s book...
Pick of the Day: “To All the Boys: Always and Forever”
Lara Jean Covey is growing up, and the “To All the Boys” franchise is maturing alongside her. The third and final installment of the franchise has dropped, and what began as an...
“To All the Boys” Author Jenny Han Bringing “The Summer I Turned Pretty” to Amazon
Lara Jean Covey’s story is coming to an end but her creator is starting a new chapter. “To All the Boys” author Jenny Han has a project in the works at Amazon. The streamer ordered...
Pick of the Day: “The Long Song”
Being stolen from her mother as a young girl, being renamed “Marguerite” against her will, and deciding whether having a child of her own is worth bringing another soul into bondage are...
Rachel Givney’s Jane Austen-Inspired Novel “Jane in Love” Headed for the Big Screen
Jane Austen is set to anchor her own love story. Di Novi Pictures and Amazon Studios have acquired Rachel Givney’s novel “Jane in Love” with plans for a feature adaptation....
Trailer Watch: A 10-Year-Old Befriends a Superhero Squirrel in Lena Khan’s “Flora & Ulysses”
A 10-year-old comic book fan’s biggest dream comes true in Lena Khan’s “Flora & Ulysses.” Disillusioned by her parents’ recent separation, Flora (Matilda Lawler,...
“Sex and the City” Revival Coming to HBO Max
And just like that, we reunited with Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte York, and Miranda Hobbes. A “Sex and the City” revival has been given a series order at HBO Max, a press release announced....
Annemarie Jacir Is Bringing “Mornings in Jenin” to Television
Annemarie Jacir is following up her 2017 Oscar hopeful “Wajib” with a project on the small screen. The Palestinian filmmaker is developing a TV series based on Susan Abulhawa’s...
Jennifer Lopez Will Topline and Produce Serial Killer Drama “The Cipher” for Netflix
Jennifer Lopez’s upcoming slate sees her playing a music superstar (Kat Coiro’s “Marry Me”) and a drug lord (Reed Morano’s “The Godmother”). Now she’s...
Frances McDormand and Sarah Polley Team Up for “Women Talking” Adaptation
Two of Canada’s most acclaimed storytellers are joining forces with one of America’s finest actors. Sarah Polley is signed on to write and direct a feature adaptation of Miriam...
“Savannah” Series in the Works at Amazon from Tracy Oliver
Tracy Oliver has yet another series in the works. The “Girls Trip” scribe’s “First Wives Club” reboot has been renewed for a second season on BET+ and she’s...
Trailer Watch: It’s a Social Season Like No Other in Shondaland’s “Bridgerton”
The social season has begun and the pressure is on. The new trailer for Shonda Rhimes’ first Netflix show, “Bridgerton,” features glimpses of lavish balls, romantic escapades, and...
Rebel Girls Brand to Develop Films, Series, and More Under Imagine Entertainment Deal
Get ready for more Rebel Girls. The media brand behind the “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” book series and “Rebel Podcast” is entering into a development pact with...
Daisy Ridley Will Play Trailblazing Swimmer Gertrude Ederle in Disney+’s “Young Woman and the Sea”
Daisy Ridley may be trading in her light saber for a swim cap and goggles. The “Star Wars” actress is in negotiations to topline “Young Woman and the Sea,” a biopic about...
Pick of the Day: “A Suitable Boy”
“A Suitable Boy” hit quite a few milestones on its way to Acorn TV. The miniseries adaptation of Vikram Seth’s bestseller is the first TV show Mira Nair has directed; it’s the...