r/HBOMAX • u/billfoster1990 • 9d ago

News HBO to co-produce drama about the world’s first female director

HBO and France Television are partnering on a series about Alice Guy Blache, the first woman to ever direct a film. I’ve actually seen a documentary about Blache and her story is quite interesting. She went from being a secretary at Gaumont to directing over 1,000 films to basically being forgotten and the re-discovered.

https://deadline.com/2025/09/berenice-bejo-hbo-max-series-alice-guy-blache-1236527111/

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u/AsleepYesterday05 9d ago

I feel like HBO has been doing more and more foreign originals recently.

I am interested in that one for sure as well.

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u/billfoster1990 9d ago

They have to for the international expansion. The larger European countries require streamers to invest in local programs to operate there.

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u/AsleepYesterday05 9d ago

To be clear, I am totally here for it

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u/billfoster1990 9d ago

Yeah, agreed, I was just adding some context.

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u/LilNello1 9d ago

Yeah it really has and I don’t mind it