Elliot Web page has boarded XR leisure studio New Canvas’ digital reality-based collection impressed by Hugh Ryan’s acclaimed e book, “When Brooklyn Was Queer,” as an govt producer.

The collection dives into LGBTQ historical past from the mid-1850s to the current day, celebrating id, resilience and achievements in opposition to adversity. Will probably be directed by Emmy winner Yasmin Elayat (“Zero Days VR”) and written by Agnes Borinsky (trans coming-of-age novel “Sasha Masha”).

Becoming a member of Web page as govt producers are creator Ryan, Matt Jordan Smith and Tuck Dowrey of Pageboy Productions in addition to Maor Azran and Dan Adler of MA Productions.

Ryan’s e book sheds mild on Brooklyn’s queer legacy, whereas highlighting tales of id and victory. New Canvas, utilizing state-of-the-art XR expertise, goals to deliver these untold tales to life, offering a vivid journey into the untold occasions of Brooklyn’s LGBTQ previous.

“Our firm’s mission is to inform elevated, entertaining, unique intersectional and socially accountable tales that discover themes like generational queerness. As a artistic firm that pushes boundaries, it’s thrilling for us to work with New Canvas to deliver queer tales into the world of XR for the primary time,” mentioned Web page and Jordan Smith, head of improvement for Pageboy Productions. “We imagine making high quality artwork that portrays diverse, genuine experiences elicits empathy, understanding and finally has the facility to alter hearts and minds.”

Wadooah Wali, chief technique officer and govt producer at New Canvas, added: “‘When Brooklyn Was Queer’ isn’t only a e book; it’s a beacon for a rare VR adaptation that allows us to attach the previous with the current. We’re thrilled to have the unimaginable expertise and fervour that each Yasmin and Agnes deliver to the mission. This group is uniquely positioned to rework these profound tales impressed by actual individuals and occasions that can immerse audiences in daring new methods for the very first time. It’s each our pleasure and obligation to honor these historic truths, presenting them in a dynamic new medium that goes effectively past what will be achieved with conventional, flatscreen leisure.”

Elayat mentioned: “As somebody who lives and works in Brooklyn, I used to be profoundly moved by Hugh’s e book, which masterfully uncovers the colourful and layered, queer historical past integral to the material of this metropolis and American tradition itself. As somebody who’s devoted to the restoration and celebration of those hidden narratives through the use of cutting-edge applied sciences in dynamic methods, I’m thrilled to affix this gifted group.”

Borinsky added, “Hugh’s e book upended my assumptions concerning the many types of queerness which have lengthy pulsed via our historical past. With this wonderful group, we get to overturn conventions about how tales get advised and the way we place ourselves relative to the previous.”

Manufacturing commences later this yr.

MA Productions is represented by CAA, Paradigm and Donaldson Callif Perez LLP. Web page and Pageboy Productions are repped by UTA, VIE Leisure and Morris Yorn Barnes; Ryan is repped by CAA and Smith is repped by Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson.