Dakota Johnson will make her directorial debut with the film, a tree is blue, a coming-of-age drama in which Charli XCX and Jessica Alba will reportedly join the cast.
Burghardt, Johnson’s Cha Cha Real Smooth co-star, wrote it and could also participate in the film.
A tree is blueProduction begins next month in Los Angeles on a budget of £10m, financed by Rivulet.
Johnson, who has acted in The materialists and produced Splitsville, He’s been quietly preparing to move behind the camera.
He previously directed the short film. loser baby, which premiered at TIFF last year.
“It’s very close to my heart,” Johnson said in Karlovy Vary, hinting at the project. “Vanessa played my daughter in Cha Cha Real Smooth. “She is incredible and the story deserves attention.”
Meanwhile, Charli XCX has been exploring acting alongside her music, appearing on Faces of death, I want your sex, and A24 The moment and has also been working on film soundtracks.
Jessica Alba has Netflix Activation warning going up in which he would share the screen with Anthony Hopkins, Andy García and Al Pacino in Maserati: the brothers.
The main filming phase of A tree is blue starts in November in Los Angeles with CAA Media Finance handling sales, with California tax credits of £2.4 million (₹275 million).
