The Writers Lab, supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, has revealed its ninth annual batch of participants.
With a devotion to developing scripted content written by women over the age of 40, the Lab, produced with New York Women in Film & Television, is known for its commitment to elevating the work of women screenwriters through mentorship, advocacy and exposure.
The participants of The Writers Lab 2023 are Louisa Kendrick Burton (“The Charge”), Shari Lynette Carpenter (“Translate”), Helena Cho (“The Last Buddha”), Marya Cohn (“Hurricane Season”), Lesley Fera (“Inconceivable”), Brooke Hemphill (“Apotcalypse”), Justina Ireland (“Bleeding Kansas”), Tricia Lee (“Good Chance”), Betsy Nagler (“Priceless”), Lisa Ramirez and Michele Noble (“Fifty”), Sarah Sinclair (“The Stratford Wife”) and Jill Twiss (“Bee”).
“Women over 40 make up 25% of the world population, and women over 50 control $19 billion, yet this demographic remains ignored by Hollywood and streamers. AI won’t change that — only women will,” said co-founder Elizabeth Kaiden.
With a devotion to developing scripted content written by women over the age of 40, the Lab, produced with New York Women in Film & Television, is known for its commitment to elevating the work of women screenwriters through mentorship, advocacy and exposure.
The participants of The Writers Lab 2023 are Louisa Kendrick Burton (“The Charge”), Shari Lynette Carpenter (“Translate”), Helena Cho (“The Last Buddha”), Marya Cohn (“Hurricane Season”), Lesley Fera (“Inconceivable”), Brooke Hemphill (“Apotcalypse”), Justina Ireland (“Bleeding Kansas”), Tricia Lee (“Good Chance”), Betsy Nagler (“Priceless”), Lisa Ramirez and Michele Noble (“Fifty”), Sarah Sinclair (“The Stratford Wife”) and Jill Twiss (“Bee”).
“Women over 40 make up 25% of the world population, and women over 50 control $19 billion, yet this demographic remains ignored by Hollywood and streamers. AI won’t change that — only women will,” said co-founder Elizabeth Kaiden.
- 8/3/2023
- by McKinley Franklin
- Variety Film + TV
Wscripted has unveiled its inaugural Cannes Screenplay List of scripts in the English language to option at Cannes.
Wscripted is the first online marketplace for sourcing and curating excellent work written by women and women-identifying writers in film TV, and publishing. Among the screenplays on the list are works by Lucy Powers (“The Road to Hebron”), Nathalie Marchak (“A Beautiful Journey”), Caitlin Gallo and Brittany Harris (“People Like Us”) and Sundance Institute fellow Deborah S. Esquenazi (“A Killing on Park”).
The Inaugural List is designed to offer a resource for producers and executives to discover new female talent by highlighting excellent projects by international women writers during the Cannes Film Market. Its mission is to help speed up opportunities for female writers on the list and drive the development of female content.
Ellie Jamen, founder and CEO of Wscripted, was invited as a Guest of Honor to the 2021 Cannes Film...
Wscripted is the first online marketplace for sourcing and curating excellent work written by women and women-identifying writers in film TV, and publishing. Among the screenplays on the list are works by Lucy Powers (“The Road to Hebron”), Nathalie Marchak (“A Beautiful Journey”), Caitlin Gallo and Brittany Harris (“People Like Us”) and Sundance Institute fellow Deborah S. Esquenazi (“A Killing on Park”).
The Inaugural List is designed to offer a resource for producers and executives to discover new female talent by highlighting excellent projects by international women writers during the Cannes Film Market. Its mission is to help speed up opportunities for female writers on the list and drive the development of female content.
Ellie Jamen, founder and CEO of Wscripted, was invited as a Guest of Honor to the 2021 Cannes Film...
- 7/13/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
In a story that explores how both power dynamics and past traumas can affect the creative process, Marya Cohn’s “The Girl in the Book” is a remarkable, ambitious directorial debut. Emily VanCamp stars as Alice Harvey, a young woman working in the New York publishing industry, and Ana Mulvoy-Ten plays Alice fifteen years ago, caught up in a complicated, abusive relationship with an older writer, Milan Daneker (Michael Nyqvist). The fallout from that relationship has followed Alice into her adult life, manifesting itself in her bad habits, writer's block and relationships with men. It all comes rushing back when Alice has to work on the re-release of “Waking Eyes,” the book that made Daneker famous, in which he captures “the essence of a teenage girl,” a “female Holden Caulfied.” When he re-enters her life, he wants to tenderly reminisce about old times, which is pure hell for Alice. She...
