Write On: 'It's a Wonderful Knife' Writer Michael Kennedy
Write On: A Screenwriting Podcast8 Marras 2023

Write On: 'It's a Wonderful Knife' Writer Michael Kennedy

One year after saving the town of Angel Falls from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie Carruthers (Jane Widdop) can't let the fear and guilt of the event go. Struggling to make sense if her life, she wishes she'd never been born – only to find herself in a nightmare parallel universe. The film is a mash up of the Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life and Scream.

On this episode, I speak to screenwriter/producer Michael Kennedy about using a classic Christmas movie as inspiration for a slasher horror/comedy film. We also talk about the importance of queer representation in the horror genre.

"I wanted to give this a cornucopia of vastly different types of representation in the movie, but I also didn't want for that to be what the movie is about. I wanted it to be just matter of fact. For me, if I can make a movie where seven of the characters are gay, then I should do that!" says Kennedy.

He went on to say that the quest for queer representation in Hollywood has been slow, but those who want to see it need to speak up. "It is satisfying as a producer to see that a lot of the change and stuff in this industry can happen if you just ask for it. Sometimes, you won't be in the position to be able to do that and I really bided my time with that, so I'm really fortunate. It was great to not only ask for what I wanted but also get it," he says.

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