Zoë Kravitz Is Making Her Directorial Debut in New Film ‘Pussy Island’
Zoë Kravitz will be making her directorial debut in Pussy Island, a film she began writing in 2017. Kravitz will be directing Magic Mike star Channing Tatum in the lead role. Pussy Island is a thriller film that Kravitz wrote alongside E.T. Feigenbaum (High Fidelity). Producers of the film include Kravitz herself, Bruce Cohen, Tiffany Persons, and Tatum’s Free Association.
The film will follow Frida, a young and intelligent cocktail waitress eyeing the prize: Slater King (Tatum). Tatum’s role as Slater King has him as a philanthropist and tech mogul. The person playing the role of Frida has not been revealed yet, but her character will successfully become a part of King’s inner circle, jetting to his beautiful private island. Despite the glitz and glamour that surrounds Frida, she knows that there is more to this island. There is something sinister about it, but she cannot place her finger on it just yet.
ZOË KRAVITZ DIRECTING DEBUT LETS GOOOOO
— mickey ♡’s britta perry (@swxngo) June 15, 2021
Kravitz spoke of the playful film and how the story evolved over time, where she reveals, “As a woman in general, and a woman in this industry, I’ve experienced some pretty wild behavior from the opposite sex. The title was kind of a joke at first, this place where people would go, bring women, party, and hang out. The story evolved into something else, but the title wound up having multiple meanings.” She also revealed that Tatum had been her first choice to play Slater King.
zoë will make her directing debut with ‘pussy island’, a genre thriller starring channing tatum, that she wrote with e.t. feigenbaum. “this is my first feature and it’s taken many years to get to this point and i’m very excited to step into this new phase.” 🎥 pic.twitter.com/OQlK1wOY4I
— best of zoë kravitz (@zoearchive) June 15, 2021
Tatum, on the other hand, had been stunned when Kravitz gave him a call. Tatum reveals, “This came out of nowhere and the subject matter made me say, wait, why are you thinking about me for this? No one gives me a chance to play a role like this, everybody throws me down a different alley and expects me to do a certain thing. It was scary and liberating, just to be able to have a free conversation, where I was allowed to mess up and say the wrong things.” Although Tatum had seen Kravitz in her films, he never knew her personally.
Zoë directing a movie and bringing Channing Tatum back to the big screen, absolute win https://t.co/X9XxaTNIr7
— Jacob Spooner (@jacobrspooner) June 15, 2021
Kravitz initially received writing and producing experience working on High Fidelity. Her other roles include Big Little Lies and Divergent. More recently, Kravitz is playing Catwoman in The Batman, opposite Robert Pattinson.
i’m once again thinking about zoe kravitz in high fidelity pic.twitter.com/zZaTWiwLMl
— kayla (@schafersdaya) March 5, 2021
Zoë Kravitz is seriously the perfect Catwoman casting. pic.twitter.com/RBWxKSfaqq
— Owen (@OwenWithoutFear) June 14, 2021
Zoë Kravitz is taking the world by storm. We could not be more excited for Kravitz to step into this new role as a director. Pussy Island will begin production early next year. Be sure to follow both Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum on social media for the latest updates.
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