The Season’s Films Feature Female Characters Thrive on the Unexpected

Naman Ramachandran “Attenborough’s Life in Colour” producer Humble Bee Films is strengthening its team with the hire of BBC Studios Natural History Unit executive Jayne Edwards as head of development.Humble Bee recently hired long-time Icon Films executive Stephen McQuillan as its creative director.

The 2021 Oscar nominations were announced bright and early this morning and there were some major milestones on the list!

If you’re a fan of what is referred to as the French New Wave, then you’re likely familiar with the works of Éric Rohmer. Breaking out in the late-‘60s with his Academy Award-nominated feature, “My Night at Maud’s,” Rohmer went on to become one of the most influential filmmakers in French cinema.

Viola Davis, Selena Gomez and Jane Fonda are among the stars set to be profiled in season two of Apple TV+’s Dear… after the docuseries was renewed.

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Attenborough’s Life in Colour” producer Humble Bee Films has hired long-time Icon Films executive Stephen McQuillan as its creative director.McQuillan will oversee the growth of Humble Bee Films’ factual arm, developing science, history and specialist factual programming, while also building on the company’s slate of blue-chip factual productions, which includes BBC One, Netflix and Channel Nine Australia natural history co-production “Attenborough’s Life

Harry Potter RPG Hogwarts Legacy is reportedly set to feature transgender character creation options.After speaking with members of the development team, Bloomberg have revealed that the character customisation options in Hogwarts Legacy will allow players to customise body type, voice and gender placement in the school’s dormitories.Based on information provided by those familiar with Hogwarts Legacy, players will be able to have a masculine or feminine voice regardless of their body type.The

Portrayals of Black women and girls in film are showing signs of progress, with those characters more likely to be depicted as leaders or as working in STEM professions than white females, but issues of” colorism” still exist, according to a study released Tuesday.

Dakota Fanning is set to pportray Susan Elizabeth Ford opposite Michelle Pfeiffer’s Betty Ford and Aaron Eckhart’s Gerald Ford in Showtime’s anthology series The First Lady, headlined by Viola Davis, Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Davis executive produces the series, directed and executive produced by Susanne Bier and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDakota Fanning has signed on to play Susan Ford in the Showtime anthology series “The First Lady,” Variety has learned.Susan is the only daughter of Betty Ford and President Gerald Ford, who will be played in the series by Michelle Pfeiffer and Aaron Eckhart respectively.

direct to your inboxA University of Manchester student used his iPhone to secretly film up female students' skirts for sexual gratification.Doyun Kim, 20, placed his smartphone so he could record his victims around Manchester - on a bus, in shops and in university buildings.But the engineering student was caught when his last victim spotted the device - with the camera recording - in a bathroom.Police were called and officers found a series of videos on his iPhone X taken from underneath the

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorInternational sales agent Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded comedy horror whodunnit “Werewolves Within,” which will be released by IFC Films in the U.S.The movie, which is completed, is directed by Josh Ruben, and is written by Mishna Wolff. The cast includes Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil and Sarah Burns.In the pic, a proposed gas pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield.

Viola Davis announces emphatically, punctuating each word with a stroke of her hand, «because a lot of times when Black actors are nominated for any award or get any accolades or get a spotlight, it is always with a caveat that it is only happening because we're Black. Or it is only happening because such and such and such and such.

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has spoken out about the Fox show’s decision in 2020 to stop white actors voicing characters from other ethnic backgrounds.

Channel 4‘s Derry Girls will begin production in 2021.That’s according to series star Nicola Coughlan (Clare Devlin) who shared the news via her Twitter account on Saturday (February 20).“Can confirm Series 3 of Derry Girls is filming this year and I cannae bloody wait,” she wrote alongside a gif from the Northern Ireland-set comedy series.“Covid has pushed back filming several times which has been so shite, but honestly the storylines in this series are the best we’ve ever done so I can’t tell