Being shouted out by “Pose” creator Ryan Murphy in his Golden Globes acceptance speech hasn’t been the only highlight of Michaela Jaé Rodriguez’s week. The history-making actress has been tapped to lead “Wildfire.” Deadline reports that the script for the pic recently made the Black List.
Penned by Chaya Doswell, “Wildfire” follows Lu, a seven-year-old “who accidentally starts a wildfire. A mute from an abusive home, Lu slyly tricks Merribelle, a hardworking trans woman, into kidnapping her — sparking a beautifully unexpected bond with a devastating expiration date.”
A director isn’t attached to the project yet.
Last year Rodrguez became the first trans actress to win a Golden Globe. Since