Television
Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are returning to the small screen. “Gossip Girl” creators Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz are bringing another YA adaptation to The CW: a teen drama...
“The Powerpuff Girls” has found its director. Maggie Kiley has signed on to helm the pilot of The CW’s live-action take on the iconic Cartoon Network animated series, The Hollywood...
Four projects from women writers are moving forward at The CW. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the broadcast network has ordered Ariana Jackson’s remake of “The 4400” to...
Another female-fronted superhero story is in the works at The CW — and it marks the latest in Ava DuVernay’s long string of recent television projects. Variety confirms DuVernay and Jill...
Make room, “Clueless” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary”: another contemporary spin on Jane Austen is on the way. Eleanor Burgess is writing “Modern Austen,” a...
Another teenage girl is set to embrace her destiny and slay in a supernatural drama series. Deadline reports that The CW is developing “Slay,” a genre project that’s receiving...
Time to combine sugar, spice, and everything nice with Chemical X: a “Powerpuff Girls” reboot is in the works. Variety confirms a live-action update of Blossom, Bubbles, and...
News
Jane Fonda, Rosario Dawson, Alison Brie, and Jennifer Garner are just a few of the entertainers who will perform as part of “Women In Film Presents: Make It Work!,” a one-hour variety...
Javicia Leslie is heading to Gotham City. The “God Friended Me” actress has been named as the new lead of “Batwoman” following Ruby Rose’s exit from the CW series. A...
“Stargirl” is getting a second season — and a new home. According to Variety, the story of Courtney Whitmore, aka Stargirl, will move to The CW from the streamer DC Universe (DCU)...
Jennie Snyder Urman is working on another show for The CW. According to Deadline, the “Jane the Virgin” creator is teaming up with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (“Sweet/Vicious”)...
The legend continues — and evolves. A female-led reimagining of “Kung Fu” is in development at The CW, Deadline reports. Inspired by the original 1970s David Carradine-starrer, the...
Hannah Marks is set to explore the imminent future. The actress and filmmaker has a futuristic comedic drama about four 20-something female friends in development at The CW. Deadline broke the...
For those of you contending with a “Jane the Virgin”-sized hole in your watchlist, we have some good news for you. “Jane” creator and showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman is working...
Trailers
“I feel like I’m ready to be Lacy’s newest personal shopper,” Katy Keene (Lucy Hale) announces in the trailer for her eponymous CW show, a spinoff of hit...
Supergirl herself is soaring into the director’s chair. “Supergirl” star Melissa Benoist is set to make her directorial debut on the CW series, Entertainment Weekly confirms. The...
Fans of “Supergirl,” “Riverdale,” and other CW titles, take note: the network has dropped sneak peaks of your future TV obsessions. You can now watch footage from Ruby...
The CW has ordered three women-driven series for its 2019-2020 season. Variety confirms the network picked up the Ruby Rose-led “Batwoman,” “Riverdale” spinoff “Katy Keene,” and...
Catherine Hardwicke is reuniting with bloodsuckers. The “Twilight” helmer has been tapped to direct The CW’s “Lost Boys” pilot, Deadline confirms. An adaptation of the...
Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray) is leaving Riverdale and her gig singing at Le Bonne Nuit behind to pursue her dreams in New York City, and Maggie Kiley will be behind the camera capturing all the...
An Oscar Wilde adaptation is in the works at The CW. The teen-centric network is developing a female-led series inspired by “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” Variety reports. Hailing from...
The CW’s DC Universe is getting more and more inclusive. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, Ruby Rose will take on the role of superheroine Batwoman (aka Kate Kane), an out lesbian, in the...
Batwoman is on the prowl. A series about the famed DC vigilante is in the works at The CW, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The character will make her debut in December as part of The CW’s...
The Book of Shadows is being passed down. The CW has released an extended first look at the network’s “Charmed” reboot and the young women who have inherited the “guide to...
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