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When Australian writer Lily Brett published her novel Too Many Men in 2001, critics marvelled at the light, comic tone she had managed to strike in a novel about the lasting impact of the Holocaust, passed down from one generation to the next. Families have their customary jokes; they squabble over the…

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry joined filmmaker Julia von Heinz for a press conference for new tragic comedy Treasure, which debuts this weekend in the Special Gala section at the Berlin Film Festival. As well as Dunham and Fry, the drama stars Zbigniew Zamachowski and is based on the bestselling book To…

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment and Bleecker Street have set a June 14 U.S. theatrical release date for Julia von Heinz's drama Treasure, which will world premiere as Special Gala presentation at the Berlin Film Festival on February 17. Starring Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry, the story follows a…

FilmNation Entertainment and Bleecker Street will partner on the worldwide release of Treasure (fka Iron Box), a road trip pic starring Lena Dunham (Girls) and Stephen Fry (The Sandman) that’s set to world premiere as a special gala presentation at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. An adaptation of…

EXCLUSIVE: Another high-profile post-strike TV package has found a buyer. In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Netflix has nabbed Covers, a drama from Girls creator Lena Dunham, who is set to write, direct and executive produce under her Good Thing Going banner; Drew Comins' Creative Engine…

Lena Dunham has set a new romantic comedy series at Netflix, with Megan Stalter & Will Sharpe set to star, Deadline has confirmed. The 10-episode Too Much is the first series created by Dunham since HBO’s Camping, which aired for one season in 2018. Production will begin in the UK in 2024. From…

EXCLUSIVE: Ed Solomon, film and television writer, has teamed up with the Black List to host Word by Word. The show will broadcast live on Zoom starting Thursday, June 29. “During a strike years ago, I took some writing classes in order to challenge the way I was approaching my work,” Solomon said in…

UPDATED at 8:11 AM with Gavin Polone statement from earlier 12:58 AM story: Anna Faris has claimed that the late director Ivan Reitman inappropriately touched her on the set of their 2006 rom-com My Super Ex Girlfriend. Speaking on her podcast Unqualified, the actress disclosed that Reitman “slapped…

Lena Dunham directs the Medieval comedic drama Catherine Called Birdy. The film is an adaptation of the book by the same name by Karen Cushman and stars Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, and Billie Piper. A Catherine Called Birdy begins toward the end of the 13th century, and this is where the exposition begins. Catherine…

Lena Dunham is back. Sharp Stick — the writer-director-actor's follow-up to the HBO series Girls and her first film since Tiny Furniture (2010) – opens in LA at Landmark's renovated single-screen NuArt Theatre and at the Quad Cinema in NYC. It expands to 40-50 screens next weekend, heading to about 100…

Utopia today unveiled a red band trailer for Lena Dunham’s Sundance-premiering comedy Sharp Stick, which is slated for release in New York and Los Angeles on July 29. Dunham’s first feature since her 2010 breakout Tiny Furniture centers on Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of…

Amazon today unveiled the first clip from its Lena Dunham film, Catherine Called Birdy, also announcing that it will hit theaters on September 23, in advance of its Prime Video debut on October 7. The film written and directed by Dunham is based on Karen Cushman’s children’s novel of the same name. It’s set in the…