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Women Behind The Camera

Reed Morano (The Rhythm Section) teams with Zoe Saldana (Avatar) for Sabaya, a thriller based on the 2015 U.S. Special Forces raid on ISIS. Source: Deadline

Lionsgate to produce K-Pop comedy Seoul Girls written and produced by Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect). Source: Deadline

Robin Thede and Christa Gatewood (A Black Lady Sketch Show) will pen and executive produce new HBO Max comedy Fashionably Black with Michael B. Jordan (Just Mercy). Source: Deadline

Casting News

Niamh Algar (Calm With Horses) cast as the female lead opposite Jason Statham (Hobbs and Shaw) in Guy Ritchie’s lastest action thriller. Source: Deadline

Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman) cast in Universal’s romantic drama All My Life. Source: Playbill

Pom Klementiff (Guardians of the Galaxy) joins the cast of the seventh and eighth entries to the Mission Impossible series. Source: Variety

TV News

Gloria Calderón Kellett (One Day at a Time) signs overall deal with Amazon Studios to create and develop TV series and film through her production company, GloNation. Source: Deadline

ABC developing half-hour autobigraphical comedy from writer Naomi Ekperigin (Mrs. Fletcher). Source: Deadline

Sierra Teller (Rutherford Falls) signs overall deal with Universal TV to develop new TV projects. Source: Deadline

Melina Matsoukas (Queen & Slim) has signed a first-look deal with FX Production to develop new content for FX Networks. Source: Deadline

Vanessa Bayer (SNL) will executive produce and star in half-hour comedy pilot at Showtime. Source: Variety

Riley Keough (The Girlfriend Experience) will star as the titular character in Amazon’s original series Daisy Jones & The Six. Source: Deadline

Larysa Kpndracki (Picnic At Hanging Rock) to executive produce Amazon’s horror series Them: Covenant. Source: Deadline

Denée Benton (Hamilton), Louisa Jacobson (Gone Hollywood), Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story) and more join HBO’s drama series The Gilded Age. Source: Deadline

Juliette Lewis (Ma) and Christina Ricci (Z: The Beginning of Everything) join the cast of Showtime’s drama pilot Yellowjackets as series regulars. Source: Deadline

Kelly Clarkson’s talk show renewed for season 2 by NBCUniversal. Source: Variety

New Releases

*releases may vary depending on region*

In theatres:

• Frozen II written by Jennifer Lee and Allison Schroeder; directed by Lee and Chris Buck
• Hala written and directed by Minhal Baig (Limited theatrical release)
• Judy & Punch written and directed by Mirrah Foulkes (UK and Australia)
• Ophelia written by Semi Chellas and directed by Claire McCarthy (UK)
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood directed by Marielle Heller
• The Warrior Queen of Jhansi written and directed by Swati Bhise
• Charlie’s Angels written and directed by Elizabeth Banks
• Last Christmas written by Emma Thompson
• Mickey and the Bear written and directed by Annabelle Attansio (Limited theatrical release)
• Honey Boy directed by Alma Har’el

Streaming:

• The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open written and directed by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn (Netflix November 27)
• The Knight Before Christmas directed by Monika Mitchell and written by Cara J. Russell (Netflix)
• Dollface created by Jordan Weiss (Hulu)
• The Club written and directed by Camila Ibarra (Netflix)
• Good Girls Get High written and directed by Laura Terruso (DirectTV)
• Let It Snow written by Victoria Strouse (Netflix)
• Lady and the Tramp written by Kari Granlund (Disney+)
• Dublin Murders created by Sarah Phelps (Starz)

VOD/Home Video:

• Hustlers written and directed by Lorene Scafaria
• Blinded by the Light written and directed by Gurinder Chadha
• The Fare written by Brianna Kelly
• Queen of Hearts written and directed by May el-Toukhly
• The Weekend written and directed by Stella Meghie
• The Farewell written and directed by Lulu Wang

Update

LevelK Boards International Sales on Lisa Aschan’s ‘Call Mom!’ (EXCLUSIVE) https://variety.com/2019/film/news/levelk-boards-international-sales-to-lisa-aschans-call-mom-exclusive-1203407671/

Oscilloscope Acquires U.S. Rights To Lara Jean Gallagher-Directed ‘Clementine’ For 2020 Release https://deadline.com/2019/11/clementine-oscilloscope-acquisition-lara-jean-gallagher-directed-tribeca-film-festival-1202792129/

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