#High School
Storm Reid Will Topline and Produce Coming-of-Age Pic “Becoming Noble”
Weeks after her “Euphoria” co-star Zendaya made history as the youngest woman to ever receive an Emmy nom for producing, Storm Reid has signed on to produce a project of her own,...
Trailer Watch: Lana Condor Is a Ghost with Unfinished Business in “Boo, Bitch”
Lana Condor is determined to make the most out of the little life she has left in “Boo, Bitch.” From showrunners Erin Ehrlich (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) and Lauren Iungerich...
Sabrina Jaglom’s “Jane” Lands at Blue Fox Entertainment, Madelaine Petsch Stars in the YA Thriller
Madelaine Petsch is set to wreak havoc on another high school. Best known for her role as Cheryl Blossom, Queen Bee on The CW’s “Riverdale,” she leads “Jane,” a YA...
Trailer Watch: Rebel Wilson Goes Back to High School in “Senior Year”
Rebel Wilson is determined to relive her glory days in “Senior Year,” a Netflix comedy that sees the “Pitch Perfect” alumna returning to high school. “When I was in high...
Trailer Watch: Debbie Lum Follows Ivy League Hopefuls at an Elite High School in “Try Harder!”
Debbie Lum takes audiences inside the #1 ranked public high school in San Francisco in “Try Harder!” “The kids who come here, they are competing in a world that is very high...
Taraji P. Henson to Make Feature Directorial Debut with High School Comedy “Two-Faced”
Taraji P. Henson is directing her first movie. Variety confirms the Oscar-nominated actress will helm, produce, and star in Bron Studios’ high school comedy “Two-Faced.” The project...
Trailer Watch: Auli’i Cravalho Learns to Accept Help in “All Together Now”
Auli’i Cravalho is still dreaming about how far she’ll go. The “Moana” breakout plays Amber, a musically gifted high school student who hopes to attend Carnegie Mellon, in...
Trailer Watch: High School Seniors Look Onward and Outward in “Pahokee”
A portrait of life in an impoverished, rural village in Florida, Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan’s “Pahokee” turns the camera on four high school seniors taking major steps toward...
Trailer Watch: Sophia Lillis Discovers Her Superpower in “I Am Not Okay With This”
A self-described “boring 17-year-old white girl” who is “not special” discovers that she’s actually extraordinary in a new trailer for “I Am Not Okay With...
Binge Worthy: Crowdfunding Picks
Sometimes there’s no better way to decompress from a long day or a stressful week than watching an episode of your favorite show. Or four. Or 10. There’s no shame in a good binge-watching...
Sundance 2019 Women Directors: Meet Tayarisha Poe – “Selah and the Spades”
Tayarisha Poe is a storyteller from West Philly. She was chosen as one of the “25 new faces of independent film” by Filmmaker magazine in 2015, and in 2016 she received the Sundance...
Annabel Oakes’ “Edge of Seventeen” Series Lands Pilot Order at YouTube
Get ready for more bittersweet, angsty, and hilarious stories about surviving high school. According to Deadline, YouTube has given a pilot order to “The Edge of Seventeen,” a half-hour...
Trailer Watch: A Hacker Brings Anarchy to Salem in “Assassination Nation”
Eighteen-year-old Lily (Odessa Young, “High Life”) is here to tell a story about how her town “lost its mind.” A new trailer has dropped for “Assassination...
“On My Block” Renewed for Season 2
Netflix has given “On My Block” a sophomore season. Variety reports that the half-hour comedy co-created by Lauren Iungerich (“Awkward”) has been renewed. The series, which bowed in March,...
Tribeca 2017 Women Directors: Meet Quinn Shephard — “Blame”
As an actress, Quinn Shephard is best known for Paul Feig’s “Unaccompanied Minors and “Hostages” on CBS. Her upcoming films include “Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl” and Desiree Akhavan’s...