A musician leaves her hometown and sets out to become famous.
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Dee Rees
FilmNation financing/producing the drama about the 1970 battle to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment that rallied Gloria Steinem, Flo Kennedy and other Women’s movement leaders against the conservative Phyllis Schlafly.
After agreeing to help her father, a journalist finds herself engulfed in the arms dealing world.
Marco Villalobos will adapt Joan Didion’s bestselling 1996 book, which is described as a political thriller in the vein of The Parallax View. The story follows a Washington Post journalist who is thrown unexpectedly into the dangerous world of arms dealing.
Rees has an idea for a low-budget horror movie set in one location, inspired by her and her wife’s own experiences when they first moved into their new home in a small town. Rees said they felt like “a ghost, or maybe some other force” didn’t want them to be there, let alone fitting in with their neighbors.
While most of the Hollywood contingent at Sundance has already left Park City, there are still plenty of festival deals being made, chief among them one for Dee Rees’ acclaimed drama Mudbound, which is the hottest acquisition title left on the board.
On Tuesday, the Directors Guild Association released the nominees for their top honors in directing for features. On Wednesday, the DGA released the nominees for television and commercials, completing the list of candidates for this year’s top honors.
The series will be based on the book by Isabel Wilkerson. Rees will write and executive produce the series, with Rhimes producing under her Shondaland moniker. FX Productions will team with ABC Signiature for the project.
Follows legendary blues artist Bessie Smith and her transformation from a struggling young singer into “The Empress of the Blues,” who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.
Logline: Follows the life of iconic blues singer Bessie Smith.
A recap of the week’s TV news!
Logline: Manfred Steiner, a 10 year old schizophrenic boy living on Mars, must avoid capture by the U.N. as his mental condition labels him “anomalous” by the governing bodies on the red planet.
Fresh Eyes, Fresh Looks, Fresh Stories – The Top 20 to Watch!
Logline: Two families, one black and the other white, confront racism and misperception in rural Mississippi after World War II
“Pariah” helmer set for indie romancer!
Logline: After a middle-aged insurance adjuster goes through a difficult divorce, she is forced to redefine happiness for herself.
Nominees announced for the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards
Logline: Follows a divorced couple struck by tragedy who find themselves seated next to each other on an airplane, where they rekindle their relationship as they reminisce about what went wrong.