{
  "id": 695903,
  "title": "‘The Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won’t Finance Her $10 Million Thriller Because It’s Got a ‘Wall-to-Wall Trans Cast’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-matrix-director-lilly-wachowski-says-hollywood-wont-finance-her",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T18:59:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/lilly-wachowski-trans-movie-no-financing-1236833156/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Doesn’t “Want To Make” Her Next Film ‘The Hunted’ Because Of Its “Wall-To-Wall Trans Cast”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/lilly-wachowski-says-hollywood-doesnt-want-to-make-her-next-film-the",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:54:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "‘The Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Says Hollywood Won’t Finance New Film With Trans Cast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/the-matrix-director-lilly-wachowski-says-hollywood-wont-finance-new",
        "published": "2026-08-13T03:25:37.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}