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Lisa Cortés Making a Little Richard Documentary for CNN Films & HBO Max, Dee Rees Producing
Less than a month after she inked a first-look deal with Blue Ant Studios — and announced she’s working on a docuseries about women in hip-hop, a drama about Black and Indigenous women...
Dee Rees and Leila Gerstein Join Forces on “Saint X” Adaptation at Hulu
An Academy Award nominee and an Emmy winner are teaming up to bring “Saint X” to Hulu. Dee Rees, who scored a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nod for “Mudbound,” and Leila...
Composer to Watch: Tamar-kali of “Shirley,” “The Assistant,” and “Mudbound”
Tamar-kali did not plan on becoming a film composer, but she has quickly become a standout voice in the industry. The Brooklyn-based musician was a figure of the Afropunk movement in the 1990s, and...
Dee Rees Will Write and Direct Big Screen Rendition of “Porgy and Bess” for MGM
It’s wintertime and, thanks to this news, the livin’ is still easy. Dee Rees is writing and directing a big screen adaptation of the Gershwins’ “Porgy and Bess” for MGM,...
Trailer Watch: Anne Hathaway Is a Journalist in Peril in Dee Rees’ “The Last Thing He Wanted”
“In a perfect world, we make perfect choices. In the real world, we make real choices,” says Anne Hathaway in a new trailer for “The Last Thing He Wanted.” Dee Rees’...
Dee Rees Will Write and Direct Musical Fantasy “The Kyd’s Exquisite Follies”
“Mudbound” helmer Dee Rees is collaborating with Santigold on her next project. Rees has signed on to direct musical fantasy “The Kyd’s Exquisite Follies,” based on her own...
Cross Post: Heroines of Cinema: The 10 Most Exciting Young Female Directors in the World Today
This week, the British Film Institute released statistics revealing that a mere 14 feature films were directed by women in the UK last year, compared to 164 by men....
Pariah Writer/Director Dee Rees Talks to Lincoln Center’s Richard Pena