Del Shores, a
veteran writer and producer on such TV series as Queer as
Folk and Dharma & Greg, is developing a feature adaptation of his play
Southern Baptist Sissies, one of several projects in the works at his
nascent production company. Shores made his film
directorial debut with the cult smash comedy Sordid Lives, based on another of his plays.
Sissies chronicles the lives of four gay boys
growing up in a Baptist community. It will begin shooting in
the summer. Also on the development slate at Shores's
Eclectic Entertainment is Tainted Love, penned by Shores, which chronicles a night at
the 1980s Hollywood nightclub the Odyssey. The company
also is developing Miss Fleeta Runs Amuck, a black comedy written by Shores and Leslie Jordan
about a dying woman who is determined to break into prison
to give her son one last hug, and Undefeated, based on the true story of pro football
player Kayo Dottley, who, after a career-ending car
accident, returns home to coach his son's football
team.
Eclectic also
will produce "A Season of Shores," a revival of six
Shores plays (Cheatin', Daughters of the Lone Star
State, Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, The
Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, and Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will?) at
Los Angeles's Zephyr Theater. Partnered with Shores in
Eclectic Entertainment are Emmy award-winning
producer Alice West, visual effects veteran Victoria
Alonso, and Jason Dottley. (Tatiana Siegel, via Reuters,
with additional reporting by Advocate.com)