Paul Feig Launches Female Director Incubator, 'Powderkeg: Fuse'

Paul Feig is launching a female director incubator, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The new program will be launched through his and Laura Fischer's digital content company Powderkeg. The program, titled Powderkeg: Fuse, will launch with the production of six short films from an inclusive group of ethnically diverse female directors.

The directors were chosen from a pool of 40 women who were then paired with top producers and casting directors and mentored by Feig to prep their shorts, which begin production this week in Los Angeles. Each short film will act as a proof of concept for an original series, with Powderkeg attached to produce. All of the shorts will be bundled and distributed as part of the Fuse Anthology, 30 minutes of thematically tied content.

The directors participating in Powderkeg: Fuse:

Hannah Levy and Adriana Robles - Francis 2.0 set in West Hollywood
Jess de la Merced - Phony set in the San Gabriel Valley
Thembi Banks - Baldwin Beauty set in Baldwin Hills
Talia Osteen - Shabbos Goy set in Pico Robertson
Lizzy Sanford - Freckle and the Shih Tzu
Jeanne Jo - Rachel From New York set in Frogtown

Read the original article on The Hollywood Reporter.