Women and Hollywood

Melissa Silverstein is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry.

She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Athena Film Festival. The 4th annual festival will take place from February 6-9, 2014 at Barnard College in NYC.

Melissa recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site.

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New Poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

News

We previously reported our excitement and lack of patience for November 22nd to roll around with the unveiling of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer last month.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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May 15, 2013 2:00 PM
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Last night the trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire debuted during the MTV Movie Awards.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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April 15, 2013 12:00 PM
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News

We took a look back on the news for women in and around Hollywood in 2012 and here are the topics we think resonated this past year. Let us know what you think and if we missed any big news of the year.

By Melissa Silverstein and Kerensa Cadenas
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December 28, 2012 10:13 AM
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News

The Hunger Games franchise is taking up the Thanksgiving slot now vacated by the Twilight saga.

By Melissa Silverstein
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November 21, 2012 9:43 AM
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News

His first film of the franchise Catching Fire is not even completed, yet Mr. Lawrence seems to made the producers and the studio quite happy because he already has the job to direct the final two films in the franchise - Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2.

By Melissa Silverstein
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November 5, 2012 10:48 AM
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Yesterday was a big day for Jennifer Lawrence. Not only is she in talks to increase her salary for the next Hunger Games film Catching Fire, she is also in negotiations/attached to star in a new film for The Weinstein Company, The Ends of the Earth.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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August 7, 2012 4:35 PM
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Blogs

According to reports in EW, the Playlist and the Hollywood Reporter, the search for a director for Catching Fire is down to two dudes -- Bennett Miller and Francis Lawrence. Now I think that Miller is a great director. I loved Moneyball and Capote. But to pick him to direct Catching Fire when he has NO experience with something of this magnitude is ridiculous. And Lawrence who has experience with CGI and action films is a name not on the tip of anyone's tongue and also doesn't seem right having directed I am Legend and Like Water for Elephants.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 19, 2012 11:00 AM
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Blogs

So now it is official and Gary Ross has walked away from directing the sequel of Catching Fire because the production schedule was too tight.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 11, 2012 11:09 AM
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