#Women Producers
Kristin Scott Thomas, Daisy Ridley, & Nina Hoss to Star in Jane Anderson’s WWII Drama “Women in the Castle”
Kristin Scott Thomas, Daisy Ridley, and Nina Hoss will confront the horrors of war and its aftermath in “Women in the Castle,” an adaptation of Jessica Shattuck’s 2017 New York...
TV Series About The Slits’ Viv Albertine in the Works
Punk’s not dead on the small screen: a limited series about Viv Albertine is in the works. Deadline reports that Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films and Rachael...
Mamie Till Mobley Limited Series Ordered at ABC, Gina Prince-Bythewood Will Direct First Ep
Another project about Mamie Till Mobley is in the works. On the heels of the announcement that Chinonye Chukwu is directing a feature about Emmett Till, his death, and Mobley’s galvanization of...
Chinonye Chukwu to Direct Pic About Emmett Till’s Death, How His Mother Helped Spark Civil Rights Movement
Chinonye Chukwu’s next project will revisit a tragic, and galvanizing, moment in American history. According to Deadline, the “Clemency” filmmaker has signed on to direct a feature...
Diablo Cody and Heather Regnier Developing Live-Action “Powerpuff Girls” Reboot for The CW
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...
Amy Poehler Will Tell Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s Story in Her Doc Feature Directorial Debut
Amy Poehler will focus on fellow female comedy legend in her first documentary feature. According to Deadline, the “Parks and Rec” and “SNL” alumna will direct a documentary...
Cara Delevingne Will Explore Gender and Sexuality in Hulu/BBC Three Docuseries
Cara Delevingne has appeared in genre projects (“Suicide Squad,” “Carnival Row”), gritty dramas (“Her Smell”), and YA novel adaptations (“Paper Towns”)...
Hannah Rosenzweig and Wendy Sachs’ “Surge” Will Premiere on Showtime’s SHOxBET Channel
Another documentary centering women in politics is on the way. On the heels of Hillary Bachelder’s “Represent” opening and the trailer for Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés’ “All...
Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch Have a “Dead Ringers” TV Reboot in the Works at Amazon
Rachel Weisz and Alice Birch are resurrecting “Dead Ringers.” The Oscar-winning actress and Emmy-nominated “Normal People” scribe have a reimagining of David...
“Clueless” Reboot Centering on Dionne Lands at Peacock
The long-in-the-works “Clueless” reboot is set to make a cameo at Peacock. According to Variety, an update of the classic ’90s high school comedy focusing on Dionne is in...
Pick of the Day: “Lovecraft Country”
The supernatural, like everything else, informs and is influenced by systemic racism in “Lovecraft Country.” Misha Green’s new HBO series, developed from Matt Ruff’s novel of...
Roxane Gay Adapting Her Graphic Novel “The Banks” for the Big Screen
Roxane Gay is bringing “The Banks” to the movies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the author and critic will pen the film adaptation of her graphic novel “The Banks,” the...
Sarah Cooper Lines Up Netflix Comedy Special, Natasha Lyonne Set to Direct
Sarah Cooper, the comedian who has lampooned Trump’s incoherent COVID-19 ramblings via viral lip-synching videos, is getting her own Netflix special. Variety reports “Sarah Cooper:...
Sara Bareilles, Meredith Scardino, & Tina Fey Team Up for Peacock Music Comedy “Girls5eva”
Sara Bareilles has signed on to topline a Peacock music comedy series. The singer-songwriter and actress is joining forces with Meredith Scardino and Tina Fey on “Girls5eva,” Variety...
Ava DuVernay to Narrate and Exec Produce “One Perfect Shot” for HBO Max
Film nerds, rejoice. Ava DuVernay will be paying tribute to her fellow filmmakers with “One Perfect Shot,” a docuseries that explores what makes some of film and TV’s most iconic...
Issa Rae Exec Producing HBO Doc Exploring Black Television History
With “Insecure,” the HBO comedy she co-created, writes and produces, and toplines, Issa Rae has become an indelible part of television history — and a powerful voice in Black...
Stephanie Allain to Receive 2020 PGA/UCLA Vision Award
The UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television is set to honor Stephanie Allain. The award-winning producer has been named as this year’s recipient of the PGA/UCLA Vision Award, described as...
Sydney Sweeney and Annabelle Attanasio Team Up for “The Players Table”
More good news for the cast of “Euphoria.” Less than a week after Zendaya received an Emmy nod for the racy teen drama comes word that her co-star, Sydney Sweeney, has launched a...
Trailer Watch: “Teenage Bounty Hunters” Tackle Bail Skippers and Homework
Sterling (Maddie Phillips) and Blair Wesley (Anjelica Bette Fellini) are determined to become the best bounty hunters in Atlanta, but they’re totally swamped. When they’re not bringing in...
Alicia Keys & Yoruba Richen Teaming Up for PBS Doc About Trailblazing Black Female Entertainers
Alicia Keys and Yoruba Richen are joining forces on “How It Feels To Be Free,” an “American Masters” documentary spotlighting six pioneering Black female entertainers. Richen...
Natalie Chaidez and Eva Longoria Team Up for “Chicano,” a Family Drama in the Works at ABC
Natalie Chaidez and Eva Longoria are joining forces for a multi-generational story about a Mexican-American family. Deadline reports that “Chicano” is in development at ABC. Penned by...
Olivia Newman Will Direct “Where the Crawdads Sing” Adaptation, Reese Witherspoon Producing
“Where the Crawdads Sing” has found its director. Olivia Newman has been tapped to helm the adaptation of Delia Owen’s best-selling novel, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Boasting...
Yara Shahidi Inks Overall Deal with ABC Studios
Yara Shahidi will continue to grow and evolve with her ABC family. The “Grown-ish” star and exec producer has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios’ Disney Television Studios...
Bruna Papandrea Developing Christina Baker Kline’s “The Exiles” as TV Series
Christina Baker Kline is the latest author whose work will be adapted by Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories. The production company has optioned the rights to Kline’s eighth novel, “The...
Sarah Spillane to Direct Netflix Feature About Jessica Watson, the Youngest Person to Sail the World
Netflix is paying tribute to Jessica Watson’s record-breaking voyage around the the globe. Variety reports that the streamer is developing a feature about Watson, who made history as “the...
The Soska Sisters Are Directing an Adaptation of “BlindSide”
Another popular game is being adapted into a movie. Earlier this month it was reported that “Westworld” creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan are bringing “Fallout,”...
Gina Prince-Bythewood to Direct Viola Davis-Led African Warrior Pic “The Woman King”
“The Woman King” has found its director. Hot off her Netflix hit “The Old Guard,” Gina Prince-Bythewood has signed on to helm the Viola Davis-starrer. Variety broke the...
Jean Smart to Topline “Miss Macy,” Beth Henley Penning the Script
Jean Smart will follow up HBO’s acclaimed adaptation of “Watchmen” by teaming up with a Pulitzer Prize-winning and Oscar-nominated writer. The actress has signed on to topline...
Lucy Liu to Topline and Produce ABC Comedy Pilot from Shana Goldberg-Meehan
Lucy Liu has lined up another TV project. She’ll star as a career woman entering uncharted territory — motherhood — in a multi-camera ABC comedy pilot from Shana Goldberg-Meehan...
“Better Things” Renewed for Season 5
Sam and her brood are sticking around. FX has renewed “Better Things” for a fifth season. Pamela Adlon, the critically acclaimed comedy’s creator, star, and exec producer, also...
Mira Nair Directing Amazon Series Based on “Jungle Prince of Delhi” NYT Exposé
With projects such as “Queen of Katwe,” “The Namesake,” and “Monsoon Wedding,” Mira Nair has told the stories of many families. For her next endeavor, she’ll...
Chelsea Winstanley to Direct Māori Art Doc “Toi Tu Toi Ora – Visual Sovereignty”
Taika Waititi became the first Māori person to win an Oscar when he accepted the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at this year’s ceremony. “I dedicate this to all the indigenous kids in the...
Lena Horne Limited Series from Jenny Lumet in Development at Showtime
Jenny Lumet is paying tribute to a trailblazer — and family member — with her latest project. The “Star Trek: Discovery” scribe has a limited series about actress, singer,...
Gabrielle Union & Freida Pinto Developing TV Adaptation of Tanisha C. Ford’s “Dressed in Dreams”
Gabrielle Union and Freida Pinto are joining forces to bring Tanisha C. Ford’s memoir, “Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion,” to television....
Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions Signs First-Look Deal with HBO Max
Salma Hayek is going into business with HBO Max. A press release announced that her production company, Ventanarosa, has signed a two year first-look deal with the streamer that will see her bringing...
Debra Messing, Ali Wentworth, and Liz Tuccillo Team Up for Starz Political Comedy “East Wing”
After revisiting her star-making role in “Will & Grace” Debra Messing has boarded a new comedy series that’s taking her to the White House. The Emmy-winning actress will topline...
Keira Knightley to Star in Hulu’s “The Other Typist,” Ilene Chaiken Serving as Showrunner
Keira Knightley, last seen in Philippa Lowthorpe’s “Misbehaviour,” is making a leap to television. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two-time Oscar nominee is set to star in and...
Keke Palmer Will Topline Historical Thriller “Alice,” Krystin Ver Linden’s Feature Debut
Keke Palmer is going back in time. According to Variety, the “Hustlers” actress is set to topline and exec produce “Alice,” a historical thriller from Steel Springs...
Gabrielle Union Options LGBTQ Memoir “All Boys Aren’t Blue” for TV
Gabrielle Union is bringing George M. Johnson’s life story to the small screen. The “L.A.’s Finest” actress and exec producer’s I’ll Have Another Productions has...
Dakota Johnson, Christy Hall, & Carrie Brownstein Team Up for Amazon’s “Rodeo Queens”
Dakota Johnson is joining forces with the co-creator of “I Am Not Okay With This.” The actress will follow up her role in Nisha Ganatra’s “The High Note” with another...
Kelly Sallaway, Meghan Duffy, and Sharon Houston Named Propelle Accelerator Finalists
Propelle, the new female-focused accelerator program from Everywoman Studios and Realscreen magazine, has announced the three finalists for its inaugural edition. A press release confirmed that Kelly...
Salima Koroma Directing Black Wall Street Documentary
Another project examining the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is in the works. Deadline confirms “Bad Rap” director Salima Koroma is helming and executive producing a documentary about Black...
Penny Lane to Direct Quibi Docuseries “What We Keep,” Cynthia Erivo Exec Producing
Cynthia Erivo and Penny Lane are making their way to Quibi. According to a press release, the latter is directing “What We Keep,” a docuseries about people’s most prized...
“Surviving R. Kelly’s” dream hampton to Direct and EP Tulsa Race Massacre Docuseries
dream hampton, executive producer of the award-winning, change-making “Surviving R. Kelly,” is working on another docuseries unearthing a horrific injustice that has been long ignored....
Trailer Watch: Abortion Rights Activists in Ireland Fight to Repeal “The 8th”
Two years ago, Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment, the 1983 law that granted fetuses the same right to life as their mothers, in a historic referendum. Now Maeve O’Boyle, Lucy Kennedy, and...
Celeste Ng’s “Everything I Never Told You” Is Coming to TV
The last episode of “Little Fires Everywhere” dropped on Hulu last month, and while showrunner Liz Tigelaar would “love” to do a second season, there are no official plans for...
Pick of the Day: “Homecoming”
At this moment in time, watching a thriller like “Homecoming” is a fairly cathartic experience. The new season, like its first, is chock-full of destructive corporate greed, elaborate...
Mindy Kaling and Dan Goor Tapped to Pen “Legally Blonde 3”
Mindy Kaling and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” co-creator Dan Goor have signed up — hopefully on pink, scented paper — to write the third installment of the “Legally...
Trailer Watch: Gun Control Activists Fight for Change in Cheryl Horner McDonough’s “Parkland Rising”
“More people died at our school than died at Columbine. Think about that,” gun control activist and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting survivor David Hogg says in the...
Trailer Watch: Affairs Dominate Hannah’s Personal and Professional Lives in “The Split” Season 2
Everyone’s favorite family of divorce attorneys is back — and at a new firm. A trailer for the second season of Abi Morgan’s “The Split” has arrived, and sees the Defoes...
Francesca Gregorini to Direct Tennis Pic “The Match” for Inclusive Production Co. Four Daughters
Another day, another announcement of a women-centric sports film. Alexis Ostrander is directing a movie about The Red Rose Crew rowers, Netflix is working on a pic about the World Cup-winning 1999...