Patty Jenkins
Kerry Washington, Patty Jenkins and Laura Karpman Team for Chanel, Tribeca Festival Event
A trio of high-profile industry pros will share insights on how best to build up the next generation of talent during this year’s Tribeca Festival. Kerry Washington, filmmaker Patty Jenkins and composer Laura Karpman are teaming up to headline “Championing the Next Generation,” a panel discussion set for June 7 at New York’s Crosby Hotel […]
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Mark Damon, Actor Turned Indie Film Exec and ‘Monster’ Producer, Dies at 91
Mark Damon, who starred in the Vincent Price horror classic House of Usher and spaghetti Westerns before revolutionizing the foreign sales and distribution film business and producing features including 9 1/2 Weeks, Monster and Lone Survivor, has died. He was 91. Damon died Sunday of natural causes in Los Angeles, his daughter, Alexis Damon Ribaut, told […]
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Patty Jenkins Says She’s Back on ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘Rogue Squadron’
Patty Jenkins is giving a promising update on her long-presumed-dead Star Wars movie Rogue Squadron. The Wonder Woman director says she’s back in active development on the project and is working on a draft for Lucasfilm. “When I left Star Wars to do Wonder Woman 3, and I started working on that, we talked about, […]
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Stars Celebrate Actor Strike’s End at Academy Women’s Luncheon: “We Stood Strong and Fought the Fight”
Writers and actors walking the red carpet at the Academy Women’s Luncheon, presented by Chanel, in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning were able to talk about their projects for the first time in months following news that SAG-AFTRA reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood studios and streamers to end their historic strike just the night […]
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‘Barbie’ Box Office: Greta Gerwig Becomes Highest-Grossing Female Director of All Time Domestically, Beating ‘Frozen II’
Filmmaker Greta Gerwig and Warner Bros.’ Barbie has enjoyed another history-making week. Gerwig now ranks as the highest-grossing female director of all time at the domestic box office after skating past Frozen II, which was helmed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck. From Walt Disney Animation Studios, 2019’s Frozen II grossed $477.4 million in North […]
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Zazie Beetz, Lily Rabe and Stephanie Hsu Support Women Filmmakers at Chanel’s Through Her Lens Luncheon
“Trump was indicted yesterday — and again — as Paula likes to remind me,” said Jane Rosenthal as she kicked off her speech Friday afternoon at the ninth annual Chanel Through Her Lens luncheon. The remark drew a roomful of boisterous cheers at New York’s The Odeon restaurant. “So, this seems like a good day […]
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Chanel Recruits Annette Bening, Patty Jenkins, Alexandra Shipp and More for Through Her Lens
Tribeca and Chanel have sights set on the next installment of their collaboration, Through Her Lens. Founded in 2015 by Tribeca and Chanel and in collaboration with Pulse Films, the mentorship program provides industry support, artistic development and funding to emerging U.S.-based self-identifying women and nonbinary writers and directors while also hosting finalists, industry jurors […]
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Viola Davis Set to Receive Kering Women in Motion Award During Cannes Film Festival
Viola Davis will be in motion in Cannes on May 22, making her way to the stage to pick up Kering’s Women in Motion Award. In announcing Davis as this year’s recipient, Kering and Cannes praised her “activism and achievements” while noting that she has been a passionate advocate for the rights of women and […]
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Patty Jenkins ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘Rogue Squadron’ Delayed (Exclusive)
Rogue Squadron, the Star Wars feature project due to be directed by Wonder Woman filmmaker Patty Jenkins, has been caught in the tractor beam and will take a little longer to make it to the big screen. Jenkins and writer Matthew Robinson have been developing Squadron for Lucasfilm for over a year, with the goal […]
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Gal Gadot on Lynda Carter Joining Next ‘Wonder Woman’: “It’s Even Better This Time”
“We’re all three very excited about some things coming up with Wonder Woman 3,” franchise helmer Patty Jenkins teased at the recent DC FanDome, essentially confirming the third installment with herself, titular star Gal Gadot and TV’s original Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter. Days later, Gadot told THR that “it means the world” to her to […]
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Lynda Carter Reveals How ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Cameo Inspired Her New Song
When Lynda Carter made her memorable cameo in Wonder Woman 1984 as Asteria — a legendary Amazonian warrior with golden armor — the actress and singer was in the midst of working on a song inspired by her late husband, Robert A. Altman. Further influenced by Steve (Chris Pine) and Diana’s (Gal Gadlot) bittersweet love […]
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Halle Berry on Conquering Self-Doubt to Direct First Film: “It’s F***ing Hard”
Halle Berry’s new film Bruised casts the groundbreaking Oscar winner as a down-and-out MMA fighter who heads back into the ring in search of redemption while facing her demons and juggling motherhood after the son she gave up reenters her life. The plot reads like a tall order and there’s more: Berry made her directorial […]
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