#Women Producers
You Must Remember This: Crowdfunding Picks
History is important. Those that don’t remember this aren’t just doomed to repeat their mistakes, but could potentially destroy or lose something irreplaceable. The point of this round of...
Denise Di Novi & Nina Tassler Developing Showtime Series Based on Joyce Carol Oates Novel
The next project from Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler’s PatMa will be a Showtime series adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ 2017 novel “A Book of American Martyrs.” Per The...
Greta Gerwig to Co-Write and Possibly Direct “Barbie” Film Starring Margot Robbie
Greta Gerwig will re-imagine the world’s most iconic doll. The Oscar-nominated “Lady Bird” writer-director is signed on to co-write Warner Bros.’ live-action...
Why “Big Little Lies” Fucking Over Andrea Arnold Feels Especially Frustrating
I couldn’t bring myself to watch “Big Little Lies” last night. I may check out the newest episode later this week, but honestly, I’m in no hurry. Indiewire dropped a bomb about...
Gina Rodriguez to Play POTUS and Direct Pilot of Disney+ Series
Already confirmed as an exec producer on “Diary of a Female President,” “Jane the Virgin” breakout Gina Rodriguez has now signed on to recur and direct the pilot of the Disney+...
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith Launch New Business Venture Westbrook Inc.
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith are expanding their media empire. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the spouses and business partners have announced the launch of Westbrook Inc., a “studio and...
Justina Machado to Make Directorial Debut in Season 4 of “One Day at a Time”
More good “One Day at a Time” news to celebrate: Justina Machado is set to make her directorial debut on the recently resuscitated sitcom. Deadline confirms that she’ll direct an ep...
Judith Helfand to Be Honored with San Francisco Jewish Film Fest’s Freedom of Expression Award
Documentary filmmaker and activist Judith Helfand is set to receive the Freedom of Expression Award at the 39th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF), a press release confirms. The award is...
Susan Johnson to Direct Mckenna Grace-Starrer “Rabbit Cake” for Amazon Studios
Mckenna Grace’s rapidly expanding resume is adding another impressive title: the actress is set to make history as one of Hollywood’s youngest producers. The 12-year-old...
Rosamund Pike to Topline TV Adaptation of “The Wheel of Time” for Amazon
Rosamund Pike is switching gears from the harsh realities of battle to a fantasy epic. The Oscar nominee, who most recently played war correspondent Marie Colvin in “A Private War,” will...
Niecy Nash Joins the Cast of “Kidnapped: The Kamiyah Mobley Story” Lifetime Movie
Niecy Nash has signed on to the first movie greenlit by Lifetime under Robin Roberts’ movie and documentary banner. The “Claws” actress will star in “Kidnapped: The Kamiyah...
Janet Mock Makes History with Overall Netflix Deal
Janet Mock is making history again. In 2018, the trailblazer co-wrote and directed an episode of “Pose,” making her the first trans woman of color to write and direct a TV ep. Now she’s...
Number of Women Directors, Writers, & More at U.S. Film Fests Reaches Historic High
The number of women at film festivals such as SXSW, Tribeca, and AFI Fest is reaching a critical mass. Dr. Martha M. Lauzen and the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film have published...
Aisling Walsh to Direct BBC Adaptation of “Elizabeth Is Missing” Starring Glenda Jackson
Aisling Walsh will follow up “Maudie” with a BBC One adaptation of “Elizabeth Is Missing.” Based on Emma Healey’s 2014 mystery novel of the same name, the one-off...
New Georges Founder Susan Bernfield Talks Empowering Women in Theater
When Susan Bernfield was starting out as an actress in 1992, she realized there were not a lot of roles being written for her, or for women in general. She couldn’t even find plays by women at the...
Winners Announced for Bumble’s Second Female Film Force Competition
Bumble is awarding five women-made short films funding as part of its second Female Film Force competition. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the winning projects include a comedic drama about...
