Zack Snyder Is Cooking Up a “Hot Lesbian Action” Movie with ARMY OF THE DEAD Star Tig Notaro
Word on the geek grapevine is that Zack Snyder and Tig Notaro are teaming up again a wildly unexpected film project. The filmmaker and the Army of the Dead star are developing a new action movie that Notaro herself describes as “hot lesbian action.”
Notaro recently appeared on the podcast On With Kara Swisher, where she revisited her experience working with Snyder on Army of the Dead. She stepped into the film late in production after Chris D’Elia was removed from the project following accusations of sexual misconduct.
Snyder rebuilt her role with an impressive mix of CGI and green screen work. Even though her character wasn’t meant to be a big showpiece, she was caught off guard when audiences suddenly latched onto her look.
“I go viral for being sexy in this film,” she said. “And it was so unexpected. My phone’s exploding. I’m not walking around going, ‘Oh my God. Check me out . . .” Notaro said. “I was so confused.”
According to Notaro, all that unexpected attention sparked a new cinematic idea. If people were responding that strongly, why not take the energy and blow it out into something full throttle:
“I called Zack, and I said, ‘I’m hearing it from straight men, gay men, gay women, and straight women that they think I’m hot in this movie. What if we just went for it and everyone’s a hot lesbian?’
“He was like, ‘Oh my God, yes, let’s make that movie.’ And so who knows? It’s a Hollywood project. We’re in the process of putting the script together. Picture this poster: We have the name of the film, and then it says ‘Hot Lesbian Action.’ Come on. That’s how I sold him on the Zoom.”
Notaro even has the title ready to go, leaning into the pulpy fun of the idea. “The movie is called Deviants and takes place back in some old-timey days, like some closeted deviants.”
Deviants is still very early in development with no release date and no distributor yet, but it’s hard not to be curious. A Snyder-directed period action movie built around Notaro’s concept of unapologetically queer, stylized mayhem sounds like the kind of unexpected project that could absolutely take off if it lands at the right studio.