Kristen Stewart kicked off the 12 months together with her first Oscar nomination and is bookending it by casting the lead for her long-gestating characteristic directorial debut. According to Deadline, Imogen Poots will topline “The Chronology of Water,” Stewart’s adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s “The Chronology of Water.”
Published in 2011, Yuknavitch’s award-winning memoir tackles her bisexuality, motherhood, abuse, and dependancy. It tells the story of a “young woman [who] finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer — ultimately becoming a triumphant teacher, mother and a singular modern writer. A survivor’s story and a sexually abrasive and honest coming of age, the film is a physical memory wash of Yuknavitch’s inner life,” per the supply.
Stewart mentioned the mission on the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, the place she described Yuknavitch as being “in [her] blood.” The “Twilight” breakout emphasised, “I’m going to write the best fucking female role. I’m going to write a role that I want so badly but that I’m not going to play.” She co-wrote the movie’s script with Andy Mingo.
In a brand new assertion, Steward mentioned that the memoir “honors corporeal experience, radically. To make that experience physical feels vital to me and what this impulse means … is that it absolutely must be a film,” she defined. She added that “Poots will carry this movie and the staggering weight of Lidia’s life. She can hold it. I am beyond lucky to have her.”
Stewart beforehand helmed the 2017 quick “Come Swim.” She’s re-teaming with the banner behind the mission, Scott Free, for “The Chronology of Water.”
Earlier this 12 months Stewart acquired an Oscar nod for her portrayal of Princess Diana in “Spencer.” She was final seen in “Crimes of the Future,” a sci-fi that premiered at Cannes this 12 months.
“The Father,” “Black Christmas,” and “Green Room” are amongst Poots’ credit.