Swati Bhise’s “The Warrior Queen of Jhansi” Lands at Roadside Attractions
Swati Bhise’s directorial debut has secured distribution stateside. Roadside Attractions acquired U.S. rights to historical epic “The Warrior Queen of Jhansi,” Deadline reports....
Ilana Glazer Has a Stand-Up Special in the Works at Amazon
Yas queen! “Broad City” star Ilana Glazer’s first stand-up special is coming to Amazon. The “Rough Night” actress announced the news via her Instagram account. The...
Marti Noxon and Jessica Rhoades Option YA Novel “Like A Love Story”
Two of the women behind HBO’s award-winning adaptation of Gillan Flynn’s “Sharp Objects” are teaming up on another project based on a novel. Marti Noxon and Jessica Rhoades,...
Angela Chen Receives Inaugural AGBO/AFI Conservatory Development Grant
Angela Chen’s next project just received a major boost. The writer, director, editor, and producer has been named as the inaugural recipient of the AGBO/AFI Conservatory Development Grant, a...
AFI to Honor Lesli Linka Glatter
Lesli Linka Glatter is set to receive an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute (AFI). A press release announced that the prolific director will be recognized for her...
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Starting a Prod. Company Focused on Stories By/About Women
Hillary Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, are taking Barack and Michelle Obama’s lead. Like the former President and First Lady, the Clintons are launching their own production company....
Marsai Martin Will Topline and Produce Fantasy Pic “Amari and the Night Brothers”
Marsai Martin has lined up her next project. The “Black-ish” and “Little” actress will star in and produce “Amari and the Night Brothers,” a pic based on B.B....
Vicky Jewson and Noomi Rapace to Re-Team for Mossad Agent Thriller “Sylvia”
Noomi Rapace and Vicky Jewson are reuniting for another female-led action pic based on a true story. Variety confirmed the news. Directed by Jewson, “Sylvia” will see Rapace starring as...
Cate Blanchett Will Star in “Stateless,” Immigration Limited Series She Co-Created
Cate Blanchett has another TV project in the works. On the heels of directing and casting news for “Mrs. America,” the FX show in which she’ll portray Phyllis Schlafly,...
“Full Frontal’s” Amy Hoggart Is Getting Her Own TBS Show
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” correspondent Amy Hoggart will soon have her own TBS project. She’ll deconstruct the problems facing Americans by playing a severely underqualified...
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,...
Hilary Swank Is Heading to Mars in Jessica Goldberg Netflix Drama “Away”
Another Oscar-winning actress is embarking on a mission to space. A trailer for Natalie Portman-led astronaut drama “Lucy in the Sky” launched in March, and now word comes that Hilary...
Sheila Nevins Is Launching MTV’s Documentary Films Unit
MTV has pulled off a major coup: the company landed Sheila Nevins to launch their Documentary Films banner. Variety confirmed the news. The HBO alumna is set to “lead the charge on developing...
Lupita Nyong’o to Topline and Produce Sci-Fi Comedy
After breaking audience’s hearts in “12 Years a Slave,” inspiring them in “Black Panther,” and terrifying them in “Us,” it looks like the Lupita Nyong’o is...
Regina King Signs First-Look Deal with Netflix
Netflix is going into business with a recent Oscar winner and one of Time’s most influential people of 2019. “If Beale Street Could Talk” star Regina King has signed a multi-year...
Liz Meriwether Signs Big Overall Deal with 20th Century Fox TV
Liz Meriwether is sticking with 20th Century Fox TV. Deadline confirms the prolific TV writer, creator, EP, and showrunner has inked a “rich four-year overall deal” with the studio,...
Paloma Baeza to Direct Animated Frida Kahlo Biopic for Lupus Films and Universal
Paloma Baeza’s second feature film will celebrate the life and work of Frida Kahlo. Baeza is set to direct an as-yet untitled animated movie about the renowned Mexican artist for the...
Hulu News: Projects from Nicole Kidman and Lynn Shelton On the Way, “Pen15” Renewed
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...
