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So far, weve seenthree different projects in developmentfrom filmmakers dreaming of making the nextSocial internet.
Theres Kenny KylesJust the Facts,a biopic of former Gawker editor A.J.
But what do the people who lived through the whole ordeal think?
Many politely declined, saying they were put off by the whole idea of a Gawker movie.
Others would only give their opinions off the record.
The idea of any of these being made is so soul-sucking to think about, said one ex-Gawker writer.
(Managing editor Tom Scocca is what happens when an L.L.
Bean model majors in biological anthropology at Harvard but wastes it by going into journalism.)
To the ex-staffers, the descriptions have an additional utility.
I love them because theyre very fun to make fun of the person about, says the ex-writer.
Theyre really good for owning my friends.
Some on the staff give it credit for at least trying to stay balanced.
There does seem to be an effort in the script to complicate the narrative, says Trotter.
Not everyone thinks that will matter.
Its super-sympathetic to Gawker, says the ex-writer.
Even ifGawker vs. Thielgets made, people will be like,Oh, its fanboy bullshit.
(The Gawker diaspora has been calling it Wolf of Blog Street.)
Daulerio version of the story.
All the shit about A.J.
I still cant believe somebody paid him to write it.
But if they had a choice?
