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EXCLUSIVE: Julia Hart is set to direct an adaptation of the Samantha Downing novel The Lovely Wife at Netflix. Hart will also co-write the script with Jordan Horowitz, who is producing along with Automatic, Vertigo and OHQ.

Judy Greer is set as a lead opposite Ellie Kemper in ABC’s Drop-Off (working title), a comedy pilot based on the British series Motherland, from writer Julieanne Smolinski, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman Television, Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment, Lionsgate and ABC Signature. Karan Soni also stars.

canceled in January after one season. Last summer, Greer shot the Disney+ feature “Hollywood Stargirl” with Uma Thurman and Grace VanderWaal for director Julia Hart, which recently dropped on the streamer.

Courtney Howard Director Julia Hart has quietly crafted a Disney+ franchise that continues to unfold in creative and charming ways. Her adaptation of “Stargirl” debuted on the streamer just as lockdown began; now with “Hollywood Stargirl,” the second film in the series, it’s clear the writer-director’s voice has taken shape in the same assured way as that of her young heroine. Hart and co-writer Jordan Horowitz’s follow-up goes blessedly off-book, diverging greatly from author Jerry Spinelli’s source novel “Love, Stargirl” to deliver its own unique view on how artistic passion evolves and inspires.

Uma Thurman has joined the cast of Disney's sequel to Stargirl,the YA romantic drama that proved to be an early hit for its streamer, Disney+. Star Grace VanderWaal and director Julia Hart are among those returning for the follow-up, now joined by actor Elijah Richardson as well as composer-musician Michael Penn, the latter of whom is writing and perform original music for the film.

EXCLUSIVE:  Judy Greer will star in Disney’s sequel to Stargirl.

Disney is returning to the musical world of Stargirl, its YA romantic drama that premiered on the platform almost a year ago. The company's live actin film division is bringing back much of the creative team behind the original movie, including star Grace VanderWaal and director Julia Hart, who will this time be joined by actor Elijah Richardson as well as composer-musician Michael Penn, the latter who will write and perform original music for the film.

Disney+ is bringing back Stargirl for another round.

For all the praise of how great ’70s cinema was, when you come to think about it, many of the great crime classics like Straight Time, The Godfather and Thief were all testosterone-driven, with female characters resigned to second- or third-class status. Unfortunate, considering an era known for its sense of revolution.

EXCLUSIVE: Crime kings may have graced the screen in a number of cinema’s greatest titles but director Julia Hart flips the script to spotlight the women behind the gritty antiheroes with I’m Your Woman.

I’m Your Woman, now streaming on Amazon Prime. But her transformation into suburban housewife Jean is more than just external. Where Midge delicately sashays through the streets of 1960's New York, Jean bulldozes her way through the gritty streets of a 1970's blue collar Northeastern town.“Holy shit,” I text a friend when I finish the movie.

Director Julia Hart couldn’t stop thinking about Tuesday Weld. She had just watched Michael Mann’s 1981 thriller “Thief” and Weld’s character Jessie had taken over her imagination.

Despite winning an Emmy, a SAG Award, and two Golden Globes for her performance in the streaming blockbuster series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” it’s taken Rachel Brosnahan three years to finally topline a feature film.

Angelique Jackson Rachel Brosnahan fans can rejoice because “I’m Your Woman” is getting a repeat screening as part of the 2020 AFI Fest.The ’70s crime drama, from writer-director Julia Hart, will screen again on Oct. 22 after much demand.

Adorned with sunglasses and in a pink fur-trimmed robe, Jean (Rachel Brosnahan) sits reclined on her patio chair as she sips champagne. Bobbie Gentry’s “I Wouldn’t Be Surprised” — one of the film’s many soulful needle drops — fills the ears.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWriter-director Julia Hart (“Fast Color”) has seen more crime films than she can count, and she has concluded that these movies have a bad habit of underutilizing their female characters — the girlfriends and wives who get shunted to the side when the going gets tough.

At a time when the majority of productions are still shut down and the theatrical calendar has shifted a full year, Julia Hart is in the unique position of prepping for her second pandemic premiere. The filmmaker, whose Disney+ offering Stargirl debuted March 13, the week lockdown started, opens the 2020 AFI Fest on Oct.

The trailer for I’m Your Woman is here!

Rachel Brosnahan has quickly become one of the best actresses working on TV today thanks to her Emmy-winning performance on the hit Amazon series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” And now, it appears that Amazon is keeping her talents in-house with the new feature, “I’m Your Woman.” As seen in the trailer for “I’m Your Woman,” Brosnahan stars as a housewife in the ‘70s that is married to a scummy thief.

This year’s AFI Film Festival is unlike previous years in a few major ways. Of course, the biggest way is how the event is virtual, with passholders being able to purchase tickets for online screenings of this year’s selections.

Fall Film Festival Season is in full swing. Well, sort of.

Maybe it’s the fault of “The Fault in Our Stars” that we assume, in the flourishing modern era of the young-adult genre, that one of the story’s romantic leads has to die in order to advance the dramatic stakes.