Billy Porter to Make Directorial Debut With High School Romance 'What If?'

Viggo Mortensen makes his directorial debut and stars in the upcoming film, “Falling”.

Last New Year’s Eve, Billy Porter was working in New Orleans. This year he’ll still be working — but in New York City.

Also Read: Viggo Mortensen Explains How His Family History Influenced Directorial Debut 'Falling' (Video)“Falling” follows John (Mortensen) who lives with his partner, Eric (Chen), and their daughter, Mónica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. John’s father, Willis (Henriksen), a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up.

With “Falling,” Viggo Mortensen does it all. He stars in, wrote, and directed, and composed the score for the film.

EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has landed U.S. rights to Falling, the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen that had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. A theatrical, digital and on-demand release is set for February 5.

Lucy Hale, who previously helped him ring in the new year last time around, and star Billy Porter.Meanwhile, singerCiara will be holding things down in Los Angeles for the fourth year in a row when the West Coast welcomes 2021.As for Seacrest — who will be hosting for the 16th year in a row — he will join Hale and Porter in New York City for the broadcast.

Meagan Good and Tamara Bass would team up to make their feature directorial debut,, a drama about the power of sisterhood. And ET can exclusively debut the trailer for their movie.The film is about four childhood friends — played by Bass, Good, Mekia Cox and Meagan Holder — who are forced back together when one of them suffers a crisis.

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Midnight has acquired the North American distribution rights A Banquet. The indie horror hails from first-time feature director Ruth Paxton and is set to be released sometime next year.

Australian pop singer-songwriter Sia has made the jump from directing music videos, to directing her first theatrical feature film, “Music.” Almost immediately as the first trailer dropped, controversy arose due to the film’s portrayal of autism. READ MORE: The Safdie Brothers Direct A New Music Video For Their ‘Uncut Gems’ Composer, Oneohtrix Point Never The trailer for “Music” teases a musical-drama film about a young girl on the autism spectrum that sees the world through music.

Billy Porter is set to make his directorial debut with a coming-of-age drama, which will help relaunch film studio Orion Pictures.The Pose star will team with screenwriter Alvaro García Lecuona for What If, which follows the relationship between a high school student named Khal and Kelsa, a trans girl.More TV news!“I’m thrilled to be part of this new space in Hollywood for telling all types of stories from all types of people,” Porter said in a statement.

Billy Porter is taking on a new role as director.

 The former Hollywood Hillbillies and Sons of Hollywood star, Weintraub, 42, shared his excitement about working alongside the influencer.“We feel that Tana will be a great asset to the DWE Talent family with her wide range of pop culture exposure and her genuine ability to become a new and different household brand,” the manager said in a statement.Weintraub is responsible for the careers of some major celebrities including and .

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSia has announced her eighth studio album “Music – Songs From And Inspired By The Motion Picture,” and dropped “Hey Boy,” the first song and video from the project, which is her feature film directorial debut. The film, about a young girl named Music who sees the world in a unique way, stars Kate Hudson (“Almost Famous”), Leslie Odom Jr.

Anthony D'Alessandro, Patrick Hipes Orion Pictures has set its first feature film project since its relaunch, securing Emmy-winning Pose star Billy Porter to direct What If?, a high school coming-of-age drama penned by Alvaro García Lecuona.Pic, billed as a cross between coming-of-age features Booksmart and Love Simon, follows high school senior KHAL who posts on r/relationships about his crush on Kelsa, a trans girl at his school.

Also Read: 'Pose' Star Billy Porter on the 'Huge Connection' Between Coronavirus and AIDS“I’m thrilled to be part of this new space in Hollywood for telling all types of stories from all types of people,” Porter said in a statement to TheWrap.

high school was targeted by porno hackers.The official Twitter feed of Taylor High, in Motherwell, was ambushed by trolls who posted hardcore images on the site.The steamy images were taken from an adult website and show close-ups of a bald man and dark haired woman having sex along with pictures of another naked women.The x-rated screengrabs triggered a host of replies from Twitter users.One person wrote: “Taylor High Schools official twitter has had an absolute nightmare.”While another said: