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Amy Poehler Is Directing Another Netflix Movie

The comedian will helm a film about a teenage girl's feminist revolution

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Amanda Bell

Amy Poehler is quickly becoming a company woman for Netflix.

According to Deadline, Poehler -- whose directorial debut lands on Netflix this May -- will be directing a second movie for the streaming service. This time, she'll step behind the lens of the film adaptation of Moxie, based on the Jennifer Mathieu novel of the same name.

Moxie centers on a teen girl named Vivian who is tired of the rampant misogyny of her high school and, after finding out that her mother was part of a '90s punk underground called Riot Grrrl, decides to kick off a feminist revolution of her own by starting an anonymous magazine that catches on with other girls.

The film's script was penned by Tamara Chestna (the former executive producer of The Art of More), but Poehler has been working on this project for a couple of years now. She was featured on the blurb for the book -- writing, "Moxie is sweet, funny, and fierce. Read this and then join the fight" -- and her production company Paper Kite nabbed the rights to give the screen treatment to Moxie back in 2017.

Production on Moxie will reportedly begin this fall.

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Meanwhile, Deadline also reports that Poehler's directorial debut, Wine Country, will land on Netflix this May.

Wine Country centers on a friend group's road trip to Napa to celebrate a birthday. Poehler stars in the movie alongside some of her frequent on-screen collaborators, including Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph and Rachel Dratch.

In addition, Poehler and her production company were behind Netflix's new hit original series, Russian Doll, which she co-created alongside series star Natasha Lyonne and Leslye Headland. Poehler previously starred in the streaming service's back-to-back reboots of Wet Hot American Summer andA Very Murray Christmas.

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