#Linda Woolverton
Vicky Jenson to Direct Musical Fantasy “Spellbound” for Skydance Animation
Vicky Jenson will unite a kingdom in her next animated pic. The “Shrek” and “Shark Tale” filmmaker is set to helm “Spellbound,” a musical fantasy. Per Deadline,...
Trailer Watch: Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning Are at War in “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
“Love doesn’t always end well,” warns Angelina Jolie in a new trailer for “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.” Released in 2014, the original “Maleficent” offered...
Teaser Watch: “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” Is No Fairy Tale
Maleficent is back and as acerbic as ever. A teaser trailer has dropped for “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,” a sequel to 2014’s “Sleeping Beauty” reimagining,...
18 Most Anticipated Films By and About Women in 2016
2016 is rushing swiftly upon us, so to kickstart celebrations, here’s a heads-up on 18 of the most exciting female-centric/women-directed films to watch out for in the coming months. Do...
Trailer Watch: Mia Wasikowska Heads Back to Wonky Wonderland in ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’
Mia Wasikowska is returning to Wonderland to reprise her role as Alice, and a new trailer gives us a sense of what adventures await her through the looking glass. Wasikowska will go from battling...
‘Maleficent’ Sequel to Bring Back Original Screenwriter Linda Woolverton
Linda Woolverton, the screenwriter behind many of Disney’s biggest feminist hits (“Maleficent,” Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” “Beauty and the Beast”), has signed on to pen...
Emma Watson Takes Gender Equity Global & Will Star as Belle in New ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Emma Watson is making headlines for her work on and off the screen. The actress and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador has had quite a week: she announced a yearlong initiative, HeforShe’s IMPACT...
Women Wrote 17% of 2014’s Top 250 Grossing Films
On Wednesday, we revealed that women directed only 17 of last year’s top 250 grossing films — a depressing 6.8%. Fortunately, the number of female screenwriters who penned the scripts to...
Makers Presents ‘Women in Hollywood’; ‘Maleficent’ Screenwriter Linda Woolverton on What’s Changed and What Hasn’t
Tonight, the Makers documentary series continues with a look at women in Hollywood. There are some great interviews, including one with Jane Fonda, where she talks about how she was able to get her...
Why Maleficent is the Rape Revenge Film That We Need
Warning: Lots of Maleficent spoilers ahead.Not since I Spit on Your Grave have I seen such an intrepid and compelling rape-revenge film. I am talking, of course, about Disney’s Maleficent, the...
Trailer Watch: The Final Trailer for Maleficent
The final trailer for Maleficent has been released. As can be said of all of the footage revealed in the trailers, it looks beautiful; the film is gorgeously shot. In a previous featurette for the...
Angelina Jolie and Linda Woolverton Talk Maleficent in New Featurette
A new two-minute, behind-the-scenes featurette about Maleficent reveals that the May 30 release will be part-prequel, part-alternate POV. Screenwriter Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast, The...
Women and Hollywood Summer 2014 Preview
Mark Wahlberg gave us all something to laugh about when he declared the Transformers movies to be “the most iconic franchise in movie history” at this year’s Cinema Con, the annual convention...
Trailer Watch: Angelina Jolie Sprouts Wings in New Maleficent Spot
While previous trailers for Maleficent focused on the surrogate mother-daughter relationship between the titular sorceress (Angelina Jolie) and Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning), the newest video for...
Is Princess Culture Redeemable?
I am extremely ambivalent about the whole princess thing. If I never saw another princess anywhere it would be too soon. But I live in the real world and write about Hollywood and Hollywood is...
Twilight’s Melissa Rosenberg Becomes Highest Grossing Female Screenwriter
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Melissa Rosenberg, the writer of all five Twilight movies has now surpassed Linda Woolverton as the top grossing female screenwriter with her films grossing a...