Kyra Sedgwick, Kim Raver, Ashley Williams, Elisabeth Röhm, and Robin Givens all have something in common: they are actors who recently hopped into the director’s chair.
The five female filmmakers looked back on their journey to director at TheWrap’s annual Power Women Summit, speaking on a panel titled “Broader Focus: View from the Director’s Chair,” moderated by Tanya Lopez. Executive Vice President, Movies, Limited Series & Original Movie Acquisitions, Lifetime & Lifetime Movie. The panel was presented by Lifetime.
“I was the person who never had that voice — my voice was, ‘you will never direct,'” Sedgwick said. “I’ve been working professionally as an actor from the time I was 16 and I’d worked with a lot of legendary directors, all of whom were men… my loving husband kept saying to me, ‘you have such big opinions about the way things are directed… what about the concept of you directing one day?...
The five female filmmakers looked back on their journey to director at TheWrap’s annual Power Women Summit, speaking on a panel titled “Broader Focus: View from the Director’s Chair,” moderated by Tanya Lopez. Executive Vice President, Movies, Limited Series & Original Movie Acquisitions, Lifetime & Lifetime Movie. The panel was presented by Lifetime.
“I was the person who never had that voice — my voice was, ‘you will never direct,'” Sedgwick said. “I’ve been working professionally as an actor from the time I was 16 and I’d worked with a lot of legendary directors, all of whom were men… my loving husband kept saying to me, ‘you have such big opinions about the way things are directed… what about the concept of you directing one day?...
- 12/8/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
UFOs? In this economy? Netflix's reboot of Unsolved Mysteries is predominantly a true-crime endeavor, but the fifth episode ventures into the realm of science fiction. Or does it simply venture into fact? On Sept. 1, 1969, dozens of witnesses reported seeing an unidentified flying object in different parts of Berkshire County.
Unsolved Mysteries interviewed several eyewitnesses in the area at the time. Tom Warner was at a friend's house, where he was supposedly taken by a beam and then disappeared momentarily. Nearby, Melanie Kirchdorfer had just gotten ice cream with her family and went to Lake Mansfield, where she saw a bright light and started levitating. She recalled coming onto a ship with other children and was being laid out. Eerily, Warner said he had seen her in the craft crouching in a corner. They had not known each other before but felt an immediate connection when they finally met.
Other interviewees included Thom Reed,...
Unsolved Mysteries interviewed several eyewitnesses in the area at the time. Tom Warner was at a friend's house, where he was supposedly taken by a beam and then disappeared momentarily. Nearby, Melanie Kirchdorfer had just gotten ice cream with her family and went to Lake Mansfield, where she saw a bright light and started levitating. She recalled coming onto a ship with other children and was being laid out. Eerily, Warner said he had seen her in the craft crouching in a corner. They had not known each other before but felt an immediate connection when they finally met.
Other interviewees included Thom Reed,...
- 7/5/2020
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
The warmer months call for even more engrossing reads than usual, and there's one author who never disappoints when it comes to delivering page-turners that will keep you by the pool all day. That author is Jane Green, the talented woman who has penned 19 - and counting - books about dating, marriage, friendships, and romances gone wrong. Her books can delve into the tricky nature of the human heart one second and leave you fanning yourself over the steaminess of it all the next, without ever missing a beat. That kind of deft storytelling isn't easy to find, but it's more than welcome when you're looking for books worthy of being tucked into your beach bag. Whether you're new to the world of Green's Connecticut and London bound heroines or a longtime fan, here are her 10 best books to take with you on vacation this Summer.
- 5/26/2019
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
Exclusive: Lifetime has its leads for a pair of movies based on Jane Green novels. The cable net said today that Justina Machado, Elisabeth Röhm and Matt Passmore will star in Family Pictures and Erika Christensen, Antonio Cupo, Andy Favreau and Carmel Amit are set for To Have and to Hold.
Both movies premiere next year, along with another based on Green’s Tempting Fate, which will star Alyssa Milano.
Family Pictures stars Machado (Jane the Virgin) and Sylvie and Röhm (Law & Order) as Maggie, strangers living on opposite coasts, leading very similar lives with husbands that travel for work too much and daughters about to leave the nest. But when their daughters befriend each other on a college tour, they soon discover a shocking secret that threatens to tear both families apart. Passmore’s (Jigsaw) role was not specified.
