Being shouted out by “Pose” creator Ryan Murphy in his Golden Globes acceptance speech hasn’t been the only highlight of Michaela Jaé Rodriguez’s week. The history-making actress has been tapped to lead “Wildfire.” Deadline reports that the script for the pic recently made the Black List.

Penned by Chaya Doswell, “Wildfire” follows Lu, a seven-year-old “who accidentally starts a wildfire. A mute from an abusive home, Lu slyly tricks Merribelle, a hardworking trans woman, into kidnapping her — sparking a beautifully unexpected bond with a devastating expiration date.”

A director isn’t attached to the project yet.

Last year Rodrguez became the first trans actress to win a Golden Globe. Since

Kelly Fremon Craig is back with another coming-of-age comedy. “The Edge of Seventeen” filmmaker’s second feature sees her adapting an iconic novel, Judy Blume’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” The pic tells the story of Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson), a sixth grader who moves from NYC to the suburbs of New Jersey.

A new trailer for the film, which is set in the ’70s, introduces us to Margaret, who is in the midst of a prayer. “Let me just be normal and regular like everybody else,” she begs. The 11-year-old is consumed with thoughts about God and her changing body. We see her joining a “secret club”

Contrary to rumors suggesting otherwise, a sequel to Nancy Meyers’ “The Holiday” is not in the works. But we do have another house-swapping rom-com from a woman director to look forward to. A trailer just launched for Reese Witherspoon-starrer “Your Place or Mine.” Penned and helmed by “The Devil Wears Prada” scribe Aline Brosh McKenna, the pic tells the story of two long-distance BFFs, and total opposites, who decide to swap houses and lives for a week. Peter (Ashton Kutcher) can sense that Debbie (Witherspoon), a single mom, is in dire need of a break. “You need help. Let me help,” he insists in the spot. The plan is

“Since colonization, Native women have been targeted,” we’re told in a new trailer for “Murder in Big Horn,” a three-part Showtime docuseries investigating the disappearance and possible murders of a group of Native American women in rural Montana.

“Within the last decade, dozens of young Indigenous women and girls from the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Nations have been murdered or have gone missing from Big Horn County and its surrounding area; arrests are rare in these cases and convictions virtually non-existent. When grieving Native families press law enforcement for answers, they are met with either indifference or silence,” the project’s synopsis details.

As one community member explains, “The darkness that

Women and Hollywood is marking its 15th anniversary with an inaugural awards season event: Celebrating Creatives in the Industry, taking place on Friday, January 13, 2023 at the CAA Screening Room in Beverly Hills. Celebrating Creatives in the Industry was created to highlight and celebrate women filmmakers who have exhibited extraordinary work over the past year.

The event will include a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing filmmakers today, featuring directors of some of the best films of the awards season. Moderated by Rebecca Keegan, Senior Film Editor at The Hollywood Reporter, the panel will include Kathlyn Horan, director of “The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi

Rebecca Miller’s latest has been tapped to open the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival. Oscar winner Anne Hathaway and four-time Emmy winner Peter Dinklage topline “She Came to Me,” which will make its world premiere at the fest February 16. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the news. 

The romantic comedy is set in New York and follows a composer (Dinklage, “Game of Thrones”) with writer’s block who is “struggling to complete his big comeback opera. On the suggestion of his wife, and former therapist, played by Hathaway, he sets out in search of inspiration, getting more than he bargained for,” per the source.

Marisa Tomei (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”) and Joanna

“Other People’s Children” has secured U.S. distribution ahead of its run at Sundance Film Festival later this month. A press release announced that Music Box Films snagged rights to Rebecca Zlotowski’s French-language drama starring Virginie Efira (“Benedetta”) with plans to release it in theaters and on home entertainment platforms this spring.

Written by Zlotowski, the film tells the story of Rachel, a 40-something teacher who forges a close bond with her new boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter. Their relationship inspires Rachel to consider having a child of her own.

“I’m very much like Rachel. I’m a Parisian woman in my early 40s. The character is a teacher, and I studied to be

“A caftan must be survived by the one who wears it. Passed from mother to daughter. Stand the test of time,” we’re told in a new trailer for Maryam Touzani’s “The Blue Caftan.” The drama is Morocco’s pick in the International Oscar race and focuses on Mina (Lubna Azabal) and Halim (Saleh Bakri), a married couple who run a traditional caftan store in Morocco. To keep up with customer demands, they hire Youssef (Ayoub Missioui), a talented apprentice who is learning about embroidery and tailoring from Halim.

It’s not long before Halim and Youssef form an intense connection, and it’s far from platonic. The spot depicts the men looking admiringly at

Michelle Yeoh took home an award and made history at last night’s National Board of Review gala. The Oscar favorite received Best Actress honors for “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” a sci-fi comedy about a Chinese American woman who is forced to deal with the fallout of an interdimensional rupture. “I am so incredibly proud to be the first Asian actress in 45 years to receive this honor,” Yeoh said at the ceremony, per Indiewire. 

The star announced, “My real name is Yeoh Choo-Kheng.” Yeoh was told she “needed to take a Western name.” Thus, “Yeoh Choo-Kheng became Michelle Yeoh. We were told it would make it easier to sell

Claudia Lonow has another series inspired by her life in the works at ABC. The “How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life)” creator’s latest project, single camera workplace comedy “Boss,” is in development at the network. Deadline broke the news. 

Described as a “multi-generational, adult, ensemble, office comedy,” the potential series focuses on “two women, frenemies and competitors with little in common, who wind up hiring each other’s equally opposite daughters as their assistants.”

Lonow is writing and exec producing.

“How To Live With Your Parents (For The Rest Of Your Life)” was based on Lonow’s experience of moving back in with her parents after