#Women Producers
Trailer Watch: Aidy Bryant Is Figuring Things Out in “Shrill” Season 2
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....
Suranne Jones to Star in and Produce TV Series Inspired by World Boxing Champ Jane Couch
Suranne Jones is set to play another trailblazer. The star of HBO/BBC’s “Gentleman Jack” will star in and produce a series based on the life of five-time female world boxing...
“Silence of the Lambs” Spinoff “Clarice” in the Works at CBS
Hello (again), Clarice. Clarice Starling is heading to the small screen. CBS just finalized deals for “‘Clarice,’ a crime drama series project based on the famous Thomas Harris...
Mara Brock Akil Inks Network-Direct Script Deal with Fox Entertainment
Mara Brock Akil is heading to Fox for her next TV project. Variety confirms the “Being Mary Jane” creator and veteran television writer-producer has signed a network-direct script deal...
ReFrame Teams Up with Delta Airlines for Women-Driven In-Flight Entertainment Channels
ReFrame, the coalition dedicated to improving gender representation across all areas of the film industry, is bringing women-led and -made entertainment to Delta Airlines. The two organizations have...
Trailer Watch: Gina Rodriguez Revisits the “Diary of a Future President”
Gina Rodriguez is bringing “The Diary of a Future President” to Disney+. A trailer for the upcoming series sees the president of the United States (Rodriguez) discovering her childhood...
Effie Brown Named CEO of Gamechanger, Plans to Make Fund More Inclusive
Gamechanger, the first film fund by and for women, has appointed veteran producer Effie Brown as its new CEO. According to IndieWire, the “Dear White People” producer will work to expand...
2019 Celluloid Ceiling Report: Women Hit Historic Highs Offscreen, But Are Still Far From Parity
From 2018 to 2019, the number of women directors working on the top 100 films tripled — from four percent to 12 percent — achieving a historic high. This is definitely something to...
Sharon Horgan Inks First-Look Deal with Apple
Apple is welcoming one of our favorite multi-hyphenates into its folds. “Catastrophe” co-creator, star, writer, and exec producer Sharon Horgan has signed an exclusive first-look deal...
Freida Pinto to Topline & Produce Limited Series About Former U.S. Marine Anuradha Bhagwati
Freida Pinto is returning to the small screen. “The Path” alumna is slated to star in and produce a limited series based on former U.S. Marine Anuradha Bhagwati’s memoir...
Paula Patton to Topline and Produce “Josephine Baker’s Last Dance” Adaptation
Paula Patton is bringing Josephine Baker’s extraordinary life to the screen. The Hollywood Reporter confirms she has acquired film and television rights to “Josephine Baker’s Last...
Natalie Dormer Developing TV Series About WWII’s Forgotten Female Aviators
Natalie Dormer is taking flight. The “Game of Thrones” alumna is developing a TV series about WWII’s unsung female aviators via her newly launched production banner, Dog Rose...
Chrissy Metz Is Bringing “Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds” Adaptation to Amazon
Chrissy Metz is eyeing the top of Africa’s highest mountain. The “This Is Us” breakout is set to produce — and possibly star — in a film adaptation of Kara Richardson...
Trailer Watch: “Surviving R. Kelly’s” Impact Is Explored in Follow-Up Docuseries “The Reckoning”
“Whoever’s acting like they didn’t know is lying,” an interviewee says about R. Kelly’s decades of sexual abuse. “Black women had been talking about this story...
Jennie Snyder Urman, Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, & Jessica Amento Have OCD Comedy in Dev at The CW
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”)...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Tops Radio Times TV 100 List
Phoebe Waller-Bridge catapulted to international stardom this year, and the folks back home have taken notice. Britain’s Radio Times polled television execs and broadcasting veterans to...
Gal Gadot Developing U.S. Adaptation of Hit Israeli Series “Queens”
Gal Gadot has lined up another project for the small screen. The “Wonder Woman” star and her producing partner and husband, Jaron Varsano, are developing a U.S. version of the hit Israeli...
