Tig Notaro is working on a 'hot lesbian action' movie with Zack Snyder

We are entering an era of queer action movies, with projects like Love Lies Bleeding and Honey, Don't. Comedian Tig Notaro is throwing her hat into the ring with a movie of her own, and she's working with a notable director.

Earlier this week, Notaro appeared as a guest on On Air with Kara Swisher, and in that episode, the multihyphenate creative revealed that she's working on a "hot lesbian action" movie with Zack Snyder, which Deadline later confirmed is in development.

Notaro talked about how she started to gain more attention online for her big-screen prescence after she appeared in the 2021 movie, Army of the Dead, taking over the role from Chris D'Elia, who dropped out after sexual misconduct allegations. "I go viral for being sexy in this film," Notaro says on the episode. “And it was so unexpected. My phone’s exploding. I’m not walking around going ‘Oh my God,’ you know, ‘check me out.’ I was so confused. So I called Zack, and I said, ‘I’m hearing it from straight men, gay men, gay women, and straight women that they think I'm hot in this movie.'”

The comedian went on to explain that working with Snyder on that film helped her form a connection with the director, and that they came up with the idea for this new project. “'What if we just went for it and everyone's a hot lesbian?’ He was like, ‘Oh my God, yes, let's make that movie,'" she explained. "And so who knows? It’s a Hollywood project. We're in the process of putting the script together. Picture this poster: We have the name of the film, and then it says ‘Hot Lesbian Action.' That's how I sold him on the Zoom.”

Notaro went on to reveal a few details about the film, saying, “As of now, the movie is called Deviants, and takes place back in some old-timey days, like some closeted deviants.”

Notaro appeared on Swisher's show to discuss the documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, on which she serves as a producer. The documentary centers around her late friend Andrea Gibson, an acclaimed queer poet who died earlier this year after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer.