‘Promising Young Woman’ Filmmaker Emerald Fennell Set to Join DC Universe with ‘Zatanna’ Script
The Oscar nominee and recent WGA winner is next taking on scripting duties for a standalone film about the magical sorceress.
The Oscar nominee and recent WGA winner is next taking on scripting duties for a standalone film about the magical sorceress.
The pair join a small but distinguished class of female directors who have been nominated over the course of the Oscars’ nearly hundred-year history.
The DGA-nominated director on the heightened, colorful femininity of “Promising Young Woman”: “Why shouldn’t we make films that look like this?”
Coppola spoke with “Promising Young Woman” filmmaker Emerald Fennell about her sensibilities as a moviegoer.
Fennell started pitching the pre-title sequence of “Promising Young Woman” in 2017.
Wilde revealed back in December that she axed LaBeouf from “Don’t Worry Darling” due to poor behavior on the set.
Spoilers: Burnham says he hopes Emerald Fennell’s firecracker film will extend the #MeToo conversation beyond “the most monstrous among us” like Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby.
In a season full of glorious performances, let’s not forget the work of Emerald Fennell.
The first-time filmmaker tells IndieWire she wants audiences to have lots of fun with her Carey Mulligan-starring revenge thriller — until they don’t.
The pandemic delayed Emerald Fennell’s Sundance sensation from its April opening. Now it’s back with a vengeance this Christmas.
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