#Crime
Trailer Watch: Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon Are Journalists Investigating the “Boston Strangler”
“How many women have to die before it’s a story?” Keira Knightley asks in a new trailer for “Boston Strangler.” Inspired by a true story, the thriller sees the two-time...
Trailer Watch: “Murder in Big Horn” Spotlights Missing Indigineous Women
“Since colonization, Native women have been targeted,” we’re told in a new trailer for “Murder in Big Horn,” a three-part Showtime docuseries investigating the...
Trailer Watch: Sarah Lancashire & Sally Wainright Are Back for the Third and Final Season of “Happy Valley”
Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood is retiring in seven months, one week, three days. A new trailer for the third and final season of BAFTA-winning crime drama “Happy Valley” reunites us...
July 2022 Television Preview
As networks and streamers return to nearly pre-pandemic levels of content, July offers a broad variety of summer popcorn dramas and light-hearted comedies, plus a few spin-offs and prequels to round...
Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, and Issa López Team Up for “True Detective: Night Country”
Jodie Foster is investigating another mystery. The Oscar-winning “Silence of the Lambs” actress is reentering the world of law enforcement in “True Detective: Night Country,”...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Anna Jadowska – “Woman on the Roof”
Anna Jadowska’s feature “Touch Me” screened at the Berlinale and won Poland’s Grand Independent Cinema Prize. Her short “Corridor” was selected as part of...
Nanfu Wang Docuseries “Mind Over Murder” to Debut on HBO
Nanfu Wang will follow up “In the Same Breath,” her Indie Spirit, IDA, and PGA Award-nominated investigation into government responses to COVID-19 in China and the United States, with...
Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Meet Pauline Beugnies – “The End of Innocence” (“Petites”)
Pauline Beugnies is an author, photographer, and director from Belgium. For 10 years, she has been documenting the emancipation of youth in Egypt in multiple forms: photo exhibitions, 2012 web...
Trailer Watch: Jessica Biel Is An Axe Murderer With a Picture-Perfect Façade in “Candy”
Jessica Biel is behind another gory, gruesome attack in “Candy.” The Emmy-nominated star of “The Sinner” once again finds herself at the center of a murder investigation in...
SXSW 2022 Women Directors: Meet Allison Otto – “The Thief Collector”
Allison Otto is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and visual journalist. Her documentary short “The Love Bugs” was awarded Best Short Documentary in the 42nd Annual...
Trailer Watch: Zoë Kravitz Investigates a Murder in “Kimi”
Looks like we won’t have to wait for “The Batman” to see Zoë Kravitz playing a badass vigilante. A new trailer for “Kimi” sees the “Big Little Lies” star...
Trailer Watch: Sonja Sohn Uncovers Police Corruption in “The Slow Hustle”
Sonja Sohn returns to Baltimore with “The Slow Hustle,” a documentary that sees the “Wire” alumna and “Baltimore Rising” director investigating the 2017 death of...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Geeta Gandbhir and Samantha Knowles – “Black and Missing”
Geeta Gandbhir is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning director, producer, and editor. Her most recent film, “Apart,” co-directed with Rudy Valdez, is currently playing on HBO Max and her...
Keira Knightley to Portray Loretta McLaughlin, Journalist Who Broke the “Boston Strangler” Story
Keira Knightley is set to portray yet another influential writer. Two of her most recent offerings, 2018’s “Colette” and 2020’s “Misbehaviour,” saw her playing...
Jocelyn Moorhouse & Katherine Langford Team Up for “Savage River,” Dynamic Television Lands Rights
Katherine Langford is a murder suspect yet again. Jocelyn Moorhouse is teaming up with the “Knives Out” actress for her next small screen project. Best known for her breakout, Golden...
Cannes 2021 Women Directors: Meet Teodora Ana Mihai – “La Civil”
Teodora Ana Mihai was born in Bucharest, Romania, during the Ceausescu Regime and moved to Belgium in 1989 with her parents. She went to film school in New York. She started working in Belgium as a...
Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Amber Sealey – “No Man of God”
Amber Sealey is an award-winning filmmaker. She is attached to direct “The Education of Shelby Knox” and a comedy pilot she wrote called “Sistered.” She has written scripts...
