Women Writers

Weekly Update May 10: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You

Pilot Watch: The CW Is Clear Early Winner for Women, NBC and Fox Order No Women Written Shows

This is crunch week in TV land where current shows either get picked up for next season or cancelled and some happy pilot writers get a series pickup.  As of this morning, NBC, Fox and The CW have announced their pickups.

Novelist Claire Messud Schools Publishers Weekly

Claire Messud's latest novel, The Woman Upstairs, has been getting a ton of great critical buzz (and was also in the recent women's fiction satire video Ron Charles released). In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Messud is asked about the likeability of her main character Nora. She completely cal...

Trailer Watch: Girl Most Likely - Written by Michelle Morgan and Co-Directed by Shari Springer Berman

This is Kristen Wiig's first leading role onscreen since Bridesmaids.  I hope people are not expecting Bridesmaids 2 because this looks a bit more intense.  Formerly titled Imogene, Wiig plays a playwright who has a nervous breakdown and is forced to move back in with her estranged mom (An...

Weekly Update May 3: Women-Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You

Melissa McCarthy's Tammy to Take on 2014 Independence Day Box Office

As we anxiously countdown the days until The Heat is released on June 28th, we are always excited to hear any news about the lovely Melissa McCarthy. As we had previously reported, McCarthy was making her directorial debut with Tammy, a film that she co-wrote alongside her writing partner/husband Be...

Trailer Watch: Crazy Kind of Love - Directed by Sarah Siegel-Magness, Written by Karen McCullah Lutz

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. 

Guest Post: Marilyn Monroe Comic Book Tribute

I had written one comic book for the publisher, Bluewater Productions, which was about Elizabeth Taylor and they asked me to take on Marilyn. I said yes because I loved writing the first one so much, but I quickly realized that I had a ton of research to do if I was going to do this woman justice. J...