As part of Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting the scripts behind awards season’s buzziest films, it’s time to dive into Young Woman and the Sea, the Daisy Ridley starrer about American ...

There’s something reassuringly retrograde about Disney taking a break from special-effects spectaculars to release “Young Woman and the Sea,” a theatrical feature about a feisty New Yorker trying to ...

There was a time when Disney made ideal family movies that weren’t animated, or live action reboots of animated films. In fact, there was a time when Walt Disney would take on original live action ...

After distance swimmer Trudy Ederle swam the English Channel in 1926, she had the biggest parade for an athlete in New York City — ever. As the first woman to swim the channel, she effectively paved ...

A mother of two has became the first woman to swim to shore from decommissioned sea forts off the Kent coast. Rebekah Kefford, from Birchington, swam the eight miles (12.8km) from the Red Sands forts ...

The 'Star Wars' and 'Magpie' actress faces the seas in Joachim Ronning's portrait of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic ...

Young Woman and the Sea premieres on Disney+ on July 19, allowing audiences to enjoy the inspiring true story from the comfort of their homes. Daisy Ridley delivers a standout performance as Trudy ...

Based on Glenn Stout’s nonfiction account of the same title, “Young Woman and the Sea” gets by on the careful engineering of clichés, Daisy Ridley and a really good piece of irresistibly rousing ...

“They don’t make ‘em like this anymore,” we wistfully say these days when praising skillful mainstream movies, ones that remind us of a past when Hollywood used to stir us more regularly through ...

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(L-R) Jeanette Hain an Daisy Ridley in 'Young Woman and the Sea' Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures As part of Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting the scripts behind awards season’s ...