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Keira Knightley to Star in Hulu’s “The Other Typist,” Ilene Chaiken Serving as Showrunner
Keira Knightley, last seen in Philippa Lowthorpe’s “Misbehaviour,” is making a leap to television. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two-time Oscar nominee is set to star in and...
Gabrielle Union and Numa Perrier Team Up For Netflix Rom-Com “The Perfect Find”
Gabrielle Union and Numa Perrier are joining forces. The “L.A.’s Finest” star will topline and produce the “Jezebel” writer-director’s next pic, Netflix rom-com...
Gabrielle Union Options LGBTQ Memoir “All Boys Aren’t Blue” for TV
Gabrielle Union is bringing George M. Johnson’s life story to the small screen. The “L.A.’s Finest” actress and exec producer’s I’ll Have Another Productions has...
Trailer Watch: Michelle McNamara Investigates the Golden State Killer in “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark”
“The story of the victims — it has to be told,” says Michelle McNamara in a new trailer for “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.” The HBO docuseries is based on the late author’s 2018...
Penny Lane to Direct Quibi Docuseries “What We Keep,” Cynthia Erivo Exec Producing
Cynthia Erivo and Penny Lane are making their way to Quibi. According to a press release, the latter is directing “What We Keep,” a docuseries about people’s most prized...
Lisbeth Salander Is Back, “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Series in the Works at Amazon
Lisbeth Salander is coming to the small screen. Deadline reports Amazon is developing “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” a series centering around the the brilliant hacker and vigilante. A...
Celeste Ng’s “Everything I Never Told You” Is Coming to TV
The last episode of “Little Fires Everywhere” dropped on Hulu last month, and while showrunner Liz Tigelaar would “love” to do a second season, there are no official plans for...
“My Salinger Year” Lands at IFC Films, Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley Star
“My Salinger Year,” the story of Joanna Rakoff’s experiences working for J. D. Salinger’s agent in the ’90s, has secured distribution. IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights...
TV Series in the Works Based on Ivy Pochoda’s “These Women”
“The Handmaid’s Tale” creator and showrunner is bringing another woman-penned novel to the small screen. Bruce Miller will develop and produce a series adaptation of “These...
Francesca Gregorini to Direct Tennis Pic “The Match” for Inclusive Production Co. Four Daughters
Another day, another announcement of a women-centric sports film. Alexis Ostrander is directing a movie about The Red Rose Crew rowers, Netflix is working on a pic about the World Cup-winning 1999...
The Story of the Red Rose Crew Rowers Is Headed to the Big Screen, Alexis Ostrander to Direct
It’s been a good week for women-driven sports films. A few days ago it was announced that Netflix is working on a pic about the World Cup-winning 1999 U.S. Women’s Soccer team. Now,...
Sofia Coppola Bringing Edith Wharton’s “The Custom of the Country” to Apple
Sofia Coppola has lined up another costume drama — which also happens to be her first episodic television project. The “Beguiled” and “Marie Antoinette” filmmaker is...
Series Adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s “The Lying Life of Adults” in the Works at Netflix
The English translation of “The Lying Life of Adults” won’t be out until September 1, but Netflix is already working on a series adaptation. The streamer, alongside Italian...
Emma Straub Developing Her Novel “All Adults Here” for TV, Will Write and EP with Sarah Heyward
Emma Straub’s latest novel, “All Adults Here,” was released only a few days ago, but it’s already being developed for the screen. The author is set to pen and exec produce a...
Pick of the Day: “How to Build a Girl”
Beanie Feldstein is a special performer. She grabbed at us as Julie, Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson’s best friend, and then shined alongside Kaitlyn Dever in the terrific...
New Prod Company Focusing on Young Queer Women Launches, Options “Amelia Westlake Was Never Here”
Up and coming UK producers Loran Dunn, Sorcha Bacon, and Savannah James-Bayly have launched their own production company, Teen Club, focusing on stories about young queer women. According to Screen...
Trailer Watch: Dakota Fanning Helps Refugees Connect with Loved Ones in “Sweetness in the Belly”
Dakota Fanning helps refugees reunite with their loved ones in a new trailer for “Sweetness in the Belly.” An adaptation of Camilla Gibb’s 2005 novel of the same name,” the pic...
TV Adaptation of Emma Jane Unsworth’s “Adults” in the Works
“Animals” author and screenwriter Emma Jane Unsworth is set to adapt another of her own novels, this time for the small screen. She’ll pen and exec produce a series adaptation of...
Connie Britton Developing HBO Max Docuseries Based on Rebecca Traister’s “All the Single Ladies”
Connie Britton and her producing partner, Elyse Klaits, are bringing a project about the role, treatment, and influence of unmarried women in the U.S to HBO Max. The Hollywood Reporter confirms they...
Pick of the Day: “Circus of Books”
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. Described as “the center...
Bernardine Evaristo, Hilary Mantel, and More Shortlisted for Women’s Prize for Fiction
Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker Prize-winning “Girl, Woman, Other” and Hilary Mantel’s conclusion to her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, “The Mirror & the Light,” are...
Dakota Fanning-Starrer “Sweetness in the Belly” Goes to Gravitas Ventures
Dakota Fanning’s latest has secured distribution. Gravitas Ventures landed U.S. rights to Fanning-starrer “Sweetness in the Belly,” an adaptation of Camilla Gibb’s 2005 novel...
Trailer Watch: Nancy Kelly’s Feminist Western “Thousand Pieces of Gold” Gets a 4K Restoration
In honor of its new 4K restoration, “Thousand Pieces of Gold,” Nancy Kelly’s 1990 feminist Western, is coming to virtual theaters. According to a press release, the Rosalind...
Trailer Watch: Ruth Bradley Solves a Mystery in “Agatha and the Truth of Murder”
“I’m a writer, not a detective,” says Agatha Christie (Ruth Bradley) in a new trailer for “Agatha and the Truth of Murder.” Enlisted by a fan to help solve a murder, the...
Sam Taylor-Johnson to Direct TV Adaptation of Pulitzer-Winning Novel “Middlesex”
Jeffrey Eugenides’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about immigration, the American Dream, family, genetics, and gender identity may finally be coming to the screen. According to Variety, Paramount...
Trailer Watch: “Circus of Books” Explores the Legacy of an Iconic Gay Porn Shop
Growing up, filmmaker Rachel Mason and her siblings told friends, school teachers, and everyone else that their parents ran a bookstore. They never specified what kind of store it was, and contrary...
Nun Thriller “Mercy House” in the Works at CBS Access from Corinne Brinkerhoff & Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer is working on a thriller. The Peabody and Emmy-winning stand-up, actress, screenwriter, director, and producer has boarded a project about renegade nuns. She’s signed on to exec...
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: 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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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,...
Pick of the Day: “There’s Something in the Water”
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. Ellen Page has been known...
Kari Skogland Is Bringing “An Innocent Fashion” to the Small Screen
Kari Skogland is developing a small screen adaptation of R.J. Hernández’s “An Innocent Fashion.” The Emmy-nominated “Handmaid’s Tale” director will exec produce and...
Pick of the Day: “Unorthodox”
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. Netflix’s...
Trailer Watch: Kids Send Their Parents on a Dangerous Adventure in “The Willoughbys”
“All the Willoughby children ever wanted was to have a normal family, but their loving parents have no love left over for them,” a narrator explains in a new trailer for “The...
Quote of the Day: Reese Witherspoon Reflects on Her Career and Hollywood’s Evolution
“I can remember being in pictures in which I was the only woman on the set and there would be 150 men,” Reese Witherspoon recalled in a new Vanity Fair profile. “Maybe there would be a couple...
Robin Givens and Ashley Williams to Make Small Screen Directorial Debuts with Lifetime Films
Robin Givens and Ashley Williams are stepping behind the camera for Lifetime. Each actress is set to make her small screen directorial debut with films for the network. Set to launch this summer,...
Trailer Watch: A Young Woman Leaves Her Hasidic Jewish Community in “Unorthodox”
Esty (Shira Hass, “Broken Mirrors”) refuses to call her Hasidic Jewish community a prison in the trailer for “Unorthodox,” Netflix’s upcoming original series. After all,...
Rights to Bernardine Evaristo’s “Girl, Woman, Other” Acquired by Potboiler Television
A TV adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker Prize-winning “Girl, Woman, Other” is in the works. A press release has announced that Gail Egan and Andrea Calderwood’s Potboiler...
Lucy Alibar Will Pen “Where the Crawdads Sing” Adaptation
Hello Sunshine and 3000 Pictures have enlisted an Oscar-nominated screenwriter to pen their adaptation of “Where the Crawdads Sing.” Lucy Alibar will bring Delia Owen’s critically...
Liz Hannah Will Make Directorial Debut with “Under Another Name”
Liz Hannah is adding director to her rapidly expanding résumé. “The Post” co-writer is set to helm an adaptation of “Under Another Name,” Alexandra Andrews’ upcoming...
Teaser Watch: Nicole Kidman’s Life Changes Overnight in “The Undoing”
“At some point, I’m going to have to talk about it. The why of it all,” says Nicole Kidman in a new trailer for “The Undoing.” An adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s...
Ava DuVernay Developing “Wings of Fire” TV Adaptation for Warner Bros. Animation
“A Wrinkle in Time” director Ava DuVernay is bringing another beloved children’s fantasy tale to the screen. According to a press release, the multi-hyphenate is developing “a...
“Misbehavior” Scribe Rebecca Frayn to Make Her Feature Directorial Debut with “Spies”
British novelist, screenwriter, and helmer Rebecca Frayn is set to make her feature directorial debut. She’s bringing an adaptation of “Spies,” her father’s award-winning...
Lionsgate Lands Rights to Kelly Fremon Craig’s Adaptation of “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret”
Lionsgate has emerged the victor of a “heated bidding war” for the film rights to “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret,” The Hollywood Reporter confirms. In other...
Hanelle M. Culpepper to Direct “1000 Miles,” True Story of an Enslaved Couple’s Escape to Freedom
Hanelle M. Culpepper is bringing Ellen and William Craft’s story to the big screen. The history-making “Star Trek: Picard” director has been tapped to helm “1000 Miles,”...
Ava DuVernay’s “Dawn” TV Adaptation Goes to Amazon, Victoria Mahoney to Write and Direct
The first woman of color to helm a $100 million-plus live-action film and the first black woman to direct on a “Star Wars” pic are bringing an Octavia Butler classic to Amazon. The...