BELLA THORNE TO DIRECT FIRST FEATURE COLOR YOUR HURT PRODUCED BY LATIGO FILMS
Actress and entrepreneur Bella Thorne is set to direct COLOR YOUR HURT and has started casting based on her original screenplay.
Thorne wrote and directed two short films, UNSETTLED, currently in post-production and award-winning PAINT HER RED which premiered at the 2023 Taormina Film Festival.
COLOR YOUR HURT expands her short film UNSETTLED into a feature film. The short was filmed in June 2023 and produced by Jen Gatien (CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS, JACK & DIANE) and Eddie Alcazar (THE VANDAL, TAPIA) about the true story of a young gay man growing up in the bible belt.
The short was edited by Ron Dulin (REALITY, ALREADY GONE) with additional editing from Alfonso Gonçalves (Academy Award nominated WINTER’S BONE and MAY DECEMBER).
Bella will continue to work with some of her UNSETTLED team by having Gatien produce COLOR YOUR HURT along with David Lipper (BANDIT, CURSE OF WOLF MOUNTAIN, HUNT CLUB) and Robert A. Daly Jr. (FREUD’S LAST SESSION, JUST SWIPE, BRIDE HARD) of Latigo Films, Dani Druz, and Mark Emms (Netflix’s Bad Vegan), with Adam Sigal (NANDOR FODOR AND THE TALKING MONGOOSE, CHARIOT) and actor CG Lewis (Netflix NIGHT TEETH, Hulu’s Looking For Alaska) serving as executive producers.
Previously, Thorne worked with Sigal, Druz and Lipper/Daly on THE TOWER, currently in post-production, Jen Gatien on MIDNIGHT SUN and Alcazar directed DIVINITY, starring Thorne which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
“Color Your Hurt is not just a screenplay; it’s one of the most inspiring projects I’ve ever penned. As I step into my new role as a movie director, it symbolizes the beginning of a truly impactful and exhilarating chapter in my career. I could not be more honored to tell a true story that has moments I deeply connect with,” shared Thorne.
“Bella is remarkably talented, and Bob Daly and I want to support her vision in what is a very important story that needs to be told,” said Lipper.
Filming is scheduled in the Midwest and Italy, Spring 2024.
Thorne is represented by CAA, Thirty Three Management and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman. Gatien is represented by Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, Lipper/Dally are repped by CAA.
