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Nicholas Verso To Write & Direct Scott Johnson Murder Case Film ‘The Surface Of Venus’ For Fremantle & Invention Studios
EXCLUSIVE: The murder investigation of Scott Johnson, which highlighted a slew of homophobic killings in Australia in the 1980s, is to be explored in a new feature film. Nicholas Verso (Boys In The Trees) is writing and directing The Surface of Venus for Fremantle and Invention Studios. The latter’s Nicholas Weinstock and Divya D’Souza are […]
The case has helped to unveil a secret history of more than 50 possible murders of gay men by homophobic mobs in Australia since the 1970s: a controversy that continues to roil that country and human rights advocates around the globe. Invention Studios was founded by Weinstock, Ben Stiller’s former producing partner, in 2021 and he signed a first-look deal with Fremantle and its U.S. President of Scripted Programming Dante Di Loreto in 2022. Fremantle is behind feature films including Priscilla, the Timothée Chalamet-led, Luca Guadagnino-directed Bones and All and Emma Stone-fronted, Yorgos Lanthimos-directed Poor Things.
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