#Women Writers
Trailer Watch: Old Friends Reunite in Meagan Good and Tamara LaSeon Bass’ “If Not Now, When?”
As highschoolers, BFFs Tyra (Meagan Good, “Think Like a Man”), Patrice (Tamara Bass, “All That Matters”), Deidre (Meagan Holder, “UnREAL”), and Suzanne (Mekia Cox,...
“Feel Good” Renewed for Second and Final Season by Netflix
Mae and George’s love story has only just begun. Netflix has renewed “Feel Good” for a second and final season, a press release announced. Co-created by star Mae Martin, the...
Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship Teaming Up for CW Project Based on DC Comics’ “Naomi”
Another female-fronted superhero story is in the works at The CW — and it marks the latest in Ava DuVernay’s long string of recent television projects. Variety confirms DuVernay and Jill...
Weekly Update for December 4: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Nomadland – Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao “Nomadland” is a marvel. A master class by rapidly ascending writer-director...
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Hosting, Producing Apple Docuseries Based on Their “Gutsy Women” Book
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are bringing their “favorite stories of courage and resilience” to Apple TV+. The mother-daughter duo will host and executive produce a docuseries adaptation...
Trailer Watch: Wendy Williams Tells It Like It Is In Her Lifetime Biopic
“I am here to stay. Wendy Williams is not going anywhere. I’m going to come in like a hurricane,” says Wendy Williams (Ciera Payton, “The Oval”) in a new trailer for...
Pick of the Day: “La Leyenda Negra”
“Respect my existence or expect resistance.” These are the words high school senior and immigration rights activist Aleteia (Monica Betancourt) reiterates throughout “La Leyenda...
Pick of the Day: “Nomadland”
“Nomadland” is a marvel. A master class by rapidly ascending writer-director Chloé Zhao and ever-stalwart star Frances McDormand, the drama tells the story of Fern (McDormand), a woman...
Pick of the Day: “I’m Your Woman”
I have two theories about “I’m Your Woman,” Julia Hart’s latest feature and AFI Fest 2020’s opening film. The first: This movie is the photonegative of the classic...
A.V. Rockwell Making Feature Directorial Debut with “A Thousand and One,” Lena Waithe Producing
A.V. Rockwell is teaming up with Lena Waithe and Focus Features for her first feature film. A press release has announced that mother-son drama “A Thousand and One,” written and directed...
“Women’s Studies” Dramedy in the Works at HBO Max from Natalia Castells-Esquivel
HBO Max has put “Women’s Studies,” a one-hour dramedy described as “‘Dear White People’ meets ‘The L World’ sprinkled with some ‘Broad City...
“Happiest Season” Breaks Hulu Records, Writer-Director Clea DuVall Open to Making a Sequel
The pandemic may have thrown off “Happiest Season’s” original release plans, but it’s a major success story nonetheless. Clea DuVall’s LGBTQ+ holiday rom-com, from Sony’s...
Tina Mabry & Gina Prince-Bythewood Team Up for Searchlight’s “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat”
Gina Prince-Bythewood’s got another adaptation in the works following the smash success of “The Old Guard.” She’s following up the Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne-led comic...
Carrie Brownstein Is Directing a Heart Biopic
Carrie Brownstein is paying tribute to her fellow rock goddesses. The Sleater-Kinney musician and “Portlandia” alumna is set to write and direct a biopic about Heart for Amazon Studios....
Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Topline Apple TV+ Psychological Thriller “Surface” from Veronica West
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is getting her own Apple TV+ show. The “Morning Show” alumna will follow up her supporting role on the streamer’s flagship series with “Surface,” a...
Felicity Huffman Will Star in ABC Baseball Comedy
Still mourning the cancellation of “Pitch” and hoping against hope for a revival? There’s no update on the future of the dearly departed Fox drama, but a new female-led baseball...
“Babyteeth” Wins Big at Australian Academy Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) just announced the winners of its 2020 awards ceremony, and Shannon Murphy’s “Babyteeth” has got plenty to...
December 2020 Film Preview
By Tatiana McInnis and Shayna Maci Warner December brings together cinematic stories of every magnitude. From big-budget, long-delayed superhero sequels and explorations of iconic singers, artists,...
