For the past three decades, Joel Silver has been one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood, having been behind Die Hard, Predator, The Matrix, Orphan, Sherlock Holmes and many more. Now he’s turned his attention to something less action-packed but potentially just as interesting. He’s set to produce a transgender-themed show called New People, based on the New York Times bestselling book, Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family, by Pulitzer Prize winner, Amy Ellis Nutt.
Here’s the synopsis of the book from Amazon, ‘“Why IS it such a big deal to everyone what somebody has in their pants?” Excellent question, posed by an unusually astute transgender girl, the subject of Amy Ellis Nutt’s emotional and illuminating Becoming Nicole. It’s also a little ironic, since Nicole’s story makes a bit of a deal of it, but in a much different way than other stories we’ve been hearing lately, from celebrities like Caitlyn Jenner and television shows like Transparent. Nicole, her twin brother Jonas, mom Kelly, and dad Wayne, are your typical middle class American family. They live next door to you–are shuttling from work, to Cub Scouts, to softball practice….
‘They’re also coming to terms with the fact that one of their own has Gender Dysphoria, a medical condition whereby a person does not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth. And so Wayne and Kelly Maines discover that they don’t have two sons at all, but a son and a daughter. This is a particularly hard pill for Republican, Air Force veteran, Wayne, to swallow, and his journey from denial to accepting and championing his daughter, is one of the more powerful and moving side narratives in a book chock full of them.’
Don Roos (The Opposite Of Sex, Bounce, Marley & Me) is writing the adaptation, which is being backed by Lionsgate Television. It doesn’t appear the show has found a broadcast home yet.
Fox Searchlight’s Battle of the Sexes has been in the works a long time, but now it finally looks like its moving forwards. Emma Stone has been attached for quite a long time (although she was briefly replaced by Brie Larson when it looked like schedules wouldn’t work out) and was joined more recently by Steve Carell. Now 
Mudbound isn’t exactly the most exciting name for a movie, but the indie drama has attracted a good cast, with 
It’s back to the fairytale realm for The Huntsman: Winter’s War, which has just dropped a new trailer. As with previous promos, it’s difficult not to get the feeling you’re watching a live-action, more grown-up version of Frozen, and it’s tough to know whether that was the intention or not.
There’s a new LGBT film festival gearing up for its first edition, with the DIGO – Goiás Sexual Diversity and Gender International Film Festival planning to run from May 13th to 15th, at Cine Cultura, in Goiânia Goiás, Brazil. It’s currently seeking submissions of short films from now until May 1st.
A few weeks ago screenwriter Dustin Lance Black was talking about how much he was going to miss fiance Tom Daley while he was away helping make make the planned gay-right mini-series, When We Rise. However, while it seems shooting was imminent, no cast had been announced on the Gus Van Sant directed show.
Tough Love has gotten plenty of fans thanks to its first two seasons, charting the journey of LGBT best friends and roommates Steven and Blaire as they stumble through love, friendship, and sex in New York City. Now Season 3 is on its way and to give us a taste a trailer has arrived.
There are quite a few famous names we will hear but not see in Disney’s upcoming live-action take on The Jungle. All the animals will be CGI, but many will be voiced by well-known actors. It’s a great idea then to release a set of pics showing us the actors alongside their computer-generated counterparts.
