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    The Business

    Elizabeth Banks on directing, producing and blazing a trail in the big leagues

    Actress, director, producer Elizabeth Banks is a member of a very small club: women who make commercial big-studio movies.

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    By Kim Masters • Mar 29, 2019 • 28m Listen

    Elizabeth Banks is a member of a small Hollywood club: women who make big studio movies. After directing ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ and a ‘Charlie’s Angels’ reboot set for release this fall, Banks has even bigger ambitions. Fresh off producing the heartful Hulu comedy ‘shrill,’ Banks tells us about getting bored with acting and moving into producing and directing. Despite the industry-wide talk of opening opportunities to women, she says she’s still run up against some very closed minds.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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