EXCLUSIVE: Less than 24 hours after your explosive expulsion of Star Wars Series The Mandalorian for incendiary posts on social media, Gina Carano responded to her detractors and revealed a new film project she is doing with a conservative website The Daily Wire.
Carano told us today: “The Daily Wire is helping to make one of my dreams come true – to develop and produce my own film. I screamed and my prayer was answered. I am sending a direct message of hope to everyone who lives in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian crowd. I just started using my voice, which is now more free than ever, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They cannot cancel us if we don’t allow it. “
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Dank Farrik, as she Mandalorian character would say.
Carano will develop, produce and star in the next film, which The Daily Wire says it will launch exclusively for its members while the company seeks to strengthen its entertainment division. Details are being kept confidential, but will be produced as part of the Daily Wire partnership with Bone Tomahawk producer Dallas Sonnier and his Bonfire Legend banner.
“We couldn’t be more excited to work with Gina Carano, an incredible talent given by Disney and Lucasfilm for offending the authoritarian left of Hollywood. That’s why Daily Wire exists: to provide an alternative not only for consumers, but also for creators who refuse to bow to the crowd, ”said Daily Wire co-founder Shapiro.
“We look forward to bringing Gina’s talent to the Americans who love her and also to show Hollywood that, if they want to continue canceling those who think differently, they will just be helping us build Xwing to bring down her Death Star,” he added.
Carano’s controversial posts on social media yesterday, described by Lucasfilm as “abominable”, saw her uprooted from The Mandalorian by the studio and abandoned by his agency UTA. Former MMA star and Dead Pool the actress played bounty hunter Cara Dune for the first two seasons of the hit series Lucasfilm and Disney +.
The actress caused confusion by sharing a TikTok post comparing the current divided political climate in the United States to Nazi Germany.
“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers, but by their neighbors … even by children. As the story is edited, most people today do not realize that, to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily arrest thousands of Jews, the government first caused its own neighbors to hate them simply because they were Jews. How different this is from hating someone for their political opinions, ”she wrote.
Another photo of Carano’s Instagram story showed a person with several masks covering his face and head with the caption: “Meanwhile, in California”.
Both posts were deleted from the actress’ Instagram yesterday, but other people picked them up and posted again.
Last month, the right-wing website The Daily Wire released its first feature film, school shooting film Run Hide Fight, produced by Dallas Sonnier under his Bonfire Legend banner. The Daily Wire says the film drew more than 300,000 viewers during its three-hour live premiere.
The new alliance with Carano raises the prospect that the Daily Wire film operation will become a home for those who go against the Hollywood trend in controversial ways. Not that Disney cares about it too much.
Carano is represented by Scott Karp on The Syndicate.