@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.
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
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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Haven’t seen these for years. Amazing how she’s evolved and yet also remained very true to that look.
Thank you. X
At work… at play.
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.
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.
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
Thank you so much for making the effort and I’m really pleased you enjoyed what we came up with. Xx
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.
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.
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Yep same weekend.
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.
Back at ya! I’ve returned to the UK.
Just gonna leave this here for y’all…
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.
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 - “Count 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?
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…
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.
Thank you for posting this and revisiting the movie. X
#redsonja
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).
Got some release dates for Red Sonja. Can’t tell you what they are but she’s coming in 2025…
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.
Oh the back forth with we had with the financiers about that accent….! Fun times.
Absolutely worth your time.
Have you read The Hail Mary Project by same author? Super need to see that as a movie.
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 :)
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 :)
Thank you xx
