BY Laura Berger
GLAAD Media Awards: Christina Aguilera, “A League of Their Own,” and More
“A League of Their Own” hit it out of the park at last night’s GLAAD Media Awards, taking home the honor for Outstanding New TV Series. The updated take on Penny Marshall’s...
Sophie Barthes’ Emilia Clarke-Starrer “The Pod Generation” Lands at Roadside Attractions, Vertical
Emilia Clarke says goodbye to the distant past in King’s Landing and hello to the near future in “The Pod Generation,” a sci-fi story that sees the Emmy-nominated “Game of...
Teaser Watch: Mel Eslyn Tells the Story of the Last Men on Earth in “Biosphere”
“Everything is feeling a bit unbelievable,” says Sterling K. Brown in a new teaser for “Biosphere,” Mel Eslyn’s feature debut. Set in the not-too-distant future, the...
“Eileen” Adaptation Lands at Neon, Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie Star
Thomasin McKenzie finds herself on another dangerous journey inspired by a glamorous, mysterious woman in “Eileen,” her latest big screen outing following “One Night in Soho.”...
Robin Thede Comedy Series “Disengagement” in Development at HBO
“A Black Lady Sketch Show” returns to HBO for its fourth season next month, but we have even more to look forward to from the sketch comedy’s creator, showrunner, executive...
Trailer Watch: “Little Richard: I Am Everything” Explores the Complex Legacy of a Musical Genius
“Little Richard: I Am Everything” pays tribute to the OG rock ‘n roll icon. “He spit on every rule there was in music,” we’re told in a new trailer for the...
Trailer Watch: Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Nicole Holofcener Reteam for “You Hurt My Feelings””
Julia Louis-Dreyfus faces an unexpected crisis in a new trailer for “You Hurt My Feelings,” Nicole Holofcener’s latest. The “Veep” alumna plays Beth, a New York novelist...
Apply Now: Chicken & Egg Pictures Research & Development Grant
Attention filmmakers: Chicken & Egg Pictures has launched a new Research & Development Grant to support up to 30 directors working on feature-length documentary films in critical R&D...
“Dope Girls” Drama About Soho’s Criminal Underbelly in the Works at BBC
A female-led “spiritual successor” to “Peaky Blinders” is in the works at BBC One. Deadline reports that “Dope Girls” will delve “into the history of...
Trailer Watch: Tracy Droz Tragos Highlights Efforts to Expand Access to Abortion Pills in “Plan C”
“Mobilizing is really hard when you’re scared and you’re censored,” we’re told in a new trailer for “Plan C.” Tracy Droz Tragos’ latest doc sees a...
Trailer Watch: A Cannery Worker Deals with Professional and Personal Crises in “Until Branches Bend”
Now screening at SXSW, Sophie Jarvis’ “Until Branches Bend” tells the story of Robin (Grace Glowicki), a cannery worker who is struggling to get an abortion. She’s also...
Trailer Watch: Jennifer Garner Investigates Her Husband’s Disappearance in “The Last Thing He Told Me”
Jennifer Garner rose to fame and scored four Emmy nominations depicting a spy on “Alias” but her latest project sees her investigating someone else’s secret identity. She leads...
Claire Simon’s Gynecological Ward Doc “Our Body” Acquired by Cinema Guild
“Our Body” has secured North American distribution following its world premiere at last month’s Berlinale. Cinema Guild scored rights to Claire Simon’s look inside a public...
Trailer Watch: Darkness Follows the “Yellowjackets” Into Season 2
Winter is coming. A trailer for the second season of “Yellowjackets” has dropped, and after barely surviving the summer, the plane crash survivors at the center of the show will have to...
Chinonye Chukwu to Write and Direct “Wolf Hustle” Adaptation
Chinonye Chukwu is heading to Wall Street. The “Till” filmmaker will follow up her acclaimed biopic of Mamie Till-Bradley, an activist fighting for justice following the murder of her...
Trailer Watch: “Judy Blume Forever” Celebrates the Trailblazing Author
Sex, masturbation, puberty, bullying, body image, divorce — Judy Blume’s children’s books have earned a special place in the hearts of millions of young readers for taking an...
Trailer Watch: Kathryn Hahn Is An Advice Columnist in “Tiny Beautiful Things” Series Adaptation
Kathryn Hahn is following in the footsteps of Reese Witherspoon in “Tiny Beautiful Things,” another project based on a Cheryl Strayed book. Witherspoon played the author in 2014’s...
