Louis Theroux‘s Mindhouse Behind ‘America’s New Female Right’ For BBC
Louis Theroux’s Mindhouse is making a documentary about America’s female right for the BBC. America’s New Female Right will meet a new wave of women using social media platforms and podcasts to champion extreme views on social media, including content that is increasingly shocking and anti-feminist. British journalist Layla Wright is hosting for BBC Three and will travel from Nashville to the Arizona/Mexico border, immersing herself with the ultra-conservative influencers who see themselves as on the frontline of a war against progressive politics. Wright is Creator in Residence at Theroux’s indie and has worked alongside the celebrated documentarian on the project. “I wanted to meet the women that had suddenly taken over my social media feeds posting increasingly inflammatory content – girls my age with huge online platforms who seemed nostalgic for an era where women had less rights,” said Wright “It surprised me just how unapologetically controversial they were and despite living just a plane ride away, the views they promoted seemed worlds apart from me and my friends back home.”
Diane Guerrero Among Cast In ‘Poreless’
EXCLUSIVE: Short comedy film Poreless will star newcomer Akbar Hamid alongside Diane Guerrero (Orange Is The New Black), Allyce Beasley (Moonlighting), Parvesh Cheena (Outsourced) and others. Directed by Independent Spirit Award nominee Harris Doran (Kokomo City) and written by Harris Doran and Fawzia Mirza (The Queen of My Dreams), the film follows “a fabulous, queer, Muslim beauty entrepreneur who competes in a Shark Tank-like contest after suffering an untimely allergic reaction.” The film recently wrapped and is the debut production from Akbar Hamid and Evan Schwartz’s F.L.U.I.D. banner. It is produced in association with Baby Daal Productions, Madison Square Films, and Sultana Films.
Sarah Snook Series ‘All Her Fault’ Shooting In Melbourne
Sarah Snook’s upcoming drama series for Peacock, All Her Fault, will film in Melbourne, Australia. The shoot will take place at Docklands Studios Melbourne and on location across the city. Screen body VicScreen said this will create more than 2,000 job opportunities for workers in the state of Victoria and inject A$70M ($46,8M) directly into the local economy. All her Fault will star Succession’s Snook, who is based in Melbourne, alongside Dakota Fanning (Ripley), Jake Lacy (The White Lotus), Abby Elliott (The Bear), Sophie Lillis (t) and Michael Peña (Unstoppable). It’s based on a bestselling novel of the same name from author Andrea Mara and follows the story of a mother whose son up goes missing during a playdate at a new friend’s house. Megan Gallagher (Wolf) is writer, creator and exec producer on the Carnival Films show, which Deadline revealed in June.
ITV Doc To Tell Stories Of ‘Twisted Twins’
ITV has greenlit a two-part documentary series about identical twins embroiled in cases of murder, manslaughter or missing persons. Twisted Twins from Argonon-backed Like a Shot investigates the true story of the Atlanta teenage twin sisters Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead, convicted of killing their own mother. In 2010, the twins flagged down a police car outside their own home and told the Georgia police officers who raced to the scene that they had found their mother brutally murdered; Nikki Whitehead had been attacked with a vase and been stabbed over 60 times. But soon the sisters’ story would begin to unravel. The series also charts the disappearance in 1982 of Lyn Dawson, a missing person case in New South Wales, Australia, which went unsolved for over 35 years. “Through first person testimony and extensive archive footage, Twisted Twins investigates the uniquely compelling cases of twin true crime,” said Like A Shot Head of Programming, Danny O’Brien.