Rachel Brosnahan Will Topline and Produce Julia Hart’s Next Feature
Midge is stepping away from the mic and hitting the road. “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” breakout Rachel Brosnahan has signed on to topline Julia Hart’s next feature, “I’m...
Trailer Watch: Jill Magid Blends Her Art with a Famous Architect’s Legacy in “The Proposal”
Artist and filmmaker Jill Magid’s exhibition “The Proposal” has been called “ghoulish,” “grotesque,” and a “desecration,” as well as...
Trailer Watch: Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson Team Up for “The Hustle”
“We’re not nice women,” says Anne Hathaway in a new trailer for “The Hustle.” A remake of 1988’s “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” the comedy sees the Oscar...
Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo to Topline and Write Comedy “Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar”
If you had a dream last night and Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo were in it, we’ve got good news for you: the “Bridesmaids” writers are collaborating on another feature comedy....
Jessica Mecklenburg Adapting Liv Constantine’s “The Last Mrs. Parrish” as Amazon Series
Jessica Mecklenburg is bringing a tale of social climbing and assumed identity to Amazon. The former “Stranger Things” co-executive producer will pen and EP a TV adaptation of Liv...
Kate McKinnon Will Play Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu Limited Series
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...
For the First Time in History, Women Are Running All Three Network Morning Shows
Yesterday Diana Miller was promoted to executive producer of “CBS This Morning,” succeeding Ryan Kadro, who stepped down three months ago. But Miller’s new position is much more...
Allison Pataki’s Empress Elisabeth of Austria Novels Being Developed as Series
Heads up, fans of “Victoria,” “The Crown,” and Starz’s Philippa Gregory series: another show about a trailblazing female monarch is on the way. Deadline confirms...
Susan Orlean’s “The Library Book” Being Adapted for TV
Brace yourselves, book lovers: another story about book burning is coming to the small screen, and this one is based on a true story. Less than a year after HBO debuted an adaptation of Ray...
Freeform Developing Two Women-Driven Animated Series
Freeform is getting into the animation game with two women-centric, women-made pilots. Per Deadline, the network is developing “Betches” and “Woman World.” The former is an...
Candace Bushnell’s Follow-Up Book to “Sex and the City” Is Getting the TV Treatment
More stories about sex, dating, friendship, New York City, and what it means for women to have it all are on the way. According to Deadline, “in a competitive situation,” Paramount...
Carol Burnett and Tina Fey to Produce Film Adaptation of Burnett’s Memoir “Carrie and Me”
Two of the funniest women to ever grace the small screen are teaming up for a film project. Carol Burnett and Tina Fey are joining forces on an adaptation of the former’s 2013 memoir,...
“Better Things” Renewed For a Fourth Season
Sam Fox’s busy life is showing no signs of slowing down. According to Variety, Pamela Adlon’s FX comedy series “Better Things” has been renewed for a fourth season. Season 3...
Playwright Bekah Brunstetter on “The Cake,” Working on “This Is Us,” and The Kilroys
After three years of working on NBC’s hit series “This Is Us,” writer and producer Bekah Brunstetter is bringing two plays to the NYC stage this year: “The Cake” is now...
Mindy Kaling Semi-Autobiographical Comedy Lands Series Order From Netflix
Mindy Kaling is bringing the story of a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl to Netflix. She’s bringing her story to the streamer. Fans of Kaling’s memoirs, 2011’s...
Tracy Oliver Inks First-Look Deal with Topic Studios
Tracy Oliver’s empire is growing. The multi-hyphenate has signed a first-look deal with Topic Studios, a press release announced. The pact goes into effect April 1. Oliver broke out with...
Ann Curry & Kim Bondy’s Nonfiction Medical Series “Chasing the Cure” Gets Premiere Date
Ann Curry will be taking on medical mysteries at her new gig. WarnerMedia Entertainment announced via press release that the journalist and TV anchor’s latest project, “Chasing the...