Trailers
“How much evil do you have to do to do good?” asks Sasha Lane in a new trailer for “Utopia.” The Amazon Prime Video series sees the “American Honey” breakout...
Sasha Lane makes her small screen debut with “Utopia.” The “American Honey” breakout is teaming up with “Gone Girl” author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn on the...
Awards
Can’t get the ending of “Sharp Objects” out of your mind? Neither can PEN America, apparently. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the women behind the HBO miniseries’ story,...
Viola Davis is left cleaning up her husband’s mess in a new trailer for “Widows.” Her late love died during a job turned bad, and now it’s up to her to figure out how to pay...
Festivals
“Widows” has snatched the coveted opening slot at the BFI London Film Festival, Variety confirms. Starring Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez (“The Fast and the Furious”...
Reporter Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) isn’t keen on returning to her hometown in the trailer for HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” but she has little choice when her boss sends her there...
Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki (“The Night Manager”), and Cynthia Erivo’s (“Mr Selfridge”) characters all lose their husbands in the trailer for...
News
Five-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams may be heading to the small screen. The “Big Eyes” star has signed on to play the lead role in a TV adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s 2006 novel “Sharp...
News, Women Writers
Universal might have yet another female-led hit in its hands. The studio emerged the winner of a four-way bidding war for the rights to Gillian Flynn’s award-winning short story “The Grownup.”...
Novelist and screenwriter Gillian Flynn (“Gone Girl”) has been tapped to co-pen Steve McQueen’s next film alongside the director. The two will collaborate on the big-screen adaptation of the...
Awards, Features, News, Women Writers
As the Academy Awards prepares for its 87th edition, a nagging fact continues to rear its gender-biased head: the astonishing fact that only four women have ever been nominated for Best Director and...
There hasn’t been a soignée blonde so flat-out hate-able since Gwyneth bitched about the burdens of motherhood. Welcome to the A-list, Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike! The tall, slender,...
News, Trailers, Videos
The very first trailer for Gone Girl has been released, and it essentially introduces novelist Gillian Flynn’s story to newbies. While Nick (Ben Affleck) searches for his missing wife Amy...
One of the best books I read over the holidays and last year is Maria Semple's Where'd You Go Bernadette? It is an original, funny, touching, moving story of a 50 year old woman,...
The Hollywood Reporter announced their inaugural list of Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors. They based the selection of living authors on how successful they’ve been in getting their...
Here’s a round-up of some of the stories we didn’t get a chance to cover last week but wanted you to know about. The Opposite Trajectories of Kate Hudson and Anne...
Gillian Flynn’s wildly popular novel, Gone Girl, which has topped the New York Times Bestseller List for the last two weeks, has been acquired by 20th Century Fox in a seven figure deal. The...
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