- 12/11/2015
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
A film we called "a remarkable, ambitious directorial debut" with a "a fascinating feminine story," "The Girl In The Book" is one of those finds that are discovered outside the usual Berlin/Cannes/Venice/Tiff lineups. Instead, our own Katie Walsh caught the picture at the Los Angeles Film Festival this past summer, and now you see what captured her attention. Read More: Review: 'The Girl In The Book' Starring Emily VanCamp Is A Remarkable, Ambitious Debut Directed by Marya Cohn, and starring Emily VanCamp, Michael Nyqvist, David Call, Michael Cristofer, Talia Balsam, Ana Mulvoy-Ten, Jordan Lage, and Ali Ahn, the story follows a young woman who is forced to confront her past when she crosses paths with a man she hasn't seen in fifteen years. Here's the official synopsis: 29-year-old assistant editor and aspiring writer Alice Harvey is funny, smart and emotionally self-destructive. Climbing the ranks at a notable publishing company,...
- 12/4/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Read More: Emily VanCamp Shines in Exclusive Poster for 'The Girl in the Book' Myriad Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to writer-director Marya Cohn's "The Girl in the Book." Myriad will release the film alongside Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media, with a 10 city theatrical and ultra VOD release slated for December 2015. The film premiered earlier this year at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The official synopsis reads: "Set in the cutthroat world of New York publishing, 'The Girl in the Book' follows Alice Harvey (VanCamp), the daughter of a powerful book agent, who finds herself trapped in a job as a junior book editor while trying to overcome her own writer's block. When Alice is unexpectedly asked to manage the re-release of a bestselling novel based on incidents in her own life, the book's author (Nyquist) reenters her life and opens a...
- 10/15/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Myriad Pictures has taken all U.S. rights to the Emily VanCamp headliner The Girl In the Book and will release the film in the Us with Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media. This includes a 10 city U.S. theatrical and ultra VOD release starting this December. Directed and written by Marya Cohn, The Girl in the Book premiered at last summer’s Los Angeles Film Festival. Michael Nyqvist also stars. Myriad is also handling foreign sales on the film and it’s the…...
- 10/15/2015
- Deadline
Santa Monica-based company will release Marya Cohn’s drama with Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media in December.
The partners plan a 10-city Us theatrical and ultra VOD release for The Girl In The Book, about the daughter of a New York book agent with writer’s block who meets an author who reawakens painful memories.
Emily VanCamp and Michael Nyqvist star in the film, which premiered at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival.
Varient Pictures produced in association with Busted Buggy Entertainment and Gina Resnick and Kyle Heller served as producers with Daniel Cunningham and Courtney Daniels on board as executive producers.
Myriad Pictures also handles international sales on the film. This mars the third film Myriad and Freestyle will jointly release in the Us following Three Night Stand and After The Ball earlier this year.
The partners plan a 10-city Us theatrical and ultra VOD release for The Girl In The Book, about the daughter of a New York book agent with writer’s block who meets an author who reawakens painful memories.
Emily VanCamp and Michael Nyqvist star in the film, which premiered at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival.
Varient Pictures produced in association with Busted Buggy Entertainment and Gina Resnick and Kyle Heller served as producers with Daniel Cunningham and Courtney Daniels on board as executive producers.
Myriad Pictures also handles international sales on the film. This mars the third film Myriad and Freestyle will jointly release in the Us following Three Night Stand and After The Ball earlier this year.
- 10/15/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Santa Monica-based Myriad will release Marya Cohn’s drama with Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media in December.
The partners plan a 10-city Us theatrical and ultra VOD release for The Girl In The Book, about the daughter of a New York book agent with writer’s block who meets an author who reawakens painful memories.
Emily VanCamp and Michael Nyqvist star in the film, which premiered at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival.
Varient Pictures produced in association with Busted Buggy Entertainment and Gina Resnick and Kyle Heller served as producers with Daniel Cunningham and Courtney Daniels on board as executive producers.
Myriad also handles international sales on the film. This mars the third film Myriad and Freestyle will jointly release in the Us following Three Night Stand and After The Ball earlier this year.
