Meryl Streep is celebrating 10 years of The Writers Lab with the 2024 lineup of female and non-binary screenwriters to watch.
Academy Award winner Streep has funded The Writers Lab since 2014, and the program is still the only offering in the world dedicated exclusively to elevating the work of women and non-binary screenwriters over the age of 40. Nicole Kidman has also supported the Lab, which is the only program in the world for mid-career screenwriters.
This year, the program is working with 14 writers across 12 projects, with Labs now operational in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Europe. The 14 selected women screenwriters will gather in early November in Saugerties, New York to focus on tools and strategies to navigate the ever-shifting landscape of professional opportunities and build sustainable careers.
Each writer will be paired with an established mentor, including returning mentor Susan Cartsonis (“What Women Want”), Lisa Cortés (“Little Richard: I Am Everything...
Academy Award winner Streep has funded The Writers Lab since 2014, and the program is still the only offering in the world dedicated exclusively to elevating the work of women and non-binary screenwriters over the age of 40. Nicole Kidman has also supported the Lab, which is the only program in the world for mid-career screenwriters.
This year, the program is working with 14 writers across 12 projects, with Labs now operational in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and Europe. The 14 selected women screenwriters will gather in early November in Saugerties, New York to focus on tools and strategies to navigate the ever-shifting landscape of professional opportunities and build sustainable careers.
Each writer will be paired with an established mentor, including returning mentor Susan Cartsonis (“What Women Want”), Lisa Cortés (“Little Richard: I Am Everything...
- 7/31/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Canadian streamer Crave has cast Lauren Collins and Megan Follows to lead a six-part short-form comedy, My Dead Mom.
The series follow Emmy, a woman questioning her life choices three years after her mother’s passing. It explores the complicated nature of grief through the filter of mothers and daughters.
Production has begun in production in Toronto, with Follows and Collins starring. Rounding out the cast are Rainbow Sun Francks (High Fidelity), David Reale (The Boys), Daniel Maslany (Murdoch Mysteries), Daniel Kash (Slasher) and guest star Matt Murray (In the Dark).
Synopsis reads: “Emmy wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail after her mother died, she was just really busy. But three years on now, her grief is catching up with her. As she questions her lipstick and life choices, her dead mother, Fern, pops into her life...
The series follow Emmy, a woman questioning her life choices three years after her mother’s passing. It explores the complicated nature of grief through the filter of mothers and daughters.
Production has begun in production in Toronto, with Follows and Collins starring. Rounding out the cast are Rainbow Sun Francks (High Fidelity), David Reale (The Boys), Daniel Maslany (Murdoch Mysteries), Daniel Kash (Slasher) and guest star Matt Murray (In the Dark).
Synopsis reads: “Emmy wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail after her mother died, she was just really busy. But three years on now, her grief is catching up with her. As she questions her lipstick and life choices, her dead mother, Fern, pops into her life...
- 11/9/2023
- by Jesse Whittock and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CBC has set Rakhee Morzaria (Note to Self), Zoriah Wong (Nancy Drew) and Roman Pesino (Odd Squad) as part of the main cast of Run The Burbs, the upcoming family comedy from Kim’s Convenience alum Andrew Phung and The Secret Marathon‘s Scott Townend. The series is currently in production in and around Toronto and Hamilton.
Also joining the cast are Ali Hassan (CBC’s Laugh Out Loud), Julie Nolke (Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self), Jonathan Langdon (Utopia Falls), Simone Miller (Detention Adventure), Samantha Wan (Second Jen), Candy Palmater (The Candy Show), Chris Locke (Workin’ Moms) and Aurora Browne (Baroness von Sketch Show).
Created by Phung and Townend, Run the Burbs follows stay-at-home dad – Andrew Pham (Phung) – living and loving with his entrepreneurial, executive wife and two kids. The Phams are a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian-Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest,...
Also joining the cast are Ali Hassan (CBC’s Laugh Out Loud), Julie Nolke (Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self), Jonathan Langdon (Utopia Falls), Simone Miller (Detention Adventure), Samantha Wan (Second Jen), Candy Palmater (The Candy Show), Chris Locke (Workin’ Moms) and Aurora Browne (Baroness von Sketch Show).
Created by Phung and Townend, Run the Burbs follows stay-at-home dad – Andrew Pham (Phung) – living and loving with his entrepreneurial, executive wife and two kids. The Phams are a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian-Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest,...
- 9/27/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros. International Television Production (Wbitvp) has swooped for global distribution rights to International Emmy-nominated series “How to Buy a Baby.”
The digital original from Canadian public broadcaster CBC is produced by Toronto-based LoCo Motion Pictures and follows a couple struggling to conceive a baby. The series, created by Wendy Litner, provides a voyeuristic view of a marriage under pressure and shows just how much suffering a couple will endure for a child.
