EXCLUSIVE: Susanna Fogel, who co-wrote the acclaimed comedy Booksmart and also directed the Lionsgate comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me, is set to direct The Mentor, based on a screenplay she is co-writing with her Spy Who Dumped Me collaborator David Iserson. Fogel and Iserson will produce the feature, which is based on…

EXCLUSIVE: Booksmart, the directorial-debut film from Olivia Wilde, revolves around two female academic achievers, Amy and Molly –played by Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein, respectively — who on their last night before high school graduation realize their best days as teenagers have passed them by. After learning…

Big Beach, the production company behind Oscar contenders The Farewell and A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, has tapped Susanna Fogel to direct Winner, a biopic about former American intelligence specialist Reality Leigh Winner. Winner was the first to expose Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential…

Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) is set to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of thriller drama series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory), for HBO Max. Additionally, former Nashville executive producers Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin have…

EXCLUSIVE: Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is shepherding another drama about female PIs. USA Network has put in development Dicks, from writer Heather V. Regnier (iZombie), director Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me), iZombie co-creatorThomas/exec producer and his Spondoolie Productions, and Warner Horizon…

Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) has signed on to direct and executive produce The Wilds YA pilot for Amazon Studios, from Sarah Streicher (Daredevil), producer Jamie Tarses and ABC Signature. The Wilds, a co-production with ABC Signature Studios, is written by Streicher. It centers on a group of teenage girls…

EXCLUSIVE: One of the sad facts this past Oscars is that only five women have ever been nominated for Best Director since 1929 and only one has won, Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. Of course, no one can win if they are not given the opportunity to be in the position to. In light of the this and the Time’s Up…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is negotiating with Outlander star Sam Heughan for the male lead opposite Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis in The Spy Who Dumped Me, an Imagine Entertainment comedy that Susanna Fogel will direct from the script she wrote with David Iserson. Brian Grazer is producing. The pic shoots this summer for…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is in talks with Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis to star in The Spy Who Dumped Me, an Imagine Entertainment comedy that Susanna Fogel will direct from the script she wrote with David Iserson. Brian Grazer is producing. The plan is to shoot this summer. McKinnon and Kunis will play best friends who…

Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Susanna Fogel’s Life Partners, which world premiered last month at the Tribeca Film Festival. Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl), Gillian Jacobs (Community), Adam Brody (Some Girl(s), The O.C.) and Gabourey Sidibe (Precious, American Horror Story: Coven) star in the comedy…