Taylor Swift set to make directorial debut

Last Updated on December 13, 2022

We knew she was trouble when she walked in…and now Taylor Swift is about to walk onto the movie set, as she is set to make her directorial debut for Searchlight Pictures.

In a statement, Searchlight Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield said, “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.”

No details have been released on the project as far as plot or cast, meaning there’s a blank space in the announcement at this point. (Don’t worry, we’ve got a few more coming up.) Taylor Swift has previously directed or co-directed more than a dozen of her own music videos.

Objectively, Taylor Swift’s cinematic output hasn’t exactly been impressive. Her first big screen appearance was in 2010’s romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, with another supporting role in 2014’s The Giver. She also had a voice role in Illumination’s The Lorax. Her more recent flops are the critical and box office bomb Cats and this year’s David O. Russell disappointment Amsterdam. Hopefully this upcoming project will get her out of the woods of bad movies.

Searchlight Pictures has 14 Best Picture nominations since 2010, with three wins for 12 Years a Slave, Birdman and The Shape of Water.

Taylor Swift has more than 40 Grammy nominations (with 11 wins), in addition to various honors from the American Music Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards and more. Swift also has three Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Song: “Safe & Sound” from The Hunger Games, “Sweeter than Fiction” from One Chance and “Beautiful Ghosts” from Cats.

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