Television
Elle Fanning is set to topline another Hulu series inspired by a true story. “The Great,” her 18th-century set Catherine the Great comedy, was renewed for a second season last month, and...
Trailers
Our favorite 13-year-old weirdos are back and as delightful as ever. Though Anna (Anna Konkle) claims that “the real thing is we’ve changed,” a new trailer for...
Hulu viewers may soon get to explore a world in which Hillary Rodham never married Bill Clinton. “The Affair” co-creator Sarah Treem is writing and executive producing a drama series...
News
Yoruba Richen will #SayHerName in an upcoming New York Times docuseries. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the “New Black” director is helming a doc about Breonna Taylor, the young Black...
Hulu’s got another Sally Rooney adaptation in the works. The streamer has given a straight-to-series order on “Conversations with Friends,” a half-hour drama based on Rooney’s...
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...
Awards
Reveca Torres’ “Tres Fridas” and Colette Ghunim’s “Traces of Home” are the two projects that have been chosen for the inaugural Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator....
“Russia must be saved — and I with it,” says Elle Fanning in a new trailer for “The Great.” The Hulu series tells the story of Catherine the Great (Fanning), the longest...
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 —...
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...
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,...
Elle Fanning won’t let sexism or a depraved husband stand in the way of her destiny in a new teaser for “The Great.” Slated to premiere on Hulu May 15, the satirical series, which...
“I have always had the best intentions,” claims Reese Witherspoon in a new trailer for “Little Fires Everywhere.” The fact that someone burns her house down while she’s...
A stunned Reese Witherspoon watches her picture-perfect home burn to the ground in a new teaser for “Little Fires Everywhere.” An adaptation of Celeste Ng’s best-selling novel, the...
“Binti” is making its way to the screen. An adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s award-winning sci-fi novella is in the works at Hulu. The streamer handed out a script order to the TV...
Aidy Bryant is convinced she’s “finally figuring things out” in a new trailer for “Shrill’s” second season, but there are still plenty of bumps along the road....
“High Fidelity” is coming to the small screen. Unlike Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel and the 2000 film starring John Cusack, Hulu’s take on the story features a female protagonist. Zoë...
Films
Hulu is paying tribute to Time’s 2019 Person of the Year. The streamer will premiere an original doc about climate activist Greta Thunberg in 2020, Deadline reports. Tentatively titled...
“I provoke strong opinions,” Hillary Clinton admits in an upcoming Hulu docuseries. A teaser for “Hillary” has dropped and features a few of the passionate viewpoints...
Aidy Bryant is “shaking [her] shit up a little” in a new teaser for “Shrill’s” second season. The Hulu comedy’s debut season saw Annie (Bryant), an aspiring...
Hulu just can’t get enough of Margaret Atwood. Already home to an acclaimed adaptation of Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” and currently developing a series based on her...
Kat Dennings gets unexpectedly dumped and reevaluates her life choices in a new trailer for “Dollface.” The Hulu comedy series sees the “2 Broke Girls” alumna re-entering the...
“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...
Kat Dennings is returning to TV. The “2 Broke Girls” alumna is back with a Hulu comedy, for which a teaser just dropped. “Dollface” sees the “Thor” actress...
“She wore out one painter before you. She refused to pose,” The Countess (Valeria Golino) warns an intrigued painter (Noémie Merlant). “You must paint without her knowing… Is...
The horrors of Gilead will continue. “The Handmaid’s Tale,” reportedly “the most watched show, original or acquired,” on Hulu, is getting a fourth season, Variety...
Amy Schumer is returning to television. The Emmy and Peabody-winning co-creator, star, writer, director, and exec producer of “Inside Amy Schumer” has received a series order from Hulu...
A new trailer for “Untouchable” kicks off with newscasters reporting on the growing number of women accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and misconduct....
“I’m not going to settle in this small, little town I live in,” 16-year-old Austyn Tester announces in the trailer for “Jawline.” “I got to go explore the world, I...