The partners plan a 10-city Us theatrical and ultra VOD release for The Girl In The Book, about the daughter of a New York book agent with writer’s block who meets an author who reawakens painful memories.
Emily VanCamp and Michael Nyqvist star in the film, which premiered at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival.
Varient Pictures produced in association with Busted Buggy Entertainment and Gina Resnick and Kyle Heller served as producers with Daniel Cunningham and Courtney Daniels on board as executive producers.
Myriad also handles international sales on the film. This mars the third film Myriad and Freestyle will jointly release in the Us following Three Night Stand and After The Ball earlier this year.
- 10/15/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Kirk D’Amico and his team will introduce international buyers in Toronto to the thriller starring Emily VanCamp and Michael Nyqvist.
The Girl In The Book premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival over the summer and takes place in the cutthroat publishing world where a junior book editor must face personal demons and find the courage to write her own novel.
ICM Partners represents Us rights.
Marya Cohn wrote and directed the drama. Varient Pictures produced in association with Busted Buggy Entertainment, with Gina Resnick and Kyle Heller serving as producers. Daniel Cunningham serves as executive producer.
Audrey Delaney, svp of marketing and acquisitions at Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures, negotiated international sales rights with ICM Partners on behalf of the filmmakers.
The Girl In The Book premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival over the summer and takes place in the cutthroat publishing world where a junior book editor must face personal demons and find the courage to write her own novel.
ICM Partners represents Us rights.
Marya Cohn wrote and directed the drama. Varient Pictures produced in association with Busted Buggy Entertainment, with Gina Resnick and Kyle Heller serving as producers. Daniel Cunningham serves as executive producer.
Audrey Delaney, svp of marketing and acquisitions at Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures, negotiated international sales rights with ICM Partners on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 9/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In a story that explores how both power dynamics and past traumas can affect the creative process, Marya Cohn’s “The Girl in the Book” is a remarkable, ambitious directorial debut. Emily VanCamp stars as Alice Harvey, a young woman working in the New York publishing industry, and Ana Mulvoy-Ten plays Alice 15 years ago, caught up in a complicated, abusive relationship with an older writer, Milan Daneker (Michael Nyqvist). The fallout from that relationship has followed Alice into her adult life, manifesting itself in her bad habits, writer's’ block and relationships with men. It all comes rushing back when Alice has to work on the re-release of “Waking Eyes,” the book that made Daneker famous, in which he captures “the essence of a teenage girl,” a “female Holden Caulfied.” When he re-enters her life, he wants to tenderly reminisce about old times, which is pure hell for Alice. She’s...
- 6/14/2015
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Read More: Laff 2015 Women Directors: Meet Marya Cohn - 'The Girl in the Book' "Revenge" star Emily VanCamp stars in "The Girl in the Book", written and directed by Marya Cohn. The film marks Cohn's directorial debut. In the film, VanCamp portrays Alice Harvey, an assistant book editor in New York seemingly stuck in her job as she tries to make a break as a writer. Suddenly, she is forced to grapple with her past when she is asked to help with the re-release of a bestseller based on events from her own life. Cohn said in a statement that, "I intend for [Alice's] veracious spirit to offer hope to all those with troubled pasts who must rise above them to live fulfilling lives." Michael Nyqvist also stars. The film will make its debut on Saturday, June 18 at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Check out the exclusive poster above. Read More:...
- 6/10/2015
- by Ethan Sapienza
- Indiewire
• Adam Sandler (Just Go With It) is set to star in Hello Ghost, a remake of a Korean comedy directed by Chris Columbus in which a man attempts to kill himself, but instead of dying is visited by four ghosts who refuse to leave him in peace until he grants each of them a wish. [Hollywood Reporter]
• Speaking of ghosts, The Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (B.O.O.) has a new agent – Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) has signed on to voice Watts, an offbeat agent in DreamWorks Animation’s tale of a secret government organization that keeps us all safe from ghosts. McCarthy’s partner in B.
• Speaking of ghosts, The Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (B.O.O.) has a new agent – Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) has signed on to voice Watts, an offbeat agent in DreamWorks Animation’s tale of a secret government organization that keeps us all safe from ghosts. McCarthy’s partner in B.
- 6/14/2013
- by Amanda Taylor
- EW - Inside Movies
Emily VanCamp ("Revenge") and Michael Nyqvist ("Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol") are set to star in Marya Cohn's indie directorial debut "The Girl in the Book" at Varient Pictures and Busted Buggy Entertainment.
