Cathy Yan, whose Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) was one of many ultimate pre-pandemic movies of 2020, will write and direct the science fiction mission The Freshening, in response to a report in Selection. Ali Wong is likely one of the producers.
The Freshening will adapt a Rachel Khong brief story of the identical title that was revealed in The Paris Evaluation in 2018. The premise feels like a mix of Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron, They Stay and Stephen Colbert‘s previous “I do not see race” bit. The story is ready within the close to future, the place tensions over race and gender have reached such a fever pitch that the federal government initiates a coverage (referred to as Id Safety Act, however nicknamed “The Freshening”) by which, after an injection, folks can solely understand others as their very own race and gender. A brand new drug, nevertheless, hits the streets that allows folks to see “the actual world.”
“The Freshening is strictly the kind of daring and well timed movie that excites me as a author and director,” Yan mentioned in a press release. Producer Wong added that she was “haunted by Rachel Khong’s compelling and excessive idea story,” and continued “it was my dream for Cathy Yan to write down and direct this mission and I’m so extremely grateful it got here true.”
Yan’s first movie, Useless Pigs, which debuted at Sundance in 2018 and secured her the Birds of Prey gig, weirdly fell by the cracks of distribution, however is about to have its lengthy awaited streaming debut on Mubi on February 12.
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