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EmJay Bassett

@emjaybassett

Film/TV director & writer. Transwoman. I make stuff where things explode, there r car crashes, gunfights, monsters, swords & emotion! #strikeback #redsonja, #reacher #solomonkane Nature & science nerd. Rational pragmatist. Love wins. British.

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Many years ago I raised a raven chick called Harry. He was a spectacular creature - smart, destructive, vicious, thoughtful and hilarious. Ravens have an enormous affinity for wolves and he thoroughly bonded with my dogs. #raven #wolfbird #harrytheraven

18.12.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CENTRE FRAME SCRIPT CLUB with EmJay Basset EmJay Bassett will be our guest as we discuss some of the incredible films of an incredible career.

Very excited to be taking part in Centerframe's Script Club Live at the Birmingham Film Festival next week alongside host Luke Foster, as we chat with writer/director @emjaybassett.bsky.social (Ash Vs Evil Dead; Reacher) about the screenplay for Red Sonja:

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11.11.2025 10:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haven’t seen these for years. Amazing how she’s evolved and yet also remained very true to that look.

05.10.2025 09:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. X

01.10.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At work… at play.

02.09.2025 07:21 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What the hell is going on with the BBC News editorial department and their unbalanced coverage of politics in the UK? Something seems very broken in that system right now.

26.08.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wonderful to catch up with #JamesPurefoy at the #SolomonKane / #RedSonja IMAX screening in Bristol for the #ForbiddenWorldsFilmFestival special screening last night. Haven’t seen him for years & we both thoroughly enjoyed revisiting our lovely little grim-dark story. It looked & sounded fabulous.

17.08.2025 22:20 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for making the effort to see Sonja on the big screen. It’s really appreciated. And I’m glad you enjoyed it. Xx

10.08.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for making the effort and I’m really pleased you enjoyed what we came up with. Xx

10.08.2025 09:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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100,000 people joined the LondonTransPride march. It was such a profound and moving thing to see so many people coming together and celebrating the diversity of the human experience. None of us were trying to diminish the rights of anyone else - simply trying to exist in a challenging world.

27.07.2025 10:59 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The posters for Red Sonja (2025) and Solomon Kane (2009)

The posters for Red Sonja (2025) and Solomon Kane (2009)

Forbidden Worlds is excited to present an evening of swords and sorcery with a special Q&A screening of Red Sonja (2025) with director @emjaybassett.bsky.social, preceded by a screening of Solomon Kane (2009) with @jamespurefoy.bsky.social.

www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk/screenings/s...

16.07.2025 15:09 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 18

Yep same weekend.

15.07.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No, it’s just in this case the distributor clearly feels that they’ll make more money off Home entertainment and streaming then they will theatrically and this is their strategy. Only very powerful Directors and Producers get to dictate the terms to the distributors. They just want their money back.

15.07.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Back at ya! I’ve returned to the UK.

15.07.2025 20:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just gonna leave this here for y’all…

15.07.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5

Can you separate the art from the artist when the artist has explicitly state that the profits from the art will go to furthering hate of marginalized communities? Asking for a friend.

15.07.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

There is an old folklore saying about how to tell if you’re dealing with one of the faie folk who’ll do evil unto you - β€œCount the fingers, count the knuckles, count the teeth, check the shadows." Ain’t that surprisingly similar to what we need to do with checking for AI slop these days?

30.06.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How is it that a labour leader with a massive mandate feels like a bad conservative prime minister desperately trying to hang on to power? Just don’t understand what is going on here…

29.06.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Final day in Toronto where I’ve been shooting a TV show for a few months. I’ve decided not to return to the USA for a while, so it’s time to head back to the UK and start life again. It will be good to explore my homeland again. Lots of castles and folklore ahead.

08.06.2025 13:52 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for posting this and revisiting the movie. X

24.02.2025 02:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#redsonja

18.02.2025 01:08 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Enjoy these Superb Owls. I don’t know which one will be victorious but they’re all winners if you ask me. (Actually, the baby barn owls are the winners because that pic won me a competition when I was a teenager).

09.02.2025 22:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Got some release dates for Red Sonja. Can’t tell you what they are but she’s coming in 2025…

06.02.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

The #marcmaron #WTF interview with #DemiMoore is fabulous. She’s so different from the person I’d always imagined. Fascinating woman and life she has led.

06.02.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh the back forth with we had with the financiers about that accent….! Fun times.

31.01.2025 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely worth your time.

25.01.2025 03:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Have you read The Hail Mary Project by same author? Super need to see that as a movie.

24.01.2025 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Re-watching #winter’sbone - this is a brilliant, evocative, fantastically performed & directed little indie. Rightly launched #jenniferlawrence into the stratosphere & proved that #johnhawkes can do anything.
#debragranik directed the hell out of it. Shame Marshall Givens didn’t turn up though :)

24.01.2025 02:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A dusty dove left its ghost behind on my ashy window. She flew away, a little disoriented but none the worse and I got free art :)

22.01.2025 00:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you xx

19.01.2025 23:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0