SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - Lilly Wachowski, the filmmaker behind "The Matrix" and "Connected by Desire", is working to complete the final phase of "The Hunted", her newest project. However, the director says she has not received funding in Hollywood due to her representation of trans people. The project is budgeted at 10 million dollars. For comparison purposes, in 1999, "The Matrix" had a budget of 63 million dollars.
Lilly Wachowski says Hollywood bars her new project with a trans cast
SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS) - Lilly Wachowski, the filmmaker behind "The Matrix" and "Connected by Desire", is working to complete the final phase of "The Hunted", her newest project. However, the director says she has not received funding...
For comparison purposes, in 1999, "The Matrix" had a budget of 63 million dollars. "People like it, but they don't really want to produce it because the cast is entirely trans people," Wachowski said on "The Business" podcast.
- “I need to get creative and find different ways to present it to the public.” One of those ways was to organize a script reading with the cast at the Dynasty Typewriter theater in Los...
- Wachowski wrote the project in partnership with his partner, Mickey Ray Mahoney.
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"People like it, but they don't really want to produce it because the cast is entirely trans people," Wachowski said on "The Business" podcast. “I need to get creative and find different ways to present it to the public.” One of those ways was to organize a script reading with the cast at the Dynasty Typewriter theater in Los Angeles.
Wachowski wrote the project in partnership with his partner, Mickey Ray Mahoney. The film, currently in development by production company Anarchists United and Natasha Lyonne's Ariadne label.
“It’s a script that was extremely important to me,” he said. According to her, the film was born as a response to the scenario faced by trans people today and served as a way to channel "all my anger, indignation and frustration".
Wachowski became known for her partnerships with her sister, Lana Wachowski. After directing "The Matrix" together in 1999, the two directed the sequels " " and "Matrix Revolutions". They also shared the direction of "Speed ??Racer", "The Journey" and "Jupiter Ascending".
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