Wachowski Struggles to Finance Film With All-Trans Cast

Filmmaker Lilly Wachowski is facing significant challenges securing financing for her new dystopian thriller, The Hunted, which features an all-transgender cast. The director, best known for co-creating The Matrix franchise, revealed that major studios have been reluctant to fund the project despite its relatively modest budget of approximately $10 million.

Wachowski discussed the situation during a recent interview on KCRW's The Business podcast. She explained that while people respond positively to the script, they are hesitant to move forward with production. "People like it, but they really don't want to make it because it's got a wall-to-wall trans cast," Wachowski stated. She added that she must now "get creative and figure out different ways" to bring the story to an audience.

The film, which Wachowski co-wrote with her partner Mickey Ray Mahoney, is described as a biting political thriller set in a dystopian America where transgender people face violence and forced erasure. The plot follows two trans women who organize mutual support and resistance within their community after a brutal crime, eventually uncovering connections to the highest levels of government....