Trailer Watch: Family Drama Unfolds in “Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story”
“Why do I have to compete with a kidnapper for your love?” a mother asks her newly reunited daughter in a trailer for “Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story.” Based on...
Stacey Abrams to Exec Produce CBS Series Based on Her Novel “Never Tell”
Stacey Abrams has a new series in the works at CBS. The network has put “Never Tell,” a drama based on Abrams’ book of the same name, in development. The project hails from Abrams,...
Quote of the Day: “Harriet” Producer Debra Martin Chase on Telling Stories That Entertain & Inspire
“Harriet” producer Debra Martin Chase is speaking out about the power and responsibilities that come along with being a producer in Hollywood. “First and foremost, you have to...
Guest Post: How I Made the Switch from Working in Finance to Producing an Oscar Contender
Guest Post by Alexa Khan After graduating from college, I embarked on a very successful and lucrative career in finance — yet I felt stuck in life. Although I loved the sense of accomplishment,...
Nahnatchka Khan & Niki Schwartz-Wright’s “Valley Trash” Snags Put Pilot Commitment at ABC
“Fresh Off the Boat” is coming to an end, but creator Nahnatchka Khan has another project in the works at ABC. She and “Speechless” writer-producer Niki Schwartz-Wright are...
Molly Smith Metzler Is Bringing “Maid” to Netflix, Margot Robbie Producing
A series based on Stephanie Land’s memoir “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive” is in the works at Netflix, Variety reports. Molly Smith Metzler, best known for...
Lionsgate Nabs Rebel Wilson-Penned K-Pop Comedy “Seoul Girls”
BTS, Twice, Blackpink, and other K-Pop sensations have taken the world by storm, creating fervent fans stateside and across the globe. The beloved Korean export is set to serve as inspiration behind...
Melina Matsoukas Signs First-Look Deal With FX Productions
Melina Matsoukas’ banner year just got even better. Her feature directorial debut, “Queen & Slim,” hits theaters next week, and now comes word that she has inked a first-look...
Naomi Ekperigin’s Family Comedy “The Turners” Lands Script Commitment at ABC
Naomi Ekperigin is bringing the Turner Family’s story to the small screen. She is writing “The Turners,” a half-hour single-camera comedy inspired by the real-life family of...
Jenni Konner Signs Overall Deal with Fox 21 TV Studios
Two-time Emmy nominee Jenni Konner has inked an overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios, Deadline reports. The multi-year pact sees the “Girls” alumna creating, developing, producing,...
Beanie Feldstein-Starrer “How to Build a Girl” Lands at IFC
Beanie Feldstein stole hearts with her breakout supporting role in 2017’s “Lady Bird” and co-anchored “Booksmart,” one of the year’s funniest movies, with Kaitlyn...
Female Obama White House Staffers’ Book “Yes She Can” Being Adapted as ABC Drama
The stories of 10 female Obama White House staffers will serve as the basis for an ABC drama. According to Variety, the network is developing a women-driven, D.C.-set political series based on the...
Octavia Spencer Will Receive the PGA’s 2020 Visionary Award
Octavia Spencer has previously been honored as an actress and as an LGBTQ ally — and now she’ll be celebrated as a producer. Deadline confirms the “Truth Be Told” actress and...
Zoe Saldana to Lead Netflix Adaptation of “From Scratch” & Exec Produce Alongside Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon is working on yet another adaptation of a woman-penned book. Following in the footsteps of “Gone Girl,” “Wild,” and “Big Little Lies” comes word...
Hannah Marks Has a Futuristic Coming-of-Age Story in Development at The CW
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...
Michelle Ashford to Adapt Elizabeth Gilbert Novel “City of Girls”
Michelle Ashford is taking “City of Girls” to the big screen. The “Masters of Sex” creator is on board to adapt Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling novel. A press release...
Kay Cannon Is Directing a Biopic About Improv Legends Charna Halpern and Del Close
Kay Cannon is having quite the year. Since April, the “Pitch Perfect” screenwriter and “Blockers” helmer has signed on to direct three feature films: a reimagining of...
Lady Gaga Will Star in Biopic About the Gucci Family Dynasty
Lady Gaga played a pop star in the public eye in “A Star Is Born,” and is following up that Oscar-nominated performance with a story about a woman who’s famous for very different...
ABC Is Developing a Legal Drama from “Scandal’s” Raamla Mohamed and Kerry Washington
“Scandal” wrapped its seventh and final season in 2018, but the political thriller was just the beginning for star Kerry Washington and writer and producer Raamla Mohamed’s...
Projects from Mindy Kaling, Elizabeth Banks, & Issa Rae in the Works at HBO Max
The list of women-driven projects on HBO Max’s slate keeps getting longer. WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform has revealed that it has half-hour comedies from Mindy Kaling,...
Marta Kauffman to Receive PGA’s Norman Lear Achievement Award
Marta Kauffman has been named the recipient of the Producers Guild of America’s (PGA) Norman Lear Achievement Award. Given in recognition of producers “who have made a remarkable impact...
Participants Announced for Tribeca’s Fifth Through Her Lens Program
Tribeca Film Festival and Chanel have selected five female filmmaking duos for the fifth Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program. A press release announced the participants....
Trailer Watch: “The L Word” Saga Continues with “Generation Q”
Bette, Alice, and Shane are back. The mainstays of the original “L Word” make an appearance in the trailblazing drama’s sequel series, “The L Word: Generation Q,” and...
Esta Spalding, Mary Young Leckie, & Alison Duke Among WIFT-Toronto’s 2019 Crystal Awardees
Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) will celebrate writers, producers, executives, and activists alike at the 32nd Crystal Awards Gala. The advocacy group for women in Canadian...
Miranda Kwok’s “Cleaning Lady” Adaptation Lands Script Commitment at Fox
Actress, stuntwoman, writer, and producer Miranda Kwok is working on a U.S. adaptation of Argentinian mob drama “La Chica Que Limpia” for Fox. The project, titled “The Cleaning...
Jessica Goldberg and Amy Poehler Thriller “The Mother-In-Law” in Development at NBC
Best known for her comedy work on-screen in “SNL” and “Parks and Rec” and behind the scenes as an exec producer on “Broad City” and “Russian Doll,” Amy...
Trailer Watch: Kat Dennings Loses Her Boyfriend and Reunites with Her Friends in “Dollface”
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...
Amy Adams and Laura Dern Team Up to Bring “The Most Fun We Ever Had” Adaptation to HBO
HBO’s adaptations of “Big Little Lies” and “Sharp Objects” drew big ratings, critical acclaim, and awards attention for the premium cabler. Laura Dern scored an Emmy for...
Leigh Davenport’s “Run the World” Pilot Gets the Green Light at Starz
Starz has ordered a pilot from “Boomerang” writer Leigh Davenport and “Dear White People” co-showrunner Yvette Lee Bowser. According to Deadline, “Run the World”...
Gal Gadot Forms Production Company, Will Star in & Produce Holocaust Drama “Irena Sendler”
Best known for her gravity-defying role as caped crusader with superpowers in”Wonder Woman,” Gal Gadot is switching gears and taking a fact-based historical thriller to the screen. The...
Biopic About Ann Hopkins and Her Landmark Gender Discrimination Case On the Way
As the Supreme Court gears up to — once again — hear arguments on abortion, there’s word that another historic court case for women’s rights will be getting the screen...
Trailer Watch: A Health Crisis Forces Artist Prune Nourry to Look Inward in “Serendipity”
Multi-disciplinary artist Prune Nourry always loved anatomy, and gained an international following for her projects exploring bioethics. “I was working a lot about the body, but I think I lost...
Ava DuVernay’s “DMZ” Adaptation Gets Pilot Order at HBO Max
Ava DuVernay’s latest TV project will see her expanding her relationship with DC Comics. Already tapped to helm the feature adaptation of DC’s “The New Gods” for Warner Bros.,...
Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider, & Jane Featherstone Team Up for New Content Company
Media mogul Elisabeth Murdoch, seasoned exec Stacey Snider, and television producer Jane Featherstone have joined forces and launched a new global content company. According to The Hollywood...