When director Olivia Wilde found out that Delta Airlines had removed the LGBTQ elements from her movie Booksmart in October, she demanded they be reinstated. By November, Delta committed to showing both Booksmart and Rocketman with LGBTQ scenes intact. Wilde told the crowd recently at Deadline’s The Contenders New…
British journalist Caitlin Moran began writing for the rock press in the early '90s, at the age of 16, and her experiences in the field provided the basis for her second novel, How to Build a Girl, in 2014. A film version has been in the works ever since the novel was first published, and this year director Coky…
There can be few more positive signs of industry change than the filmography of Beanie Feldstein. Her first feature credit was in 2016; it was also the last time she worked on a big screen project with a male director. She is now at TIFF with her fifth film, How to Build a Girl, as she rides high following the…
They have been calling it a “female Superbad,” and it’s an apt comparison in terms of the raunch factor in this completely female-driven coming-of-age comedy. But beyond the gross-out gags, there is something else going on here: Booksmart is for the smart girls — the ones who left high school and never forgot the one…
Many will compare Olivia Wilde’s teenage comedy Booksmartto Superbad. Both tell the story of two friends who are about to graduate high school that want to end their senior year with an awesome night of partying — but that’s where the comparisons end. In Wilde’s feature directorial debut, we follow two young women…
“We have to go to a party tonight,” the normally studious high school senior says on the last day of classes. “Nobody knows that we are fun. We didn’t party because we wanted to focus on school and get into good colleges.” Her BFF replies: “And it worked.” But, the friend notes, “Irresponsible people who party also…
Beanie Fedstein starrer How To Build A Girl is now under way in UK with Lionsgate on board for UK distribution.
Joining Feldstein (Lady Bird) and Game Of Thrones star Alfie Allen in the comedic coming-of-age feature are Paddy Considine (Journeyman), Sarah Solemani (Bridget Jones’s Baby), Laurie Kynaston (England Is Min…
EXCLUSIVE:Lady Bird and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising star Beanie Feldstein has been set for the title role in Caitlin Moran novel adaptation How To Build A Girl, which Protagonist is launching world sales on in Cannes.
The comedic coming-of-age story from UK producer Monumental Pictures will start shooting on…
A Best Picture Oscar frontrunner since it bowed at the Telluride Film Festival several weeks ago, Lady Bird marks the solo directorial debut of Greta Gerwig, who has risen to become one of the defining voices of contemporary American cinema. Collaborating with iconic indie filmmaker Noah Baumbach in the writing of Mist…
