Picturehouse, in association with Inferno, begins principal photography on The Women in Boston, MA

Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing and Jada Pinkett-Smith Star for Director/Writer/Producer Diane English

BOSTON, MA, August 21, 2007 — Principal photography has begun in Boston, Massachusetts on Picturehouse’s The Women, a Jagged Films and Inferno production, directed by Diane English from her screen adaptation of Clare Boothe Luce’s play of the same name. Set in New York City’s modern whirl of fashion and publishing, the comedy is produced by Jagged Films’ Victoria Pearman and Mick Jagger, Inferno’s Bill Johnson, and Diane English. Executive produced by Jim Seibel, Bobbi Sheng and Joel Shukovsky.

The Women tells the story of Mary Haines (Meg Ryan), a clothing designer who seems to have it all – a beautiful country home, a rich financier husband, an adorable 11-year-old daughter and a part-time career creating designs for her father’s venerable clothing company. Her best friend, Sylvie Fowler (Annette Bening), leads another enviable life – a happily single editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a possessor of a huge closet of designer clothes and a revered arbiter of taste and style poised on New York’s cutting edge. But when Mary’s husband enters into an affair with Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), a sultry ‘spritzer girl’ lurking behind the Saks Fifth Avenue perfume counter, all hell breaks loose. Mary and Sylvie’s relationship is tested to the breaking point while their tight-knit circle of friends, including mega-mommy Edie Cohen (Debra Messing) and author Alex Fisher (Jada Pinkett-Smith), all start to question their own friendships and romantic relationships as well.

Filming this contemporary update of the iconic 1939 film version (directed by George Cukor) has been a long held goal for Diane English. “This project is a labor of love that is over twelve years in the making,” said Diane English. “I am absolutely thrilled to be directing this dream cast.”

The film will shoot on location in and around Boston and New York City through mid-October.

Launched in April 2005, Picturehouse is the joint venture of two leaders of the entertainment community - HBO and New Line Cinema. Currently in release is El Cantante, a music-infused biography of Puerto Rican salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe, starring Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony; Rocket Science, the first narrative film from Jeff Blitz (Spellbound) which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where it received rave reviews and won the Directing Prize; and Seth Gordon’s crowd-pleasing documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Also coming from Picturehouse is The Orphanage, produced by Academy Award winning director Guillermo del Toro, directed by J.A. Bayone; Run, Fat Boy, Run, directed by David Schwimmer and starring Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria; and Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland.