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"Bridesmaids came out in 2011. I know: It doesn&amp;#x27;t seem like it was that long ago. But it&amp;#x27;s been more than enough time for what I thought would happen after Bridesmaids to happen; I thought we&amp;#x27;d see a flurry of girl-ensemble blockbusters trying, for better or worse, to capitalize on that very clear indicator that women like to go see movies about women. It kind of didn&amp;#x27;t happen. But I shouldn&amp;#x27;t have been so surprised&amp;amp;#8212;Hollywood is generally a little slow on the uptake, which is why now, not then, is the most exciting time in a while for female-driven projects in development. Mark your long-term calendars for these seven productions. Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo&amp;#x27;s first post-Bridesmaids script&amp;amp;#8212;and Wiig&amp;#x27;s directorial debut The New York Times reports that the writing team behind Bridesmaids is thankfully at it again, and that Wiig will direct the project. Even the plot description is funny, though frustratingly vague: &amp;quot;Best friends who find themselves in over their heads and out of their depths, which were, perhaps, not too deep to begin with.&amp;quot; Whatever&amp;amp;#8212;I trust these two with my life. The Nest Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are costars in and producers on this movie about sisters throwing one last rager in their childhood home before it goes on the market. The unbearably witty Paula Pell wrote the script, and Mindy Project&amp;#x27;s Ike Barinholtz will play Amy&amp;#x27;s love interest, as Mindy Kaling talked with Jess about earlier this week. The Nest is set for 2015. Pitch Perfect 2 OK, so a sequel might not be the most original way to go about things, but the follow-up to our favorite a cappella flick promises even more fun than the first one. For starters, Elizabeth Banks is directing. And besides having the biggest girl-star returning cast in the game, PP2 is adding cool people like Hailee Steinfeld and Katey Sagal. Spy This action comedy re-teams Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy for a third time (Feig directed Bridesmaids and The Heat). Though there&amp;#x27;s not too much out there about it yet, I get the sense that it&amp;#x27;ll be a Naked Gun/Get Smart, but female-driven&amp;amp;#8212;the way Bridesmaids appropriated The Hangover&amp;#x27;s paradigm. McCarthy is surrounded by other talented women like Morena Baccarin, Nia Long, and Allison Janney in the film, which is due out in 2015. Kay Cannon&amp;#x27;s untitled rom-com Cannon, who wrote Pitch Perfect and was on staff at 30 Rock for years, scripted this story of a career-obsessed woman trying to find love. I know that sounds a little been-there, and the project is still in the early stages of development. But if Anne Hathaway, who&amp;#x27;s signed on to star, believes in the project, then I believe in the project. Trainwreck If this isn&amp;#x27;t a crack squad, I don&amp;#x27;t know what is: Judd Apatow will direct Amy Schumer in a project she wrote herself&amp;amp;#8212;and Brie Larson, Tilda Swinton, Katy Mixon, and Vanessa Bayer are among the supporting cast. (No, I am not messing with you re: the Tilda Swinton part.) The plot is being kept under wraps, but we won&amp;#x27;t have to wait too much longer for details&amp;amp;#8212;Trainwreck is slated for 2015."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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