Danielle Nicolet Will Adapt “Black Karen” Short into Feature
Danielle Nicolet is writing and exec producing a feature adaptation of “Black Karen,” “The Flash” star’s 2022 short directed by “Harlem’s” Meagan Good....
Daisy Ridley and Raelle Tucker Team Up for “The Better Liar” Series at Amazon
Daisy Ridley is teaming up with Raelle Tucker, an alumna of “Jessica Jones” and “True Blood,” on her next project. The “Star Wars” actress will topline and exec...
2022 ReFrame Stamp Recipients Include “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “The Woman King,” & “Aftersun”
Twenty-nine of the 100 most popular films of 2022 meet ReFrame Stamp criteria for gender-balanced production. Awarded to features that “hire women or individuals of other underrepresented...
Savanah Leaf’s “Earth Mama” to Open New Directors/New Films Fest
Savanah Leaf’s “Earth Mama” will open the 52nd edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF). Jointly presented by the Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center, the fest will take...
Trailer Watch: Teyana Taylor Fights to Be in Her Son’s Life in “A Thousand and One”
Teyana Taylor insists that she’s willing to “go to war” for her son in a new trailer for A.V. Rockwell’s “A Thousand and One,” the winner of the Grand Jury Prize...
Trailer Watch: Katie Holmes and Julia Mayorga Bring “Rare Objects” to the Screen
“The wounds of some hearts aren’t always visible to the natural eye,” we’re told in a new trailer for “Rare Objects.” Co-written and directed by...
Trailer Watch: Daisy May Cooper Questions the Identity of Her New BFF in “Am I Being Unreasonable?”
“The one thing I’m lacking in my life is, like, real connection — possibly because I’m insecure and have got no mates,” says Daisy May Cooper in a new trailer for...
Trailer Watch: Greta Lee Reunites with Her Childhood Sweetheart in Celine Song’s “Past Lives”
A trailer has arrived for one of the best-reviewed films out of Sundance 2023. Written and directed by Celine Song, “Past Lives” sees Greta Lee reuniting with a childhood sweetheart after...
Hulu Lands U.S. Rights to Daisy May Cooper’s BBC Hit “Am I Being Unreasonable?”
“Am I Being Unreasonable?” is heading stateside thanks to Hulu. The streamer acquired U.S. rights to the BBC comedy-thriller led by BAFTA TV Award winner Daisy May Cooper. Deadline...
Trailer Watch: Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon Are Journalists Investigating the “Boston Strangler”
“How many women have to die before it’s a story?” Keira Knightley asks in a new trailer for “Boston Strangler.” Inspired by a true story, the thriller sees the two-time...
Berlinale 2023 Women Directors: Meet Malika Musayeva – “The Cage is Looking for a Bird”
Malika Musayeva was born in Grozny, Chechen Republic. During the Second Chehen War in 1999, she fled the Chechen Republic. During her studies at Russia’s Kabardino-Balkarian State University...
Apply Now: The Writers Lab for Women and Non-Binary Screenwriters 40+
Attention women and nonbinary screenwriters 40+: applications are now open for The Writers Lab 2023. The Writers Lab is “the only program in the world devoted exclusively to script and career...
Berlinale 2023 Women Directors: Meet Frauke Finsterwalder – “Sisi & I”
Frauke Finsterwalder was born in Hamburg and studied film directing at HFF Munich. She previously worked at theaters and as a journalist. Her debut feature film, “Finsterworld,” received...
Apply Now: NYWIFT Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant
Applications are open for the NYWIFT (New York Women in Film & Television) Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant. Now in its 15th year, the grant is provided by disability rights advocate...
Noora Niasari’s Sundance Winner “Shayda” Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
One of our most anticipated titles out of Sundance 2023 has found a home following its world premiere at the fest, where it took home the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Sony...
Laurel Parmet’s “The Starling Girl” Lands at Bleecker Street, Eliza Scanlen Stars
Eliza Scanlen is earning praise for her leading performance in another woman director’s feature debut. She took home an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for...
Maryam Keshavarz’s Sundance Winner “The Persian Version” Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
With “The Persian Version,” Maryam Keshavarz became the first director to have two films win the Sundance Audience Award in the Dramatic Competition category. The dramedy about Iranian...