Manu Boyer is directing from a script by Ilene Rosenzweig.
Both movies premiere next year, along with another based on Green’s Tempting Fate, which will star Alyssa Milano.
Family Pictures stars Machado (Jane the Virgin) and Sylvie and Röhm (Law & Order) as Maggie, strangers living on opposite coasts, leading very similar lives with husbands that travel for work too much and daughters about to leave the nest. But when their daughters befriend each other on a college tour, they soon discover a shocking secret that threatens to tear both families apart. Passmore’s (Jigsaw) role was not specified.
Manu Boyer is directing from a script by Ilene Rosenzweig.
- 12/13/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Kim Raver and filmmaker Manu Boyer re-listed a sophisticated contemporary bungalow in the still somewhat gritty and funky but none-the-less sought after heart of Venice, Calif., with a new and lower price of $3.399 million. Married since 2000, the couple have owned the modestly sized but, for most people, still prohibitively pricey property since 2006 when it was acquired for $1.735 million. Originally designed by Venice architect Lise Claiborne Matthews with later renovations by the Venice-based architecture firm Gabor + Allen, the low-profile two-story contemporary is secured behind a rusted steel gate and all but invisible behind a tall wall and a higher hedge on one of Venice’s pedestrian-only “walk-streets” just outside the urbane Abbott Kinney shopping and dining district with three and potentially four bedrooms and three bathrooms in 2,018-square-feet.
Airy, open-plan interior spaces feature molding-free expanses of gallery white walls perfect for displaying artwork and an interesting, industrial-meets-country cottage mix of...
Airy, open-plan interior spaces feature molding-free expanses of gallery white walls perfect for displaying artwork and an interesting, industrial-meets-country cottage mix of...
- 8/2/2018
- by Mark David
- Variety Film + TV
Alyssa Milano is once again testing a TV marriage: The Mistresses vet will star in Tempting Fate, the first of three Lifetime movies based on Jane Green’s novels, to be executive-produced by Kim Raver (Grey’s Anatomy), our sister site Deadline reports.
Tempting Fate — which Raver will also co-direct with her husband Manu Boyer — follows mother of two Gabby (Milano), whose picture-perfect marriage to Elliott (Shameless‘ Steve Kazee) is jeopardized when she meets Matt (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series‘ Zane Holtz), a handsome younger man who ignites a desire within her.
The other two Green novels to be...
Tempting Fate — which Raver will also co-direct with her husband Manu Boyer — follows mother of two Gabby (Milano), whose picture-perfect marriage to Elliott (Shameless‘ Steve Kazee) is jeopardized when she meets Matt (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series‘ Zane Holtz), a handsome younger man who ignites a desire within her.
The other two Green novels to be...
- 6/21/2018
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Lifetime has greenlighted three original movies based on novels by international best-selling author Jane Green, Tempting Fate, To Have and To Hold and Family Pictures, executive produced by Grey’s Anatomy‘s Kim Raver. Alyssa Milano (Insatiable) will lead the cast of the first film in the series and also executive produce Tempting Fate, which Raver will co-direct with her husband, indie helmer, Manu Boyer, in her directorial debut.
Steve Kazee (Shameless) and Zane Holtz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) co-star in Tempting Fate, which was written by Jennifer Maisel (Lost Boy).
“Jane Green’s novels are addictive, fun, juicy and wise – just like a great Lifetime Movie – so to bring the two genres together is incredibly thrilling,” said Tanya Lopez, Evp Movies, Limited Series & Original Movie Acquisitions, Lifetime and Lmn.. “With Kim set to direct and Alyssa as the star to kick off the first of the series by Jane,...
Steve Kazee (Shameless) and Zane Holtz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) co-star in Tempting Fate, which was written by Jennifer Maisel (Lost Boy).
“Jane Green’s novels are addictive, fun, juicy and wise – just like a great Lifetime Movie – so to bring the two genres together is incredibly thrilling,” said Tanya Lopez, Evp Movies, Limited Series & Original Movie Acquisitions, Lifetime and Lmn.. “With Kim set to direct and Alyssa as the star to kick off the first of the series by Jane,...
- 6/21/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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