Exclusive: Following the successful theatrical run of her latest directorial effort Cocaine Bear, a Uni horror comedy that grossed over $87M worldwide, Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect franchise) has been set to topline Skincare, a new film from Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment and producers Jonathan Schwartz and Logan Lerman, which wrapped production prior to the writers’ strike.
Starring alongside Banks are Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Pose), Luis Gerardo Méndez (The Resort) and Nathan Fillion (The Rookie).
Directed by Austin Peters, Skincare is described as a vanity thriller set in Hollywood, though specifics as to its plot are under wraps. Peters wrote the script with Deering Regan and Sam Freilich. The film is the third on which Schwartz and Lerman have collaborated on as producers following A24’s The Vanishing of Sidney Hall and Cj Enm’s Press Play. Andrea Iervolino and Lady Monika Bacardi financed and produced...
Starring alongside Banks are Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (Pose), Luis Gerardo Méndez (The Resort) and Nathan Fillion (The Rookie).
Directed by Austin Peters, Skincare is described as a vanity thriller set in Hollywood, though specifics as to its plot are under wraps. Peters wrote the script with Deering Regan and Sam Freilich. The film is the third on which Schwartz and Lerman have collaborated on as producers following A24’s The Vanishing of Sidney Hall and Cj Enm’s Press Play. Andrea Iervolino and Lady Monika Bacardi financed and produced...
- 6/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Diane Warren’s songwriting job for Tell It Like a Woman was simple: create a hymn for female empowerment.
“We tend to beat ourselves up a lot,” the veteran tune scribe said during a panel at Deadline’s Sound & Screen event. “Every now and then you have to just give yourself some f*cking applause, give yourself some love, give yourself some respect. Give it to yourself before you give it to someone else.”
Tell It Like a Woman is comprised of seven segments directed by female directors from different parts of the world. Genres include drama, comedy, docudrama and animation. “They are pretty powerful stories,” said Warren. “I wanted to write a song that could fit in all these various movies, which is basically just about empowerment. These are stories about strong women. I wanted the song to reflect that.”
Related: Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Full Coverage
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“We tend to beat ourselves up a lot,” the veteran tune scribe said during a panel at Deadline’s Sound & Screen event. “Every now and then you have to just give yourself some f*cking applause, give yourself some love, give yourself some respect. Give it to yourself before you give it to someone else.”
Tell It Like a Woman is comprised of seven segments directed by female directors from different parts of the world. Genres include drama, comedy, docudrama and animation. “They are pretty powerful stories,” said Warren. “I wanted to write a song that could fit in all these various movies, which is basically just about empowerment. These are stories about strong women. I wanted the song to reflect that.”
Related: Deadline’s Sound & Screen: Full Coverage
It took...
- 11/11/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Taraji P. Henson, Jennifer Hudson, Lucia Puenzo, Eva Longoria, Catherine Hardwicke involved in anthology.
Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment (Ilbe) has struck key territory deals at AFM on Tell It Like A Woman, a female-led anthology featuring Taraji P. Henson, Jennifer Hudson, Lucia Puenzo, Eva Longoria, Catherine Hardwicke, among others.
Deals have closed in Germany (Tiberius Film), France (Program Store), the UK (The Movie Partnership), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Australia and New Zealand (Signature), and worldwide airlines and ships (Gate 23 Entertainment).
Offers are in for Spain, Scandinavia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, South Korea, India, China and Cis. Julie Sultan,...
Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment (Ilbe) has struck key territory deals at AFM on Tell It Like A Woman, a female-led anthology featuring Taraji P. Henson, Jennifer Hudson, Lucia Puenzo, Eva Longoria, Catherine Hardwicke, among others.
Deals have closed in Germany (Tiberius Film), France (Program Store), the UK (The Movie Partnership), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Australia and New Zealand (Signature), and worldwide airlines and ships (Gate 23 Entertainment).
Offers are in for Spain, Scandinavia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, South Korea, India, China and Cis. Julie Sultan,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Samuel Goldwyn Films has closed a deal with Italian outfit Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment to acquire U.S. distribution rights to star-studded female-powered feature Tell It Like A Woman, whose filmmakers and actors include Taraji P. Henson, Jennifer Hudson, Pauletta Washington, Cara Delevingne, Catherine Hardwicke, Margherita Buy, Marcia Gay Harden, Eva Longoria, Leonor Varela, Jacqueline Fernandez, Anne Watanabe and Mipo O.
For the film, superstar songwriter and 13-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren (who is getting an honorary Academy Award in November) has written original song Applause which was performed by Sofia Carson and is being released later this year as a single through Disney Music Group label Hollywood Records. An accompanying music video was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring singer and actress Carson.
Warren’s song is described as “the defining sound of the film and intended to serve as a hymn for female empowerment”. The filmmakers say they...
For the film, superstar songwriter and 13-time Oscar nominee Diane Warren (who is getting an honorary Academy Award in November) has written original song Applause which was performed by Sofia Carson and is being released later this year as a single through Disney Music Group label Hollywood Records. An accompanying music video was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring singer and actress Carson.
Warren’s song is described as “the defining sound of the film and intended to serve as a hymn for female empowerment”. The filmmakers say they...
- 7/7/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming Los Angeles-Italia Film Fashion and Art Festival will be honoring Italian directors Paolo Sorrentino (“The Hand of God”) and Enrico Casarosa (“Luca”) as well as costume-designer Massimo Cantini Parrini (“Cyrano”) all of whom have scored nominations for the upcoming Academy Awards.
The 17th edition of the pre-Oscars event will be held March 20-26 at Hollywood’s Tcl Chinese Theatre and also online.
This year’s opening ceremony will be hosted by veteran Italian-American actor Robert Davi, who is also this year’s president of the event. Sofia Milos (“CSI: Miami”) and Hollywood acting coach Bernard Hiller will co-host.
Consul General of Italy Silvia Chiave and Italian Institute of Culture chief Emanuele Amendola will also be introducing honorees both at the Chinese Theatre and during a separate March 25 event being held at the Italian Institute of Culture.
Other Los Angeles-Italia honorees this year are ace cinematographer Dante Spinotti actors Riccardo Scamarcio,...
The 17th edition of the pre-Oscars event will be held March 20-26 at Hollywood’s Tcl Chinese Theatre and also online.
This year’s opening ceremony will be hosted by veteran Italian-American actor Robert Davi, who is also this year’s president of the event. Sofia Milos (“CSI: Miami”) and Hollywood acting coach Bernard Hiller will co-host.
Consul General of Italy Silvia Chiave and Italian Institute of Culture chief Emanuele Amendola will also be introducing honorees both at the Chinese Theatre and during a separate March 25 event being held at the Italian Institute of Culture.
Other Los Angeles-Italia honorees this year are ace cinematographer Dante Spinotti actors Riccardo Scamarcio,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and Pauletta Washington have joined Iervolino Entertainment’s star-studded anthology project “Tell It Like a Woman.”
The trio will take on “Pepcy & Kim,” one of the anthology’s seven segments. Henson has signed on to direct the piece, which is inspired by the true story of Kim Carter, a former addict who has used her story and her nonprofit, the Time for Change Foundation, to help homeless women and children break the cycle and reclaim their lives.
Hudson is set to star in the segment, playing both Pepcy and Kim, opposite Washington. The segment is written by Catherine Hardwicke.
“Pepcy & Kim” completes the puzzle for the “Tell It Like a Woman” project, a film made by and about women, comprised of seven segments that make one intertwining feature film. Hardwicke, Cara Delevingne, Margherita Buy, Marcia Gay Harden, Eva Longoria, Leonor Varela,...
The trio will take on “Pepcy & Kim,” one of the anthology’s seven segments. Henson has signed on to direct the piece, which is inspired by the true story of Kim Carter, a former addict who has used her story and her nonprofit, the Time for Change Foundation, to help homeless women and children break the cycle and reclaim their lives.
Hudson is set to star in the segment, playing both Pepcy and Kim, opposite Washington. The segment is written by Catherine Hardwicke.
“Pepcy & Kim” completes the puzzle for the “Tell It Like a Woman” project, a film made by and about women, comprised of seven segments that make one intertwining feature film. Hardwicke, Cara Delevingne, Margherita Buy, Marcia Gay Harden, Eva Longoria, Leonor Varela,...
- 6/28/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Cara Delevingne, Eva Longoria, Margherita Buy, Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Varela and Jacqueline Fernandez are among the all-star cast for anthology feature Women’s Stories, whose segments will be directed by filmmakers including Catherine Hardwicke.