Barbara Shearer Directing Ghislaine Maxwell Docuseries for Peacock
Barbara Shearer is bringing the story of alleged Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to Peacock. She directed the three-part docuseries “Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell,”...
Hot Docs 2021 Women Directors: Meet Sheona McDonald – “Dead Man’s Switch: a crypto mystery”
Sheona McDonald is an an award-winning filmmaker who worked in the Canadian film and television industry as a writer, producer, and director for over two decades. Her recent films include “Into...
Trailer Watch: Queen Latifah Helps Those with No One Else to Turn to in “The Equalizer”
“I’m the one you call when you can’t call 911,” says Queen Latifah in a new trailer for “The Equalizer.” The CBS reboot sees the Oscar-nominated actress playing...
Trailer Watch: FBI Agent Clarice Starling Comes Out of Hiding and Hunts More Monsters in “Clarice”
“You are a woman with a very public reputation for hunting monsters,” FBI Agent Clarice Starling is told in a new trailer for “Clarice.” Set in 1993, one year after the events...
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi on Deviating from Traditional True Crime Docs with “Finding Yingying”
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi is a documentary filmmaker and video journalist who is passionate about social justice issues regarding people of color. She shoots, edits, and produces video stories...
Reed Morano in Talks to Direct Jennifer Lopez Drug Lord Pic “The Godmother”
Jennifer Lopez is teaming up with another female director. The multi-hyphenate scored her biggest live-action opening of all-time and career-best reviews in Lorene Scafaria’s...
“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...
Trailer Watch: “How to Fix a Drug Scandal” Explores the Effects of a Drug Lab Chemist’s Addiction
Erin Lee Carr is tackling another scandal. The documentary filmmaker has explored everything from rampant sexual abuse and the culture that enabled it in “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA...
Melissa Leo Will Topline Fox Crime Drama “Blood Relative”
Melissa Leo is set to track down serial killers in her latest project. The “I’m Dying Up Here” alumna has played characters on both sides of the law, including her Oscar-nominated...
Emer Kenny Adapting Val McDermid’s Karen Pirie Novel “The Distant Echo” for ITV
Emer Kenny is taking Karen Pirie’s cold cases to the small screen. The “Harlots” scribe has been tapped to adapt Val McDermid’s “The Distant Echo” for ITV. Deadline...
Trailer Watch: Octavia Spencer Is a Podcast Host with a Guilty Conscience in “Truth Be Told”
“I am for truth no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against,” says Octavia Spencer in the first trailer for “Truth Be Told.” The...
Teaser Watch: Abigail Spencer Is on the Warpath in “Reprisal”
“All my life people have been underestimating me,” says Abigail Spencer in a new teaser for “Reprisal.” “Being underestimated is the greatest advantage you can have over...
Teaser Watch: Kerry Washington Searches for Her Missing Teen in “American Son”
Kerry Washington’s stuck inside a living nightmare in a new teaser for “American Son.” The Netflix feature sees the “Scandal” alumna playing Kendra, a mother desperate...
Trailer Watch: Rosario Dawson Investigates Her Sister’s Murder in “Briarpatch”
A trailer has dropped for “Briarpatch.” The upcoming USA Network series sees Rosario Dawson playing a political fixer who returns to her hometown after a 12-year absence. She’s back...
Trailer Watch: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss Take Over “The Kitchen”
Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss’ reputations precede them in a new trailer for “The Kitchen.” “You girls have been very busy,” says a mob boss...
Keeley Hawes to Play a Detective in ITV’s “Honour”
Keeley Hawes won’t be standing behind a bodyguard in her next gig. The “Bodyguard” actress will take center stage as a detective in ITV crime drama “Honour.” Deadline...
Trailer Watch: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss Run “The Kitchen”
“Pretty doesn’t matter. It’s just a tool that women use,” says Melissa McCarthy in the first trailer for “The Kitchen.” Set in the ’70s, Andrea...
