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'Empire' creator Lee Daniels said he's been struggling to build a gay superhero movie for years but 'maybe they'll give it to a white guy'
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- In an interview with Insider, Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels told Insider that he has been trying to make a lgbtq+ superhero movie for "quite a while."
- Daniels said: "I've talked about it with some people. Maybe some white filmmaker will be capable to do it. Maybe they'll grant it to a white guy."
- There hold been no homosexual characters in superhero movies as of yet, but the MCU revealed Valkyrie to be double attraction, and will reportedly feature a male lover couple in "The Eternals."
- Daniels told Insider that he isn't deterred by knockbacks: "That's the journey that I've had as a queer Black filmmaker. So, I will obtain it done, but in my control way and in my own time."
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Out gay director and Philly native Lee Daniels’ latest drama, “The Deliverance,” present Aug. 30 on Netflix, is a compelling thriller about demonic possession. The film opens with quotes about forgiveness and deliverance, but it really is about belief. However, Ebony (Andra Day) just cannot believe all that happens to her and her family. The film is inspired by true events experienced by Latoya Ammons in Gary, Indiana starting in
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Lee Daniels plans gay superhero film
Lee Daniels has a gay superhero film in the pipeline.
The year-old filmmaker has decided to produce his "dream" movie after being captivated by viral sensation SuperBitch aka Dremon Cooper - who rose to fame after his comedy videos of him fighting against homophobia and doing backflips in thigh-high hot pink heeled boots became an online sensation - and he wants to bring his story to the big screen.
Lee shared a video on Instagram, in which Dremon also appeared, and said: 'Do you all recall maybe 10, 12 years ago I said my dream was to construct a gay superhero film?'
He captioned the post: '10 years ago folks idea I was crazy when I said I wanted to make a homosexual superhero flick it's not my next one but it's in the pipeline #gaysuperhero (sic)'
Dremon is very excited about the venture and praised the 'Empire' creator as an 'amazing' man.
He commented on the post: 'Dreams really execute come true!! I had the pleasure of encounter the one and only [Lee Daniels]. You're an amazing man filled with great ideas. I [can't] wait to work with you.'
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&#;Empire&#; creator Lee Daniels lived through the AIDS epidemic — and is shocked he&#;s still alive.
The year-old Oscar nominee detailed the rise of AIDS during a lecture at Loyola Marymount University&#;s School of Film and TV on March 22, where he recalled spending large amounts of money running a nursing agency and blowing it all on drugs and parties, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
&#;AIDS hit. And again, it wiped away all of my friends. I had no friends &#; It was terrifying, because we never knew whether you could drink from glasses or what it was. It was the most terrifying thing ever. And I didn&#;t understand why it was that I wasn&#;t (dead), because there were far better souls than me that were going. I thought that I needed to go. And so I descended into drugs and into sexual bathhouses to die,&#; he said.
&#;That I don&#;t have AIDS is a miracle from God. I don&#;t understand it. I really don&#;t understand it. Because I should have had HIV. Everybody else did.&#;
Daniels also revealed his sexual orientation wasn&#;t always recognized — even by his