#Women Producers
Queen Latifah to EP Travel Docuseries About Women Comedians
Queen Latifah is pivoting from one “Girls Trip” to another. The multi-hyphenate is executive producing a documentary series following female comedians and their globe-trotting adventures....
“L.A.’s Finest” Officially Ordered to Series By Charter Communications
Following a roller coaster development ride, “L.A.’s Finest” has been ordered to series. Charter Communications gave a 13-episode straight-to-series order to the “Bad...
Rebel Wilson to Star in and Produce Adaptation of “Black Mirror”-esque Comic “Crowded”
Fat Amy is embarking on a life-or-death mission. Rebel Wilson has optioned the rights to “Crowded,” an upcoming Image Comics book, with plans to develop and produce the project. The...
Laura Dern and Jayme Lemons’ Jaywalker Signs First-Look Deal with Platform One Media
Laura Dern is following in the footsteps of her “Big Little Lies” co-star Nicole Kidman. Dern and Jayme Lemons’ Jaywalker Pictures has signed a first-look deal with Platform One Media,...
Mariette Rissenbeek Named Co-Director of Berlinale, Becomes First Woman to Lead the Fest
German Films managing director Mariette Rissenbeek will be the Berlin International Film Festival’s (Berlinale) next executive director, making her the first woman to lead the fest....
Study Shows Wide Gender Gap Persists on Telefilm Canada’s Big Budget Pics
The good news: Telefilm Canada’s goal of closing its movies’ off-screen gender gap by 2020 has resulted in tangible change. The bad news: the gap is still stubbornly wide on...
Laverne Cox Exec Producing Doc About Trans Representation On-Screen
Laverne Cox made history last year when she became the first transgender actress cast as a series regular on a broadcast show, CBS’ legal drama “Doubt.” It was a major feat for...
Heather Graham to Topline Aisling Chin-Yee’s Family Dramedy “The Rest of Us”
Babe Nation Creation’s first feature has begun filming, Deadline confirms. The female-driven production company is behind “The Rest of Us,” Aisling Chin-Yee’s directorial debut....
Oprah Winfrey Signs Content Deal with Apple
Apple has secured another major talent. Reese Witherspoon has a number of projects in development with the streamer, and now the company has snagged a deal with none other than her “Wrinkle...
Nicole Kidman Signs First-Look Deal with Amazon Studios
Nicole Kidman has inked a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, Deadline confirms. The pact sees the Oscar winner’s Blossom Films developing original series that will be available exclusively on...
Paul Feig’s Digital Media Company Greenlights Series About Muslim Women
Given his Leading Man Award from the Athena Film Festival and his history of feminism on-screen and off, it comes as no surprise that the first original series from Paul Feig’s digital media...
Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher Elected PGA Presidents, Make History
Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher are the new presidents of the Producers Guild of America. According to Deadline, this is the first time two women have held the co-equal positions. The duo ran unopposed...
Sharon Horgan to Star in and Produce “Women on the Verge” Series
“Catastrophe” co-creator and star Sharon Horgan is working on yet another TV project. The busy multi-hyphenate is set to star in and produce six-part series “Women on the...
“Humans” Offers Some of Sci-Fi TV’s Most Touching Explorations of Motherhood
AMC’s “Humans” is, on the surface, a television show about artificial intelligence, and its place within a society that is much like ours. Set mostly in the UK, in a parallel present, the...
Margot Robbie to Produce Female Firefighters Pic Based on NYT Article
Margot Robbie has lined up yet another producing project. The “I, Tonya” actress will produce “Firefighters,” a film about the real-life female inmates who took on California...
Producer Pippa Harris Named BAFTA’s Next Chair
“Call the Midwife” producer Pippa Harris is taking on another leadership role at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Per a press release, she will succeed Jane Lush...
Political Drama Inspired by Barbara Boxer in the Works at FX
Denise Di Novi and Nina Tassler are bringing another female leader’s story to the small screen. The PatMa Productions founders already have limited series about Israeli Prime Minister Golda...
Quote of the Day: Rashida Jones On the Creative Advantages of Writing and Producing
Rashida Jones might be best known for her onscreen work in “Parks and Recreation,” “Angie Tribeca,” and “The Office,” but she’s also a prolific writer and...
Malin Akerman, Kat Dennings, and Jane Seymour to Star in “Friendsgiving”
Malin Akerman, Kat Dennings, and Jane Seymour are hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for the ages. The trio are set to star in “Friendsgiving,” an ensemble comedy from Red Hour and Endeavor...
Quote of the Day: Diane Kruger Talks Sexist Resistance to Female-Led Biopics
Diane Kruger is back in Cannes and offering a refreshingly honest take on what it’s been like to transition from acting to producing. When The Hollywood Reporter asked what she makes of the...
Berlinale 2016’s Complete Competition Lineup Announced: Only 9% Directed By Women
The 2016 Berlin Film Festival has released its full competition lineup. Now that we can take stock of all the directors screening films in the festival’s most prominent category, we...
Anne Hathaway’s Next Two Sci-Fi Action Films to Take Place During Baby Shower, Nervous Breakdown
Anne Hathaway is making a big move into genre both on screen and behind the scenes. The Oscar-winning actress and writer-director Jac Schaeffer are close to making the sci-fi action-comedy...
Tina Fey and Ronda Rousey Team Up for Paula Pell Comedy
"Sisters" is a bona fide sleeper hit: Since its release opposite "Star Wars" four weeks ago, the Tina Fey/Amy Poehler vehicle has racked up $94 million worldwide. No wonder,...
How Samatha Bee’s New Late Night Show is Tackling Gender Diversity Behind the Scenes
Samantha Bee and her team for her new talk show, "Full Frontal," are putting their money where their mouths are. "The talent is out there, so late-night shows need to stop saying,...
Study: Women Directors’ Ranks Increased in 2015, But Only to 1998 Rates
Female filmmakers enjoyed a slight bump last year in their representation in the film industry, with women directors and those in other key roles (writers, producers, executive producers, editors and...
Ingrid Escajeda to Write, Exec Produce New Drama About Korean-American Celebrity Chef
Ingrid Escajeda is on board to write and executive produce "On the Line," a one-hour drama in development at Fox inspired by chef Sang Yoon, best known as the chef and proprietor...
Netflix Orders Therapist Thriller ‘Gypsy’ From Creator Lisa Rubin
Netflix has ordered a 10-episode debut season of creator Lisa Rubin’s "Gypsy." Premiering in 2017, the psychological thriller will center on "Jean Holloway, a therapist who...
Charlize Theron and David Fincher Developing Serial Killer-Catching Drama for Netflix
Charlize Theron will team up with David Fincher on a new crime series called "Mindhunter" for Netflix. Based on the book "Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial...
Reese Witherspoon Continues to Push into TV With ABC Divorce Drama
With the pace of filmmaking so slow, it’s no wonder that Reese Witherspoon, a self-described "Type A," is moving into the faster world of television. Witherspoon and her...
Guest Post: How I Made 6 Indie Films in 10 Years
I just finished producing my sixth feature film, "Mr. Rudolpho’s Jubilee." We shot in Berlin, Milan and Tuscany with an artist collective of 300 people from 30 different countries....
Amazon Orders Three New Female-Centric Shows
Amazon has ordered to series a trio of shows about women: a semi-autobiographical dark comedy starring comedian Tig Notaro, a Zelda Fitzgerald bio-series with Christina Ricci in the lead and a...
Jennifer Cho Suhr to Write/Direct Estranged Korean-American Sisters Tale ‘You & Me Both’
Jennifer Cho Suhr will make her directorial debut with "You & Me Both," a road-trip movie about two estranged Korean-American sisters in search of their birth mother. After the death of...
Cynthia Lopez to Receive 2013 Good Egg Award
Chicken & Egg Pictures will be honoring Cynthia Lopez during this year’s Independent Film Week. Lopez will receive the 2013 Good Egg Award which is annually given to a leader in the...
SXSW Rerun: Interview with Hannah Fidell, Lindsay Burdge and Kim Sherman of A Teacher
Originally published on April 9. A Teacher is in theaters in New York and Los Angeles today and is available on VOD. A Teacher is a tense, unflinching piece of film that gets under your...
TIFF Women Directors and Producers: Meet Sabine Emiliani and Stephanie Levy
Sabine Emiliani’s documentary editing has garnered accolades from Sundance to Cannes to the Academy Awards. Ms. Emiliani’s 2006 Oscar-winning documentary, March of the Penguins...
Women in Film Announces 28th Annual Film Finishing Fund Recipients
Women in Film announced the winners of their 28th annual Film Finishing Fund. The Film Finishing Fund provides cash grants and in-kind production services to complete films that are by or about...
Cross Post: Meet The Butler’s Powerhouse Producer
Sheila Johnson is a highly successful businesswoman, entrepreneur, producer, and philanthropist, with achievements and accolades far too numerous to list. I have the honor of serving on the...
Tips from Gale Anne Hurd on Success
Gale Anne Hurd, executive producer of The Walking Dead, spoke with Media Bistro about her career in Hollywood. Hurd, who received the Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Athena Film...
Film and TV News Round Up for August 2nd: Lake Bell’s Next Project, SXSW Short to Lifetime and Sarah Hyland to Produce
Here’s a news round up of some of the most notable television and film news from the past couple days. Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland is going to star in and produce the indie...
Guest Post: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Gender Equality?
This piece is in response to a piece published on FilmInk that listed the 20 Most Powerful People in Australian Film As an Australian I’ve long believed that my home country’s industry...
Helen Hunt to Write, Direct, Produce and Star in Ride
Helen Hunt is writing, directing, producing and starring in Ride. This will be her second directing gig following the 2007 film Then She Found Me. The film focuses on a 20 year...
Guest Post: The Women of Comic Con: How the Internet Killed the Studio Star
During the lead up to this year’s Comic Con International, a Networked Insights analysis of social media conversation showed that 54% of people talking about the conference were women....
Cross Post: Why Women Should Get The Jobs
In a recent episode of the television series Mad Men, two advertising agencies merge. Each agency has a single woman on their creative team and one woman is told she’s...
Interview with Lindy DeKoven – Author of Primetime Princess
You know when you start a book and you immediately get sucked in and you can’t stop reading? That awesome feeling that’s like no other? That’s what happened with me and...
LAFF Interview with Molly Green, Stephanie Dziczek and Meg Charlton of Forev
I’m not ashamed to admit that I can never pass up a romantic comedy–no matter how bad they can get. It’s a genre that can be extremely accessible–looking at stories about...
Elizabeth Banks’ Brownstone Productions to Adapt Two New Projects
Lionsgate has just bought two book adaptation projects that will be produced by Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone Productions. The first is based on Babe Walker’s (an alias...
Keira Knightley Will Produce and Star in The Other Typist
Keira Knightley will be producing and starring in The Other Typist, based on the debut novel of Suzanne Rindell. Fox Searchlight has locked down the rights. Set in the 1920s, Knightley will play...
Anne Hathaway to Produce and Star in The Lifeboat
Anne Hathaway has just signed on to star in and produce The Lifeboat, an adaptation of the novel by Charlotte Rogan. Set in 1914, Hathaway will star as Grace Winter, a young newlywed woman who...
Interview with Kai Cole – Producer of Much Ado About Nothing
When I saw Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing at South by Southwest in March, I was excited. I’ve long been a huge fan of Whedon’s work–his approach to fantasy and...
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara to Star in ‘Don’t Mess With Texas’
Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara are set to star in Don’t Mess With Texas. After a bidding war, Universal just made a deal for the script, written by John Quaintance and David Feeney, who...
Jessica Chastain to Star in The Zookeeper’s Wife
Jessica Chastain has just signed on to star in The Zookeeper’s Wife, an adaptation of Diane Ackerman’s novel, that will be directed by Whale Rider director Niki Caro. With a...