Nathalie Emmanuel kicks off her London vacation with a rom-com-worthy meet cute in a new trailer for “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” Some sassy banter with a stranger (Nikesh Patel) at the...
Neptune, California hasn’t seen the last of Veronica Mars. “I spent my first 19 years trying to escape my hometown. Made it out, then after a decade away, decided it needed me, and I...
“Normal People” is coming to the small screen. Hulu handed out a straight to series order on a 12-episode, half-hour drama based on Irish author Sally Rooney’s buzzy best-selling...
Mary Laws is bringing werewolves and fallen angels to Hulu. The streamer just picked up a new genre anthology series from the “Preacher” alumna and “Neon Demon” scribe. A...
Ursula Macfarlane’s take on Harvey Weinstein, his power in Hollywood, and how he used said power to prey on and abuse women is heading to Hulu. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the streamer has...
Hulu dropped some major news at its 2019 upfront, held today in New York. Among other announcements, the streamer revealed that it’s adding major star power with a new series from Nicole Kidman...
The second season finale of “The Handmaid’s Tale” saw June, the series’ narrator and protagonist, opting to stay in the fundamentalist totalitarian state of Gilead instead of...
The story of Elizabeth Holmes and the $9 billion hoax known as her company Theranos is coming to Hulu. Emmy winner Kate McKinnon is set to portray Holmes in a limited series based on ABC News/ABC...
Two more women-directed Sundance pics have found homes. Liza Mandelup’s “Jawline” and Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov’s “Honeyland” have nabbed...
Elle Fanning is taking an “anti-historical ride” to 18th century Russia. According to Deadline, Hulu has ordered “The Great” to series. The “genre-bending” drama,...
Hulu has snagged rights to an upcoming doc about one of the world’s most famous sex therapists. The streamer will air “Ask Dr. Ruth” following its premiere at Sundance 2019,...
Kat Dennings is trying to make up for all the girls’ nights she missed out on. The “2 Broke Girls” alumna toplines “Dollface,” the story of a woman determined to make...
The second season of Hulu’s “Harlots” ended at somewhat of a definitive mark, give or take a few unanswered questions. Luckily, though, Hulu plans on giving us both more answers and...
Hulu is taking notes from a loud woman. Variety reports that the streamer has given a six-episode series order to an adaptation of Lindy West’s 2016 memoir. Titled “Shrill: Notes from a...
“Everlasting” has concluded its final Elimination Ceremony. In a surprise twist fitting for the fictional “Bachelor”-esque series, all eight episodes...
Tiler Peck sets out to prove that “ballet isn’t just pink tights and a tutu” in an upcoming Hulu documentary. “Ballet Now” sees New York City Ballet’s Prima Ballerina...
Pleas to #MuteRKelly are being heard. It looks like we’re about to hear much less of the singer’s music and much more about his decades of alleged abuse. Lifetime already announced that...
“UnREAL” is relocating for its fourth season. Lifetime’s drama about the behind-the-scenes machinations at a “Bachelor”-esque reality show will get a first-run on Hulu...
News, Television, Women Writers
Offred is staying put at Hulu and Mindy Kaling is set to return. The streamer has renewed “The Handmaid’s Tale” for a third season and given a series order to Kaling’s latest project, an...
Comedy, News, Television, Women Writers
“The Mindy Project” has borrowed, celebrated, and skewered conventions of rom-coms throughout its six-season run, so it comes as no surprise that the show’s creator and star has signed on to...
News, Television, Women Directors
Liv Tyler is swapping the all-white attire of the Guilty Remnant for the vivid corsets and powdered wigs of Greek Street. According to Deadline, the “Leftovers” actress has joined the next...
News, Television, Theater, Women Writers
“The Path” co-executive producer Annie Weisman has inked a two-year overall deal with Universal TV, Deadline reports. She’s written four episodes of the Hulu series starring Aaron Paul...
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