Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won't Fund Film With Trans Cast
Director Lilly Wachowski has stated that Hollywood studios are unwilling to finance her new $10 million thriller, 'The Hunted,' because it features an entirely transgender cast. She expressed frustration that the industry is not interested in making a film with a "wall-to-wall trans cast."
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‘The Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won’t Finance Her $10 Million Thriller Because It’s Got a ‘Wall-to-Wall Trans Cast’
Filmmaker Lilly Wachowski is working to get her next project, “The Hunted,” out of late-stage production. But the “Bound” and “Matrix” director says nobody in Hollywood wants to finance the thriller, which is budgeted at around $10 million, because of its trans representation. “People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because […]
By Matthew Minton
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Despite her funding obstacles, the filmmaker says 'The Hunted' script "was extremely important for me to write."
By Carly Thomas
Read full article →Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Doesn’t “Want To Make” Her Next Film ‘The Hunted’ Because Of Its “Wall-To-Wall Trans Cast”
As trans onscreen representation takes a hit in Hollywood, Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all-transgender cast… if only the industry will let her. The Matrix co-auteur recently explained that despite some excitement over the script, financiers “really don’t want to make” her dystopian political thriller The Hunted, which is co-written […]
By Glenn Garner
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