Lilly Wachowski to return as director for queer movie 'Trash Mountain'

Lilly Wachowski is making her return to features — and she’s doing it solo.

The celebrated director recently signed on to helm Trash Mountain, a queer dramedy written about a gay man living in Chicago who goes back to Missouri to settle his father’s affairs after his death, with the catch being that his father was an “obsessive hoarder” who left, presumably, a mountain of trash and the occasional valuable for his son to sort through.

The film is produced by Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow, and comes from a script written by Ruby Caster and Caleb Hearon. The latter will also star.

“When my pal Caleb Hearon sent me ‘Trash Mountain,’ I leapt at the chance to direct it,” Lilly said in a statement. “So beautiful and sad and funny! Queer representation and stories are vital at this time as we are being shoved further into the margins. Our amazing writers, Caleb and Ruby are a shining light in all this dang darkness.”

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Notably, this will be Wachowski’s solo directing debut, following a substantial career directing alongside her sister, Lana Wachowski.

Lana made her own solo debut with 2021’s The Matrix Resurrections. Lilly, meanwhile, was busy serving as showrunner on comedian Abby McEnany’s queer-centric Work in Progress from 2019 until its cancelation following the second season in 2022.

Trash Mountain also marks Wachowski’s first feature since Jupiter Ascending, which was considered a financial and critical flop upon its release in 2015, but seems to be gradually picking up devoted fans in the years since.