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum to Direct Adaptation of “Mary Jane”
Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum is bringing another woman-penned novel to the screen. The director will follow up 2022 Sofia Carson-starrer “Purple Hearts,” based on the book by Tess Wakefield,...
Exclusive: Noémie Merlant is a New Mom Struggling to Cope in “Baby Ruby” Clip
Noémie Merlant finds herself in another living nightmare in “Baby Ruby.” After escaping the clutches of an egomaniacal boss in ‘Tár,” the French actress plays a new mother...
Trailer Watch: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Reunite and Hatch a Murder Plot in “Moving On”
“Grace and Frankie” ended its seven season run back in 2020, but that hasn’t stopped the sitcom’s stars from sharing the screen together. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin topline...
Trailer Watch: Teenage Girls Develop the Ability to Electrocute People in “The Power”
“The Power” is finally coming to the small screen. First announced in 2019, the series adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s bestselling novel hits Prime Video next month. A new trailer...
Melissa Barrera-Starrer “All the World Is Sleeping” Acquired by Gravitas Ventures
Melissa Barrera is switching gears from squaring off against Ghostface to fighting personal demons. The “Scream” actress leads “All the World is Sleeping,” an addiction drama...
Liz Garbus to Direct Hulu Limited Series Led by Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo is bidding farewell to “Grey’s Anatomy” in less than a month and now she’s sto a new project. Deadline reports that she’ll lead the Untitled Orphan Project,...
Santa Barbara Film Festival to Open with Michelle Danner’s “Miranda’s Victim,” Abigail Breslin Stars
Abigail Breslin’s latest project is set to open the 2023 of the Santa Barbara Film Festival, per Deadline. The “Zombieland” and “Little Miss Sunshine” actress toplines...
Teaser Watch: Riley Keough Fronts an Iconic Rock Band in “Daisy Jones & the Six”
“I know that I said that I would tell you everything, but how much of everything do you really want to know?” Riley Keough asks a journalist in a new teaser for “Daisy Jones &...
Sundance 2023 Women Directors: Meet Rebecca Landsberry-Baker – “Bad Press”
Rebecca Landsberry-Baker is a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program grantee, Ford Foundation JustFilms grantee, and a 2022 NBC Original Voices Fellow. She is a 2022 Gotham Documentary Feature...
Caroline Monnet Selected by Sundance Institute For the 2023 Merata Mita Fellowship
Caroline Monnet is this year’s recipient of the 2023 Merata Mita Fellowship. A press release announced that the Anishinaabe/French multidisciplinary artist from Outaouais, Quebec has been...
Sundance 2023 Women Directors: Meet Amanda Kim – “Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV”
Amanda Kim is a Korean American director and producer. A former creative director at Vice Media, she led U.S. video direction for i-D, Creators, and Garage magazine. Kim also worked on Viceland,...
Adrienne Warren to Lead “Room” Broadway Adaptation, Cora Bissett Directing
Adrienne Warren will follow up Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” with another woman-directed project. Deadline reports that the Tony winner will return to the stage with the...
Sundance 2023 Women Directors: Meet Michèle Stephenson – “Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
Michèle Stephenson is a filmmaker, artist, and author who pulls from her Haitian and Panamanian roots to think radically about storytelling and disrupt the imaginary in non-fiction spaces. She tells...
Chloe Domont’s “Fair Play” Sells to Netflix for $20 Million at Sundance, Phoebe Dynevor Stars
Phoebe Dynevor may be adding another smash success to her resume. The “Bridgerton” star toplines “Fair Play,” a psychological thriller exploring gender dynamics that’s...
Lisa Cortés’ “Little Richard: I Am Everything” Acquired by Magnolia Pictures Out of Sundance
You may not have been able to catch the world premiere of “Little Richard: I Am Everything” at Sundance last week, but it looks like we won’t have to wait too long to watch Lisa...
Sundance 2023 Women Directors: Meet Chloe Domont – “Fair Play”
Chloe Domont is a writer and director whose short films “Haze” and “All Good Things” have been included in the Official Selection of BAMcinemaFest, AFI FEST, LA Film Festival,...
Trailer Watch: Tribeca Winner “Huesera: The Bone Woman” Is a Supernatural Horror Story About Pregnancy
“Are you happy?” a pregnant woman is asked in a new trailer for “Huesera: The Bone Woman.” Michelle Garza Cervera’s Tribeca winner tells the story of Valeria (Natalia...