Exclusive: Queer advocacy group Out in Hollywood released its third annual list of the best unproduced queer-focused television pilot scripts of the past year.
The scripts that made it to the list underwent a blind evaluation process overseen by Out in Hollywood’s Board of Directors featuring an all-queer-identifying panel of judges conformed of proudly Out producers, studio and network executives.
“In 2023, our mission feels more urgent than ever. From the political attacks on queer identity and expression happening around the country to the WGA’s fight for–amongst other things–opportunity, equity and creative agency, creating space and a platform for queer writers remains a necessary act of both protest and joy,” Board member Maija Gustin said of this year’s list.
Scripts are evaluated based on criteria including the strength of the writer’s voice, viability of the project to be sold in today’s marketplace, conceptual freshness,...
The scripts that made it to the list underwent a blind evaluation process overseen by Out in Hollywood’s Board of Directors featuring an all-queer-identifying panel of judges conformed of proudly Out producers, studio and network executives.
“In 2023, our mission feels more urgent than ever. From the political attacks on queer identity and expression happening around the country to the WGA’s fight for–amongst other things–opportunity, equity and creative agency, creating space and a platform for queer writers remains a necessary act of both protest and joy,” Board member Maija Gustin said of this year’s list.
Scripts are evaluated based on criteria including the strength of the writer’s voice, viability of the project to be sold in today’s marketplace, conceptual freshness,...
- 6/26/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
The podcast-to-screen pipeline is going strong, thanks in part to recent adaptations that have garnered major awards recognition and viewer interest. As part of The Hollywood Reporter’s Rights Available feature, which has highlighted books with industry appeal, we have compiled a collection of podcasts that are ripe for film or TV adaptation. The collection below are podcasts featured in the print magazine that were available for pickup at the time of publication.
Svetlana! Svetlana!
By Dan Kitrosser • Produced by iHeartMedia and The Documentary Group • Agency WME and UTA
Leaning into the chaotic and absurd, this series tells the story of Joseph Stalin’s only daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, who defected to the U.S. in 1967 during the Cold War. Her life in the West became entangled with a cult-like commune in the Arizona desert run by Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife, Olgivanna; her marriage to a Wright protégé; and...
Svetlana! Svetlana!
By Dan Kitrosser • Produced by iHeartMedia and The Documentary Group • Agency WME and UTA
Leaning into the chaotic and absurd, this series tells the story of Joseph Stalin’s only daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, who defected to the U.S. in 1967 during the Cold War. Her life in the West became entangled with a cult-like commune in the Arizona desert run by Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife, Olgivanna; her marriage to a Wright protégé; and...
- 4/13/2023
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: German distributor-producer Dcm, whose releases have included Spencer, Moonlight and The Artist, is teaming up with Berlin-based producer Flute Film on a film version of Édouard Louis’ acclaimed 2016 novel History Of Violence.
The autobiographical novel, translated into 30 languages, is the second by prodigious French novelist Louis. Based on a real incident, it concerns a violent rape and robbery in Paris on Christmas Eve and the subsequent recounting of events to police and family members.
The German-language film version has a script by Dan Kitrosser, best known for Sundance drama We The Animals. Igor Plischke (Metamorphosis) will direct. Liza Stutzky (System Crashers) is casting director and Saralisa Volm (Silent Forest) is associate producer.
Producers Christopher Zwickler (The Magic Flute) and Dario Suter (Kon-Tiki), who optioned the book rights, will be discussing the project with potential finance and distribution partners at next week’s EFM. Dcm will distribute in Germany and...
The autobiographical novel, translated into 30 languages, is the second by prodigious French novelist Louis. Based on a real incident, it concerns a violent rape and robbery in Paris on Christmas Eve and the subsequent recounting of events to police and family members.
The German-language film version has a script by Dan Kitrosser, best known for Sundance drama We The Animals. Igor Plischke (Metamorphosis) will direct. Liza Stutzky (System Crashers) is casting director and Saralisa Volm (Silent Forest) is associate producer.
Producers Christopher Zwickler (The Magic Flute) and Dario Suter (Kon-Tiki), who optioned the book rights, will be discussing the project with potential finance and distribution partners at next week’s EFM. Dcm will distribute in Germany and...
- 2/7/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Words matter. This week, the United States President called a woman a “dog,” reducing her to something contemptible and sub-human. Meanwhile, in the country’s most fortunate art houses, meticulously scripted, micro-budgeted Sundance discovery “We the Animals” flips such language on its head, deploying the word “animals” not as an epithet, but a mark of uncommon empowerment as it celebrates the complicated identity of three biracial kids — brothers Manny, Joel, and Jonah — who may as well be a single alien organism: inseparable Siamese triplets fused at the hips, or some kind of rare 12-legged octopus.
Clumsy like puppies, giggly like hyenas, these three half-white, half-Puerto Rican boys seize the opportunity of Jeremiah Zagar’s stunning, semi-impressionistic film to define themselves, coming off as something more than human, not less, so much so that by the end, it seems entirely reasonable that one of these special children might sprout wings and fly away.
Clumsy like puppies, giggly like hyenas, these three half-white, half-Puerto Rican boys seize the opportunity of Jeremiah Zagar’s stunning, semi-impressionistic film to define themselves, coming off as something more than human, not less, so much so that by the end, it seems entirely reasonable that one of these special children might sprout wings and fly away.
- 8/17/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The Orchard has released the first trailer for their Sundance hit We the Animals, and by the looks of it, it seems the high praise the film received out of the festival was nothing short of deserving. Esteemed for its visceral nature and profound storytelling, We the Animals centers on Jonah (played by newcomer Evan Rosado), the youngest of three boys, and his young development through the socialization of his older brothers Manny and Joel, and his erratic parents (played by Sheila Vand and Raúl Castillo).
The debut trailer showcases the stylish strength of the film, displaying melodic cinematography from Zak Mulligan. Taking select visual inspirations from Terrence Malick’s book of tricks, Jeremiah Zagar directs We the Animals from his and Daniel Kitrosser’s screenplay based off Justin Torres’ 2011 novel of the same title.
See the trailer and poster below.
Us three. Us brothers. Us kings, inseparable. Three boys tear through their childhood,...
The debut trailer showcases the stylish strength of the film, displaying melodic cinematography from Zak Mulligan. Taking select visual inspirations from Terrence Malick’s book of tricks, Jeremiah Zagar directs We the Animals from his and Daniel Kitrosser’s screenplay based off Justin Torres’ 2011 novel of the same title.
See the trailer and poster below.
Us three. Us brothers. Us kings, inseparable. Three boys tear through their childhood,...
- 7/1/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
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