Taraji P. Henson Making Feature Film Directorial Debut With Bron Studios’ ‘Two-Faced’

Michael B. Jordan will be flexing his muscles in front of and behind the camera on , as co-star Tessa Thompson has confirmed Jordan will direct the upcoming third installment in the series.«He is directing the next ,» she told MTV's Josh Horowitz, joking of Jordan's status as the reigning Sexiest Man Alive: «It's going to be ammo, I think, for me when he is engaging with me as a director.

Robin Wright is starring in the upcoming movie Land and she also made her directorial debut on the feature film!

Robin Wright has certainly made her mark in front of the camera. She was the subject of Cary Elwes’ affection and left him—quite literally—rolling in “The Princess Bride.” She also played the same kind of role opposite Tom Hanks in “Forrest Gump,” beckoning him and generations of film fanatics to get those legs moving! And let’s not forget her portrayal of the Vice POTUS and POTUS in Netflix’s “House of Cards.” She’s done all that and much more in her 30+ year career.

While he serenaded the country alongside his U2 bandmate The Edge on The Late Late Show on Friday night, it appears Bono has been working on another project.

Naman Ramachandran Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy” will no longer compete in the Academy Awards’ international feature film category and will instead be submitted for consideration in the best picture and general entry categories.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has informed “Funny Boy” producer Telefilm Canada that the film does not meet the Academy’s eligibility requirements for the international feature film category due to the amount of English dialogue in the film.“Although we

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety has announced it will continue its multi-year partnership with Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival with Variety’s 93rd Academy Awards International Feature Shortlist Roundtable in 2021. The virtual panel will feature the director, writer or producer of the Oscars’ shortlisted International Feature Films and be moderated by Variety’s Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis.

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Anders, the producer of Netflix’s The Prom and the longtime executive music producer of the mutli-award winning series Glee, will make his directorial debut early next year on the Monarch Media, SPACE + ART Entertainment and STORY Collective musical feature Road To Bethlehem.

HBO has ordered a limited series based on Olivier Assayas’ 1996 feature film Irma Vep with Alicia Vikander on board to star and exec produce.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRobin Wright’s directorial debut “Land” will debut in theaters next year.The drama, which stars Wright and Demian Bichir, is set to release in the U.S. on Feb.

Focus Features continues its steady rollout of movies into 2021 with the release of Robin Wright’s feature directorial debut drama Land on Feb. 12, 2021, just in time for Oscar qualifications which have a cutoff date of Feb. 28.

Taraji P. Henson will be making her feature directorial debut with a high school-set comedy Two-Faced.

Dave McNary Film ReporterTaraji P. Henson will make her feature film directorial debut on the high school comedy “Two-Faced” for Bron Studios, in addition to producing and starring in the movie.“Two-Faced” follows Joy, a Black high school senior whose chances to attend the college of her dreams are threatened by her wildly popular and charismatic school principal after she confronts him with evidence of his racist past.

Henson was nominated in 2009 for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and earned two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe win for her work on the hit Fox TV series “Empire.” She is set to star in and produce a spinoff series based around her “Empire” character, Cookie Lyon.BRON Releasing and UTA Independent Film Group will oversee film sales and distribution. Henson is represented by M88, UTA, Ziffren Brittenham and The Lede Company.

Focus Features will release Boogie, Eddie Huang’s feature directorial debut, on March 5, 2021.

Kid Cudi (akaScott Mescudi) and his recently launched Mad Solar banner are developing an adaptation of the coming-of-age campus novelReal Life,with Mescudi set to star. Bron Studios acquired the rights to the 2020 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel with Mad Solar, which was launched last month with backing from Bron.

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