The format has already been adapted in Sweden by Wbitvp, with season 1 of locally titled “Alla Utom Vi” (Everyone Except Us) having premiered on Sweden’s Discovery Plus platform in February as a 10 x 22′ series. A second season has also been commissioned.
Commenting on the deal, Andrew Zein, senior VP of creative format development and sales at Wbitvp, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Lauren [Corber] and her company LoCo Motion to bring this fantastic dramatic...
The digital original from Canadian public broadcaster CBC is produced by Toronto-based LoCo Motion Pictures and follows a couple struggling to conceive a baby. The series, created by Wendy Litner, provides a voyeuristic view of a marriage under pressure and shows just how much suffering a couple will endure for a child.
The format has already been adapted in Sweden by Wbitvp, with season 1 of locally titled “Alla Utom Vi” (Everyone Except Us) having premiered on Sweden’s Discovery Plus platform in February as a 10 x 22′ series. A second season has also been commissioned.
Commenting on the deal, Andrew Zein, senior VP of creative format development and sales at Wbitvp, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Lauren [Corber] and her company LoCo Motion to bring this fantastic dramatic...
- 4/13/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros. International Television Production has picked up the global distribution rights, excluding Canada, to the comedy format How to Buy a Baby from LoCo Motion Pictures.
The International Emmy-nominated original for Canada’s CBC Gem and created by Wendy Litner follows a couple who can’t make a baby the fun way. So they struggle to conceive with the help of a doctor, a nurse, an embryologist and an unsolicited advice from everyone they know.
Wbitvp has already sold the format rights in Sweden, where the first season of the locally titled series Alla Utom Vi (Everyone Except Us) debuted on ...
The International Emmy-nominated original for Canada’s CBC Gem and created by Wendy Litner follows a couple who can’t make a baby the fun way. So they struggle to conceive with the help of a doctor, a nurse, an embryologist and an unsolicited advice from everyone they know.
Wbitvp has already sold the format rights in Sweden, where the first season of the locally titled series Alla Utom Vi (Everyone Except Us) debuted on ...
- 4/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Warner Bros. International Television Production has picked up the global distribution rights, excluding Canada, to the comedy format How to Buy a Baby from LoCo Motion Pictures.
The International Emmy-nominated original for Canada’s CBC Gem and created by Wendy Litner follows a couple who can’t make a baby the fun way. So they struggle to conceive with the help of a doctor, a nurse, an embryologist and an unsolicited advice from everyone they know.
Wbitvp has already sold the format rights in Sweden, where the first season of the locally titled series Alla Utom Vi (Everyone Except Us) debuted on ...
The International Emmy-nominated original for Canada’s CBC Gem and created by Wendy Litner follows a couple who can’t make a baby the fun way. So they struggle to conceive with the help of a doctor, a nurse, an embryologist and an unsolicited advice from everyone they know.
Wbitvp has already sold the format rights in Sweden, where the first season of the locally titled series Alla Utom Vi (Everyone Except Us) debuted on ...
- 4/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today’s roundup, “The Flash” promoted Hartley Sawyer and Jessica Parker Kennedy to series regulars, and the Toronto Screenwriting Conference named its 2018 guest speakers.
Casting
Recurring cast members Hartley Sawyer and Jessica Parker Kennedy have been upped to series regulars for Season 5 of the CW‘s “The Flash.” Sawyer will reprise his role as Ralph Dibny, or Elongated Man, while Kennedy will continue on as Barry and Iris’ future daughter, Nora West-Allen, since the Season 4 finale revealed her “Mystery Girl” identity.
Deinstitutionalized has announced the cast of the upcoming dystopian drama “FraXtur.” Series regulars include Brittany Curran, Denise Richards, Karl Yune, Leon Thomas III, Max Adler, Camille Winbush, Kristos Andrews, Cody Saintgnue, Eric Nelsen, Ciara Hanna and Chasty Ballesteros. Pro wrestler Diamond Dallas Page, Maria Conchita Alonso, and Jade Harlow are also set to guest star in the show, which follows a misfit bunch of teens who stumble into a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Casting
Recurring cast members Hartley Sawyer and Jessica Parker Kennedy have been upped to series regulars for Season 5 of the CW‘s “The Flash.” Sawyer will reprise his role as Ralph Dibny, or Elongated Man, while Kennedy will continue on as Barry and Iris’ future daughter, Nora West-Allen, since the Season 4 finale revealed her “Mystery Girl” identity.
Deinstitutionalized has announced the cast of the upcoming dystopian drama “FraXtur.” Series regulars include Brittany Curran, Denise Richards, Karl Yune, Leon Thomas III, Max Adler, Camille Winbush, Kristos Andrews, Cody Saintgnue, Eric Nelsen, Ciara Hanna and Chasty Ballesteros. Pro wrestler Diamond Dallas Page, Maria Conchita Alonso, and Jade Harlow are also set to guest star in the show, which follows a misfit bunch of teens who stumble into a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- 6/18/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
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