“Black Candle Women” is heading to the small screen. A series adaptation of Diane Marie Brown’s debut novel is being developed by Universal Television with “Bel-Air” showrunner Carla Banks Waddles writing the script, per Deadline.

Released last month, “Black Candle Women” follows “generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—who have lived together in their quaint two-story bungalow in California for years. They keep to themselves, never venture far from home, and their collection of tinctures and spells is an unspoken bond between them. But when seventeen-year-old Nickie Montrose brings home a boy for the first time, their quiet lives are thrown into disarray. For the other women have been withholding a

Emilia Clarke says goodbye to the distant past in King’s Landing and hello to the near future in “The Pod Generation,” a sci-fi story that sees the Emmy-nominated “Game of Thrones” alumna exploring fertility technology. A press release announced that Roadside Attractions and Vertical snagged North American rights to the Sundance winner.

Written and directed by Sophie Barthes, “The Pod Generation” is set in a world where “AI is all the rage and technology has trumped nature in nearly every aspect of life” and follows Rachel (Clarke) and Alvy ( Chiwetel  Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”), “a New York couple who are ready to start a family. As a rising

“Everything is feeling a bit unbelievable,” says Sterling K. Brown in a new teaser for “Biosphere,” Mel Eslyn’s feature debut. Set in the not-too-distant future, the sci-fi comedy follows Ray (Brown, “This Is Us”) and Billy (Mark Duplass, “The Morning Show”), lifelong best friends who survive the apocalypse thanks to a custom biosphere built by the former. As far as Ray and Billy can tell, they are the last two humans alive.

The pair’s future becomes uncertain when they begin experiencing problems with their food supply, but looking for a solution leads them down roads they never expected — and offers the chance to “adapt and evolve to save humanity,”

Liliana Cavani is set to receive a major honor at the 80th edition of Venice Film Festival. The Italian filmmaker will be awarded a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement, per Deadline.

Counting “The Night Porter” and “The Berlin Affair” among her credits, Cavani received Venice’s Lion of San Marco for best documentary in 1965 for “Philippe Pétain: Processo a Vichy.” The fest has screened a number of the director’s other films, most recently 2012’s “Clarisse.”

Festival Director Alberto Barbera described Cavani as “one of the most emblematic protagonists of the New Italian Cinema of the 1960s” and a “versatile artist,” emphasizing that her work “has spanned over sixty years of

Thomasin McKenzie finds herself on another dangerous journey inspired by a glamorous, mysterious woman in “Eileen,” her latest big screen outing following “One Night in Soho.” Deadline reports that Neon has acquired North American rights to the pic, which also stars Oscar winner Anne Hathaway.

An adaptation of Otessa Moshfegh’s 2015 novel of the same name, “Eileen” is set in 1964 Massachusetts and sees secretary Eileen (McKenzie) being drawn into the world of Rebecca (Hathaway), a new counselor at the prison where she works. “Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path,” the source teases.

Moshfegh penned the

By Sherene Strausberg

My first film, “Cool For You,” has been accepted into 39 film festivals and received multiple awards, including a Silver Anthem Award last month. As an independent filmmaker with no financial backing or creative support team, I produced, directed, animated, scored, and sound mixed/edited the an animated micro-short myself. I am proud of this accomplishment because the only way that this could have happened for me is because of the unique circumstances when a long, winding creative career as a woman in Hollywood, followed by a career change, met its abrupt pinnacle from an unexpected world pandemic. Let’s go back 30 years when I decided I wanted

“A Black Lady Sketch Show” returns to HBO for its fourth season next month, but we have even more to look forward to from the sketch comedy’s creator, showrunner, executive producer, writer, and star: Robin Thede has another project in development at the network, per Deadline.

Titled “Disengagement,” the half-hour comedy series “centers on the prestigious Cole family after a very public and embarrassing business implosion shattered their perfect Midwest image. And it was just an image, because, behind closed doors, even their dysfunction has dysfunction, proving family is the ultimate pyramid scheme,” the source details.

Thede, who has received five Emmy noms for “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” will

Sophie Lane Curtis’ feature debut has secured distribution. Deadline reports that Gravitas Ventures landed worldwide rights to “On Our Way” with plans to release the award-winning drama in theaters and on-demand May 19.

“On Our Way” follows a “tormented young filmmaker (Micheál Richardson) struggling to accept his latest script, which reveals how he lost the love of his life (Curtis). Shuffling between past, present, and fantasy, the film explores art’s ability to heal the wounds that inspire it,” the source teases.

The film’s supporting cast includes Vanessa Redgrave and Jordana Brewster.

“On Our Way” screened at Tallinn Black Nights and Ischia Global Film Festival. It was awarded Best Director (Curtis)

Diarra Kilpatrick is going into business with BET. The actress, writer, and producer signed an overall deal for its BET Studios division. “As part of the deal, BET+ ordered eight episodes of the straight-to-series project ‘Diarra from Detroit,’” per Deadline. 

Currently wrapping up production, the dark comedy “follows a divorcing schoolteacher with an acerbic sense of humor who refuses to believe she’s been ghosted by her rebound Tinder date. Her search for the missing man pulls her into a decades-old mystery involving the Detroit underworld.”

“Diarra from Detroit” is scheduled to premiere later this year.

“We are so excited to partner with Diarra. She represents the next generation of content

Michelle Dockery is saying goodbye to period costumes and hello to a survival story. The “Downton Abbey” alumna has been tapped to lead Destry Allyn Spielberg’s directorial debut, “Please Don’t Feed the Children.” The psychological thriller takes place in the aftermath of a viral outbreak that “[ravages] the country’s adult population” and sees “a group of orphans [heading] south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret,” Deadline teases.

Spielberg was originally expected to make her feature debut with “Four Assassins (and a Funeral).” The action pic about the adoptive daughter of a legendary assassin is still