The cat’s out of the bag, baby. I’m adapting MANHUNT for TV with Lilly Wachowski, and I couldn’t be prouder or more excited to be writing it. We’re going to do our damnedest to bring this thing kicking, screaming, and queer as hell onto the screen.https://t.co/rBQgetGHei
— Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable) October 11, 2024
The first Matrix movie was so good.
Why is this happening?
Lilly Wachowski, co-director of The Matrix and trans filmmaker, is set to adapt Manhunt, a 2022 dystopian horror novel by Gretchen Felker-Martin.
The adaptation promises to bring Felker-Martin’s brutal and gripping narrative to life on screen, a story that centres around trans women surviving in a post-apocalyptic world where testosterone transforms people into feral, zombie-like creatures.
Felker-Martin, thrilled by the news, shared her excitement on X, writing, “The cat’s out of the bag, baby,” and expressing that she “couldn’t be prouder or more excited to be writing it.”
Fans of trans horror are eager to see this ground-breaking story brought to the screen, especially given the novel’s unique take on a post-apocalyptic narrative, which diverges from the usual cisgender lens.
In Manhunt, trans women Beth and Fran are on the run, not only from these feral men but also from a group of murderous TERFs.
The narrative goes beyond mere survival, as the women struggle to continue their transitions amidst the chaos, a literal fight for life in the new world gone mad.
Manhunt is not for the faint of heart, and readers can expect the TV adaptation to be just as intense and horrifying.
Maybe I should start writing these kinds of novels under a fake name?
It seems really easy.
Despite various false assertions, tranny psychology is not exactly complicated.