The film will be comprised of six segments directed by female directors from different parts of the world, shot in Italy, India and the U.S. They will range in genre from drama to comedy, docu-drama to animation. Cast will be all female.
The first four segments have been mapped out: Unspoken will be directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi and star decorated Italian actress Margherita Buy (My Mother), the seven-time David di Donatello award-winner; Lagonegro will be directed by Lucia Puenzo (La Jauria) and star Desperate Housewives and Overboard actress Longoria; Elbows Deep will be directed by Twilight filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke and star model and actress Delevingne (Suicide Squad), Oscar-winner Marcia...
The film will be comprised of six segments directed by female directors from different parts of the world, shot in Italy, India and the U.S. They will range in genre from drama to comedy, docu-drama to animation. Cast will be all female.
The first four segments have been mapped out: Unspoken will be directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi and star decorated Italian actress Margherita Buy (My Mother), the seven-time David di Donatello award-winner; Lagonegro will be directed by Lucia Puenzo (La Jauria) and star Desperate Housewives and Overboard actress Longoria; Elbows Deep will be directed by Twilight filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke and star model and actress Delevingne (Suicide Squad), Oscar-winner Marcia...
- 1/25/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Database curated by Swedish Film Institute, which currently includes 700 film-makers, will expand globally.
The Swedish Film Institute continues its pioneering work to achieve gender equality in film, including the launch of a new website that will be “a kind of Wikipedia” for female filmmakers. At Nordicwomeninfilm.com, there are already 700 filmmakers listed, from cinema’s start in 1895 to today. The list will be expanded globally.
“Anyone who says there are no good women [to hire], they will be proven wrong,” said Sfi CEO Anna Serner at the ‘50/50 by 2020’Seminar here in Cannes.
The Sfi hit a 50-50 gender split for its funded projects in 2014, but they are not resting on their laurels. “We will keep on counting behind the camera and in front of the camera,” she said. “We will make sure by getting knowledge and facts that women do make films reaching audiences and making money. Women should get bigger budgets now.” Sfi will also...
The Swedish Film Institute continues its pioneering work to achieve gender equality in film, including the launch of a new website that will be “a kind of Wikipedia” for female filmmakers. At Nordicwomeninfilm.com, there are already 700 filmmakers listed, from cinema’s start in 1895 to today. The list will be expanded globally.
“Anyone who says there are no good women [to hire], they will be proven wrong,” said Sfi CEO Anna Serner at the ‘50/50 by 2020’Seminar here in Cannes.
The Sfi hit a 50-50 gender split for its funded projects in 2014, but they are not resting on their laurels. “We will keep on counting behind the camera and in front of the camera,” she said. “We will make sure by getting knowledge and facts that women do make films reaching audiences and making money. Women should get bigger budgets now.” Sfi will also...
- 5/16/2016
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
We Do It Together, a nonprofit production company, has announced the short-film omnibus "Together Now" as its inaugural feature. Each segment will be directed by and starring a woman, with Robin Wright, Catherine Hardwicke, Katia Lund, Patricia Riggen, Haifaa Al Mansour, Malgorzata Szumowska and Melina Matsoukas slated to direct. Freida Pinto and Juliette Binoche, meanwhile, have been confirmed as the first two actresses. Read More: Federal Investigation Launched Into Hollywood's Lack of Gender Equality Female empowerment will serve as the overarching theme of the project, with each individual segment being shot in a different country. Carol Polakeff, Shelby Stone and Chiara Tilesi are producing "Together Now," which begins shooting this July. Wdit in general and this film in particular are aimed toward closing the gender gap and achieving at least a semblance of parity — male filmmakers outnumber their female counterparts in Hollywood by 9-to-1. Read More:...
- 5/15/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Some of Hollywood’s biggest names have come together to form a new nonprofit organization focusing on the empowerment of women in entertainment. We Do It Together will commission films, documentaries, television, and additional media content to showcase positive female influences. Performers Jessica Chastain, Queen Latifah, Juliette Binoche, Freida Pinto, and Ziyi Zhang are just a few of several women on the advisory board for the company along with directors Catherine Hardwicke, Amma Asante, and Marielle Heller. The nonprofit will raise capital from grants, governments, corporate sponsors, and individual donations to invest in the production of films. They will work in conjunction with respected actors, directors, and producers to create opportunities for exciting new voices in the industry. The company plans to announce their first film at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival. We Do It Together is also scheduled to participate at the United Nations’ 3rd Annual Power...
- 2/25/2016
- backstage.com
With the Oscars just around the corner this Sunday and the lack of diversity discussion surrounding the event, a recent study has revealed that through the past 10 years, women represent 19 percent of non-acting nominations. That news makes the formation of We Do It Together production company seem all the more timely. According to Variety, Queen Latifah, Jessica Chastain, Juliette Binoche and Catherine Hardwicke have launched the non-profit organization with the goal to produce films and TV that empower women.
The films they plan to develop will be by and about women.
The films they plan to develop will be by and about women.
- 2/25/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The collective of leading film industry voices has launched to finance and produce films, documentaries, TV and other forms of media dedicated to the empowerment of women.
We Do It Together (Wdit) will work with male and female directors, actors, and producers who share its vision to develop a slate of gender-led films and ensure a future of opportunities for known and emerging voices within the industry.
The non-profit will raise money from grants, governments, corporate sponsors, and individual donations and plans to unveil its first title in Cannes.
The advisory board comprises such figures as Jessica Chastain, Freida Pinto, Queen Latifah, Catherine Hardwicke, Hany Abu-Assad, Zhang Ziyi, Amma Asante, and Juliette Binoche, among others.
Board of directors are: Albert Berger; Dda partner Dana Archer; The Gersh Agency’s Sandra Lucchesi; Mosaic manager Paul Nelson; producer-director Carol Polakoff; producer Shelby Stone; producer and philanthropist Chiara Tilesi; and writer-producer Hanna Weg.
The organisation...
We Do It Together (Wdit) will work with male and female directors, actors, and producers who share its vision to develop a slate of gender-led films and ensure a future of opportunities for known and emerging voices within the industry.
The non-profit will raise money from grants, governments, corporate sponsors, and individual donations and plans to unveil its first title in Cannes.
The advisory board comprises such figures as Jessica Chastain, Freida Pinto, Queen Latifah, Catherine Hardwicke, Hany Abu-Assad, Zhang Ziyi, Amma Asante, and Juliette Binoche, among others.
Board of directors are: Albert Berger; Dda partner Dana Archer; The Gersh Agency’s Sandra Lucchesi; Mosaic manager Paul Nelson; producer-director Carol Polakoff; producer Shelby Stone; producer and philanthropist Chiara Tilesi; and writer-producer Hanna Weg.
The organisation...
- 2/24/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The collective of leading film industry voices has launched to finance and produce films, documentaries, TV and other forms of media dedicated to the empowerment of women.
We Do It Together (Wdit) will work with male and female directors, actors, and producers who share its vision to develop a slate of gender-led films and ensure a future of opportunities for known and emerging voices within the industry.
The non-profit will raise money from grants, governments, corporate sponsors, and individual donations and plans to unveil its first title in Cannes.
The advisory board comprises such figures as Jessica Chastain, Freida Pinto, Queen Latifah, Catherine Hardwicke, Hany Abu-Assad, Zhang Ziyi, Amma Asante, and Juliette Binoche, among others.
Board of directors are: Albert Berger; Dda partner Dana Archer; The Gersh Agency’s Sandra Lucchesi; Mosaic manager Paul Nelson; producer-director Carol Polakoff; producer Shelby Stone; producer and philanthropist Chiara Tilesi; and writer-producer Hanna Weg.
The organisation...
We Do It Together (Wdit) will work with male and female directors, actors, and producers who share its vision to develop a slate of gender-led films and ensure a future of opportunities for known and emerging voices within the industry.
The non-profit will raise money from grants, governments, corporate sponsors, and individual donations and plans to unveil its first title in Cannes.
The advisory board comprises such figures as Jessica Chastain, Freida Pinto, Queen Latifah, Catherine Hardwicke, Hany Abu-Assad, Zhang Ziyi, Amma Asante, and Juliette Binoche, among others.
Board of directors are: Albert Berger; Dda partner Dana Archer; The Gersh Agency’s Sandra Lucchesi; Mosaic manager Paul Nelson; producer-director Carol Polakoff; producer Shelby Stone; producer and philanthropist Chiara Tilesi; and writer-producer Hanna Weg.
The organisation...
- 2/24/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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