Solaris Entertainment is developing a documentary about groundbreaking comedy writer Anne Beets, her former business partner Eve Brandstein and Solaris managing partner Michael Bloom, it was announced exclusively to TheWrap on Friday.
Beets, who died in 2021, was the first woman to write for “Saturday Night Live” and helped pave the way for more women to enter the comedy field, said Brandstein, who appeared in the 2022 John Lennon documentary “The Lost Weekend”. “Co-directed and produced: A Love Story,” said.
Brandstein and Beets first worked together on the beloved 1982 series “Square Pegs” starring Sarah Jessica Parker. ,[Anne] New York and the whole ‘SNL’ scene came from. I was a little taken aback by his comedy credentials at the time,” said Brandstein. She teamed up with Beats again on “Just Say Julie” starring “Earth Girls Are Easy” writer Julie Brown.
“There weren’t a lot of women doing it. She was incredibly, incredibly talented. There’s an enormous amount of opportunities for women in comedy now. But she was a pioneer at the time,” said Brandstein. “I think her legacy is that she made it safe for women to think that this was a professional opportunity.”
In a statement to TheWrap, Bloom revealed the tentative title of the project: “The Girl Who Would Be King.”
Bloom said, “Anne was a trailblazer and certainly paved the way for those who followed… audiences range from Anne’s appearances on National Lampoon to ‘SNL’ and ‘Square Pegs’ to USC, UCLA and Chapman University.” Will know about the journey till teaching. , “We’re going to hear from the people he affected, worked for and worked with.”
“She was quietly brilliant and knew comedy better than 99% of the people who worked on it. She could give you something funny anytime, anywhere,” said Bloom. He cited Tina Fey as a “longtime fan” of Beats.
Fay may have been partially based on the character of Liz Lemon’s writing idol on Beats, Rosemary Howard (memorably played by Carrie Fisher).
Brandstein said, “I described her in my pitch as a cactus fruit, one of those wonderful prickly pears that if you try to touch, it will bite you, because it has thorns.” “But if you open it, it’s so juicy and sweet. That was Anne.