Trailer Watch: Sienna Miller’s Daughter Goes Missing in “American Woman”
“This is a mother’s worst nightmare,” says Sienna Miller in a trailer for “American Woman.” The drama sees the Golden Globe nominee playing Deb, a woman whose life falls...
Trailer Watch: Niecy Nash Vows to “Run Florida” in Season 3 of “Claws”
“We are more than just nail artists — maybe it’s time we own it,” says Niecy Nash in a new trailer for “Claws'” third season. The ladies of the Nail Artisans of...
“Miss Scarlet and the Duke” Gets Green Light from A+E Networks International
Hulu’s eagerly awaited “Veronica Mars” revival debuts later this year, and now we have another female-led PI story to look forward to. Led by “Peaky Blinders” actress...
Trailer Watch: Mary Harron Tells the Manson Girls’ Stories in “Charlie Says”
“I know everyone thinks we’re these scary creatures who committed these horrible crimes, but we did what we had to do,” says one of the so-called “Manson Girls” in a new...
SXSW Women Directors: Meet Erin Lee Carr: “I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth vs. Michelle Carter”
Erin Lee Carr is a writer, director, and producer. She recently directed an episode of Netflix’s “Dirty Money,” an investigation into price gouging tactics revolutionized by pharma...
Amelia Bullmore Writing Women-Led Crime Drama “Traces” for UK’s Alibi
Good news, “Happy Valley” fans: your next UK crime TV obsession has been announced. Deadline confirms Alibi — a UK broadcaster run by Discovery and UKTV — has commissioned a...
Kim Longinotto’s “Shooting the Mafia” Nabbed by Cohen Media Group
Another woman-directed Sundance pic will receive distribution. Cohen Media Group snagged U.S. rights to Kim Longinotto’s latest documentary, “Shooting the Mafia,” following its recent...
Rachel Morrison to Direct “Hightown” for Starz
History-making cinematographer Rachel Morrison is adding another major credit to her resume. Deadline reports that she’s been tapped by Starz to direct “Hightown,” an upcoming crime...
Kate Winslet to Topline and Exec Produce HBO Detective Limited Series “Mare of Easttown”
Kate Winslet is returning to HBO. The Oscar winner has signed on to her first small screen role since starring in the premium cable network’s 2011 miniseries “Mildred Pierce,” for...
Trailer Watch: Lorena Bobbitt Sets the Record Straight in Amazon Docuseries
“This was a modern love story. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy marries girl. Girl cuts off boy’s penis,” says one of the characters in “Lorena.” The...
Series About London’s First Female Detective in the Works at A+E Networks International
A+E Networks International’s first international, scripted co-production will be the story of a trailblazing woman. Screen Daily reports the company is developing “Miss Scarlet and the...
Liz Brixius & Debra Martin Chase Have a Drama About LAPD Women Officers in Development at NBC
“Nurse Jackie” co-creator Liz Brixius and “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” producer Debra Martin Chase are teaming up to tell a story about BFFs with badges. The pair have...
Trailer Watch: An Unjust Prison Stint Tears a Family Apart in “The Sentence”
In the trailer for upcoming documentary “The Sentence,” a young girl receives a phone call from her mother. Before they are connected, an automated recording plays: “This call is...
Trailer Watch: Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart Find Love and an Ax in “Lizzie”
“This is America, sir. Every man with a pulse has enemies,” says Chloë Sevigny in the first trailer for “Lizzie.” The drama is based on Lizzie Borden, who has been...
“Claws” Renewed for Season 3
Celebratory mani-pedis are in order. Deadline confirms the nail salon-set crime dramedy “Claws” has received a Season 3 renewal at TNT, following an impressive ratings showcase in its...
Angie Wang’s “MDMA” Acquired by Shout! Studios
Shout! Studios has snagged North American rights to MDMA, Angie Wang’s semi-autobiographical crime drama. Variety broke the news. Set in 1984, the pic tells the story of a student (Annie Q.,...
U.S. Rights to Judy Davis-Starrer “Mystery Road” Snagged by Acorn TV
“Mystery Road” is headed stateside thanks to Acorn TV. The SVOD service has acquired U.S. rights to the Australian drama, Deadline confirms. The Judy Davis-starrer is scheduled to air in...