Despite her funding obstacles, the filmmaker says 'The Hunted' script "was extremely important for me to write."
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‘The Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won’t Finance New Film With Trans Cast
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'The Matrix' Director Complains Hollywood Won't Fund His Gender-Obsessed 'Thriller' with '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.
"Matrix" co-director Lilly Wachowski says she cannot find a Hollywood financier for her latest project because every principal role in the movie is played by a transgender actor.
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 dy…
Lilly Wachowski, the director of "The Matrix" series of films and who now identifies as a woman, is ripping Hollywood for refusing to back his transgender action film.
The original trio of "Matrix" movies are considered some of the greatest of all time, but one of the creators is having trouble with Hollywood accepting his latest idea. Andy Wachowski, who now goes by Lilly Wachowski, explained that he has been shopping around what he considers to be a great script…
One of the writers and directors behind “The Matrix” franchise is having difficulties funding his new film, which gives some hope that Hollywood is moving on from its trans obsession. […]
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