Taylor Swift is already one of the vital fashionable musical acts of all time, and he or she’s about to embark on a brand new inventive endeavor: directing a function movie. Swift, 32, will write and direct a film produced by Searchlight Pictures, the movie firm stated in a press launch on Friday, in accordance with Entertainment Tonight.
Swift has directed earlier than — most just lately, the music video for her single “Anti-Hero,” which she additionally starred in. Last yr, she directed a brief movie for her 2012 music “All Too Well,” which she re-recorded.
The Grammy winner is presently re-recording her albums that she recorded with document firms in order that she will personal the music herself. Hence, she re-recorded and launched “All Too Well” once more. She launched into the venture after her albums had been bought to Hollywood expertise agent Scooter Braun, which she says was carried out with out her data.
On Thursday, simply someday earlier than her function movie was introduced, Swift launched a brief behind-the-scenes movie concerning the “All Too Well” video shoot. On Instagram, she stated the “first seeds of this short film were planted over ten years ago.”
Swift additionally co-directed a music video for her 2019 music “You Need to Calm Down” with Drew Kirsch, which earned an MTV Video Music Award (VMA) for finest route. She received the award once more for the “All Too Well: The Short Film” video, which has obtained a Grammy nomination for finest music video and is also submitted to the Oscars, in accordance with ET.
“Taylor is a once in a generation artist and storyteller. It is a genuine joy and privilege to collaborate with her as she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey,” Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield stated within the assertion asserting her function movie. CBS News has reached out to Searchlight for extra data and is awaiting a response.