Weekly Update for November 25: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Happiest Season – Directed by Clea DuVall; Written by Clea DuVall and Mary Holland Hark! The Herald Drag Queens Sing: Clea DuVall’s...
Trailer Watch: A Mother Investigates Her Son’s Disappearance in Border Drama “Identifying Features”
A woman searches for her missing son in a new trailer for Fernanda Valadez’s “Identifying Features.” Set in Mexico, the Spanish-language drama sees Magdalena (Mercedes Hernández)...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “I’m Your Woman” Writer-Director Julia Hart
Julia Hart, co-writer and director of “I’m Your Woman,” will join the Girls Club for a conversation on Wednesday, December 2, at 3 p.m. EST. The event is open to the public. Be...
Pick of the Day: “Happiest Season”
Hark! The Herald Drag Queens Sing: Clea DuVall’s “Happiest Season” has finally arrived. Eagerly anticipated since it was first announced, the gay rom-com sees Kristen Stewart and...
Writer to Watch: Akilah Green of “A Black Lady Sketch Show”
“It made sense at the time,” Akilah Green notes about abandoning her law career to pursue comedy full time. As a lawyer, she represented huge corporations like Starbucks and Delta Airlines, and...
Ryann Liebl on Celebrating Friendship and Finding Your Way in “Mags and Julie Go on a Road Trip”
Ryann Liebl is an award-winning actress, filmmaker, writer, and director whose longstanding career has culminated in the launch of her production company REL Films and its first feature, “Mags...
“Preparations to Be Together” Named as Hungary’s Pick for Oscars’ International Film Category
Hungary has selected “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” as its entry for Best International Film at the 2021 Academy Awards. Variety broke the news. Written and directed...
“Nomadland” Takes Home Best Film Honor at EnergaCamerimage Film Festival
“Nomadland” continues to pick up festival honors as we enter awards season. Variety reports that Chloé Zhao’s Frances McDormand-starrer won the Golden Frog and FIPRESCI jury honors at...
Weekly Update for November 20: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Run Mommie Dearest does her best impression of Marmee in “Run.” Picture-perfect, warm, and loving on the surface, Diane (Sarah Paulson) is a...
Maya Da-Rin’s “The Fever” Acquired by KimStim
Maya Da-Rin’s feature debut has secured distribution. Variety reports that KimStim snagged North American rights to “The Fever.” Co-written by Da-Rin, “The Fever” follows...
Trailer Watch: A Teen Grieves the Loss of Her BFF & Lives Out Their Shared Dreams in “The Never List”
An overachieving highschooler struggling to come to terms with her best friend’s death finds a creative way to honor her in “The Never List.” When they were kids, Eva (Fivel...
Radha Blank to Receive Sundance Institute’s 2020 Vanguard Award
Time for RadhaMUSPrime to start penning a celebratory rap. The Sundance Institute has named Radha Blank, the writer, director, and star of “The 40-Year-Old Version,” as the recipient of...
Trailer Watch: Jillian Bell Makes Isla Fisher Believe in Magic in Sharon Maguire’s “Godmothered”
“I’m going to prove that people still need fairy godmothers,” Jillian Bell vows in a new trailer for “Godmothered.” The Disney+ comedy sees the “Bill & Ted...
Anthology About Remarkable Women in History Lined Up at Starz, Eleanor of Aquitaine to Be First Subject
Eleanor of Aquitaine is the latest female historical figure to get the television treatment at Starz. The cabler, home of “The Spanish Princess” and the upcoming “Becoming Elizabeth”...
Rose Byrne Toplining & Producing Musical from All-Women Creative Team, with Music by Dolly Parton
For her next project, Rose Byrne will collaborate with an all-women creative team, mark the debut film from her production company, Dollhouse Pictures, and pay tribute to an icon and real-life hero....
Rebecca Carroll to Adapt Her Memoir “Surviving the White Gaze” for TV
Rebecca Carroll’s next book hasn’t even hit shelves yet, but a television adaptation is already in the works. MGM/UA Television has secured the rights to “Surviving the White...
Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain Will Pen TV Adaptation of “The Final Girl Support Group”
Imagine Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson, and Sidney Prescott had each other to lean on in the wake of experiencing unimaginable horror and surviving killing sprees that left loved ones dead. “The...
Trailer Watch: Alicia Silverstone Is the “Sister of the Groom” and Makes a Mess of His Wedding
Alicia Silverstone makes someone else’s big day all about her in a new trailer for “Sister of the Groom.” The comedy sees the “Clueless” star playing Audrey, a woman...
Dailyn Rodriguez Developing “Wonder Girl” Series for The CW, Marks First DC TV Title Led by Latina Superhero
Batwoman and Supergirl may soon be welcoming another superheroine to their ranks. According to Deadline, The CW is developing “Wonder Girl,” a drama about Yara Flor, a Latina Dreamer and...
Trailer Watch: Billie Piper Finds Herself at the Center of a Very Public Scandal in “I Hate Suzie”
Billie Piper is in desperate need of a TARDIS to take her far, far away from the wreckage of a scandal in “I Hate Suzie.” A trailer just dropped for the HBO Max comedy about a waning star...
Trailer Watch: Vanessa Kirby Enters the Oscar Race with “Pieces of a Woman”
Expectant parents are dealt a tragic blow in a new trailer for “Pieces of a Woman.” “I wanted to stay at home. I wanted the baby to decide when she wanted to come,” Martha...
Lynne Ramsay to Direct Stephen King Adaptation “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon”
Lynne Ramsay is following up her violent vigilante thriller “You Were Never Really Here” with another disturbing story. She’s signed on to direct Village Roadshow’s...
Trailer Watch: A Tragic Accident Leaves Sienna Miller Reconsidering Her Relationship in “Wander Darkly”
“What do you think happens when you die? What if it’s some extension or manifestation of your fears?” a woman asks her husband after her own death. The trailer for Tara...
Trailer Watch: A Woman Receives a Not-So Indecent Proposal in “Getting to Know You”
Abby (Natasha Little) gets the opportunity to have a little fun at the nondescript hotel she’s staying in for the night: a stranger requests she pose as his wife when he discovers the woman...
Trailer Watch: Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, and Dianne Wiest Reconnect in “Let Them All Talk”
“Here’s to picking up the conversation where we left off — and here’s to reconnecting the gang of three we used to be,” says Meryl Steep in a new trailer for HBO Max pic...
Athina Rachel Tsangari to Take On Scapegoating with Her Next Film “Harvest”
Athina Rachel Tsangari has explored the complexities of modern masculinity and three-way relationships with “Chevalier” and “Trigonometry,” respectively. Next, she’ll...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Katrine Philp – “Beautiful Something Left Behind”
Katrine Philp’s first film, “Book of Miri,” was awarded the President’s Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, nominated at IDFA, and won the European Young CIVIS...
Weekly Update for November 13: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Dirty God – Directed by Sacha Polak; Written by Sacha Polak and Susanne Farrell “Dirty God” takes on the nexus of gendered...
Eleanor Burgess and Stephanie Allain Will Give Jane Austen an Update in New CW Anthology
Make room, “Clueless” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary”: another contemporary spin on Jane Austen is on the way. Eleanor Burgess is writing “Modern Austen,” a...
Lesli Linka Glatter Will Direct “Ashley’s War” Adaptation
Lesli Linka Glatter is shifting her focus from a troubled CIA agent to a team of women soldiers on the special operations battlefield. The “Homeland” director has been tapped to direct...
Pick of the Day: “Dirty God”
Sacha Polak’s BIFA-nominated drama “Dirty God” takes on the nexus of gendered violence and sexual objectification through the portrait of one young woman. Jade (newcomer Vicky...
“Hope” Named as Norway’s Pick for Oscars’ International Film Race
“Hope” is eyeing a trip to the Oscars. Norway has selected Maria Sødahl’s drama as its submission to the Best International Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards. The Norwegian Film...
“Novitiate” Director Maggie Betts Lines Up Two New Films
Maggie Betts is set to portray a reproductive rights activist and a bankrupt funeral home owner with her next directing gigs. The “Novitiate” director is set to helm a dramatic thriller...