The story centers on the daughter of a powerful New York City literary agent (VanCamp) who is forced to confront painful events in her past when asked to work on the re-release of the best-selling novel of her father's star client (Nyqvist).
Forced to face difficult memories, she ultimately overcomes her demons and rediscovers her creative voice.
Gina Resnick and Kyle Heller will produce. Shooting begins mid-June in New York City.
Source: THR...
The story centers on the daughter of a powerful New York City literary agent (VanCamp) who is forced to confront painful events in her past when asked to work on the re-release of the best-selling novel of her father's star client (Nyqvist).
Forced to face difficult memories, she ultimately overcomes her demons and rediscovers her creative voice.
Gina Resnick and Kyle Heller will produce. Shooting begins mid-June in New York City.
Source: THR...
- 6/13/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” star Emily Vancamp is taking further advantage of her summer hiatus from ABC drama series “Revenge” to fit in another film. THR reports Vancamp and Michael Nyqvist have been set to star in indie drama “The Girl in the Book”, written by Marya Cohn, who will also make her feature [...]
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- 6/13/2013
- by Linda Ge
- UpandComers
Legendary Hollywood talent agent Sam Cohn has died aged 79.
The New York-born showbusiness mogul passed away at the city's Presbyterian Hospital on Wednesday following a brief illness.
Cohn was responsible for the careers of movie stars including Paul Newman, Meryl Streep and Woody Allen during his stint at the International Creative Management (Icm) agency, which he co-founded in the mid 1970s.
The former lawyer was the most powerful rep in New York for over 25 years and his roster of clients also included Kathleen Turner, Vanessa Redgrave, Arthur Miller, Robert Altman, Bob Fosse and Sigourney Weaver.
Cohn retired from Icm in February. He is survived by his wife, Jane Gelfman; son Peter Cohn; daughter Marya Cohn; and four grandchildren.
The New York-born showbusiness mogul passed away at the city's Presbyterian Hospital on Wednesday following a brief illness.
Cohn was responsible for the careers of movie stars including Paul Newman, Meryl Streep and Woody Allen during his stint at the International Creative Management (Icm) agency, which he co-founded in the mid 1970s.
The former lawyer was the most powerful rep in New York for over 25 years and his roster of clients also included Kathleen Turner, Vanessa Redgrave, Arthur Miller, Robert Altman, Bob Fosse and Sigourney Weaver.
Cohn retired from Icm in February. He is survived by his wife, Jane Gelfman; son Peter Cohn; daughter Marya Cohn; and four grandchildren.
- 5/7/2009
- WENN
Sam Cohn, the legendary talent agent who joined Icm at its inception, died Wednesday following a brief illness in New York, five days shy of his 80th birthday.
Cohn was with Icm from 1975 until February. A tried and true New Yorker, he chose to remain on the East Coast during his career, heading the agency's Big Apple office for almost 25 years.
Cohn's clients included Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Marshall Brickman, E.L. Doctorow, Nora Ephron, Bob Fosse, Jackie Gleason, John Guare, Kander & Ebb, Peter Maas, Arthur Miller, Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Arthur Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Susan Sarandon, Peter Stone, Meryl Streep, Steve Tesich, Lily Tomlin, Kathleen Turner, Sigourney Weaver and Dianne Wiest, among many others.
Cohn was often referred to as "the most difficult man in the business to get on the phone."
In 1982, the New Yorker observed that in the previous year, there were "10 feature films and nine Broadway or...
Cohn was with Icm from 1975 until February. A tried and true New Yorker, he chose to remain on the East Coast during his career, heading the agency's Big Apple office for almost 25 years.
Cohn's clients included Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Marshall Brickman, E.L. Doctorow, Nora Ephron, Bob Fosse, Jackie Gleason, John Guare, Kander & Ebb, Peter Maas, Arthur Miller, Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Arthur Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Susan Sarandon, Peter Stone, Meryl Streep, Steve Tesich, Lily Tomlin, Kathleen Turner, Sigourney Weaver and Dianne Wiest, among many others.
Cohn was often referred to as "the most difficult man in the business to get on the phone."
In 1982, the New Yorker observed that in the previous year, there were "10 feature films and nine Broadway or...
- 5/6/2009
- by By Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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