Features
Think about the zeitgeist-y shows from the past five years or so. Whatever series pop into your head, chances are Marquita Robinson has worked on at least one of them. “Black-ish,”...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Touch Me Not – Written and Directed by Adina Pintilie (Opens in NY) On the fluid border between reality and fiction, “Touch Me Not” follows the emotional journeys...
Trailers
“Life is too short,” Penelope (Justina Machado) announces in the trailer for “One Day at a Time’s” third season. “We’re gonna have differences but what does...
Grace and Frankie have been “parent trapped” in Season 5 of their titular Netflix comedy. A new trailer for the Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin series has dropped and it sees the duo breaking out...
Films
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Rust Creek – Directed by Jen McGowan; Written by Julie Lipson (Also Available on VOD) An ordinary woman must summon extraordinary courage to survive a nightmare...
News
The life of author, adventurer, and businesswoman Karen Blixen might make its way to the screen once more. According to Deadline, Nordisk Film is developing “The Lioness,” an...
Gillian Anderson asks a man about his earliest memory of his scrotum in a new trailer for “Sex Education.” She also wonders whether her teenage son would like to talk about why he’s...
Season’s greetings from Women and Hollywood! Thank you so much for your continued support of our work. We’ll be taking some time off for the holidays, so this will be our last weekly...
Despite being so deeply ingrained in the cultural discourse, #MeToo and #TimesUp are still in their early days as social movements. #TimesUp is less than a year old and, while Tarana Burke created it...
2018 offered plenty of buzzy, zeitgeist-y television series about and from women. Dark and stylish, “Killing Eve” and “Sharp Objects” were among the year’s must-sees,...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Mary Poppins Returns (Opens December 19) “Mary Poppins Returns” “Mary Poppins Returns” is set in 1930s, Depression-era London — the time period of the...
Television
Amy Poehler is working on yet another TV project. Deadline confirms her Paper Kite Productions has optioned the rights to Rebecca Makkai’s “The Great Believers,” a novel about the...
The crew of the USS Discovery will be back soon. A trailer for “Star Trek: Discovery’s” second season has dropped and it sees protagonist Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green)...
“Camping” wrapped up less than two weeks ago and Jennifer Garner has already lined up another TV project. She will star in a limited drama series based on Amy Silverstein’s memoir...
Lake Bell and Liz Meriwether’s “Bless This Mess” has nabbed a series order at ABC, Variety reports. A co-production between 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios, the...
Blumhouse finally managed to locate and hire a female director. Several weeks after Jason Blum’s unfortunate remarks that he’d really like to work with women directors, but there’s...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Mary Queen of Scots – Directed by Josie Rourke It’s a little crazy to say Mary, Queen of Scots is the perfect role for Saoirse Ronan because I am certain that...
Awards
It seems another Time’s Up red carpet protest is in order. The Golden Globe nominations have been announced and, even for a Hollywood awards ceremony, they are very male and, in many...
Friends, we could be getting more Jane Gloriana Villanueva — or at least more of her writing. According to Variety, a spinoff of “Jane the Virgin” is in the works at The CW. Not...
Anna Paquin is channeling Olivia Pope in a teaser trailer for “Flack,” an upcoming Pop drama that sees her managing crisis after crisis. A publicist working in London, Robyn (Anna Paquin)...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Clara’s Ghost – Written and Directed by Bridey Elliott (Opens December 6) (Available on VOD December 7) Set over the course of a single evening in the Reynolds...
It’s official: Ava DuVernay is now a mogul. The award-winning multi-hyphenate has inked her first studio pact and it’s massive. DuVernay signed a $100 million production and development...
Starz is finally moving forward with two long-in-development series from women. Variety reports the cable network has ordered Katori Hall’s strip-club-set “P-Valley” and Rebecca...
Women were among the big winners at last night’s IFP Gotham Awards. Not only did Chloé Zhao’s Western, “The Rider,” take home the top prize, but women-driven and -created...
“Butterfly,” a UK miniseries about an 11-year-old trans girl and her family, has found a North American home. According to Deadline, the show will air on Canada’s CBC in late winter...
“All my life people have looked at me,” Fauna Hodel (India Eisley, “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”) writes in “I Am the Night.” “I just want to...
A+E Networks International’s first international, scripted co-production will be the story of a trailblazing woman. Screen Daily reports the company is developing “Miss Scarlet and the...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING The Favourite – Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (Opens in NY and LA November 23) Set in the early 18th century, we take a closer look at the reign of Queen...
Persistence and playing the long game have been the secrets to UK screenwriter Claire Wilson’s success. The co-writer of new AMC/BBC One miniseries “The Little Drummer Girl” was in...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Widows – Written by Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen Viola Davis leads “Widows,” a heist thriller about a group of women who share little in common besides the...
Daisy Haggard has her own show on the way. The wonderfully expressive “Episodes” actress co-wrote “Back to Life” and will play its lead, Variety reports. Already in...
“You do know I’m entirely unsuitable for a young lady like you?” Alison’s (Ruth Wilson) future husband, intelligence agent and spy novelist Major Alec Wilson (Iain Glen,...
If you’re looking for a new series to watch — and want to avoid one that ignores the existence of women on-screen and behind the scenes — look no further. Variety reports that...
One of the many conversations #MeToo and Time’s Up have inspired has to do with the nature of creative arts professions. If you work in film, television, theater, or a related field, chances...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING The Girl in the Spider’s Web “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” Computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy) and journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Sverrir Gudnason)...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING A Private War (Opens in NY and LA; Opens Nationwide November 16) In this world where journalism is under constant assault, watching “A Private...
Sharon Horgan is continuing her reign as Queen of TV. Per The Sydney Morning Herald, the “Catastrophe” actress/co-creator’s production company, Merman, is producing...
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...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Shirkers (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Sandi Tan (Opens in NY and LA) (Also Available on Netflix) “When I was 18 the thing I wanted more than anything was...
Courtney Kemp’s “Power” just keeps growing. The creator and showrunner of Starz’s crime saga has inked a huge development and production deal with Starz’s parent...
Iliza Shlesinger has a new small screen project in the works. The standup’s multi-camera comedy about siblings, “Halfway There,” has received a put pilot commitment from CBS....
Glenn Close might portray a perpetually-in-the-shadows spouse in “The Wife,” but she’s anything but in real life. A press release has announced the six-time Oscar nominee will be...
Midge’s double life looks like it’s about to become even more complicated in the second season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “One year ago my old life ended, and my...
WeForShe has announced the participants for this year’s DirectHer Program. The nine female directors will pair up with seasoned TV directors, who will guarantee the participants’ work on...
Season 3 of “Victoria” will see the young monarch facing turmoil across her country and private life. A new teaser for Daisy Goodwin’s ITV/PBS series has dropped, and hints that...
“You were employed at the Homecoming Transitional Support Center?” an auditor (Shea Whigham, “First Man”) from the Department of Defense asks Julia Roberts in the trailer for...
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Directed by Marielle Heller; Written by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Opens in NY and LA) Rightly renowned for her outrageous physical...
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,...
Broti Gupta’s résumé will make you jealous (especially if you’re an aspiring writer). Before penning episodes of Netflix comedy “Friends from College” and inclusive family...
Get ready to discover even more “Sisters.” An American remake of the Australian family drama about three half sisters is in the works, Deadline reports. Written by Annie Weisman, the...
Another network is developing a series about a female basketball coach. Back in September it was revealed that “Pitch Perfect’s” Elizabeth Banks and NBA superstar LeBron James are...
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