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Just off the cusp of FilmNation’s critical and fan favorite “Promising Young Woman,” the company has enlisted alum Cathy Yan to write and direct the sci-fi love story “The Freshening.”
The film is an adaption of Rachel Khong’s short story, which is set in a near future where tensions over race and gender have reached a violent extreme. The U.S. government institutes a public health initiative known as ‘The Freshening’: every American receives an injection, after which everyone only sees others as the same race and gender as themselves. But when a street drug hits the scene, promising a chance to see the world as it really is, will she choose to disrupt this ‘freshened’ world?
In a statement for Variety, Yan said, ’The Freshening’ is exactly the type of daring and timely film that excites me as a writer and director, and that Ash and I started Rewild to produce. I’m delighted to get to work with like-minded collaborators Ali Wong, Hyperobject and FilmNation to bring this bold and impactful story to the screen.”
Read more at Variety.