After serving as a stunt double and coordinator on numerous tasks, Zoe Bell is about to direct her first film. Deadline has reported that Lionsgate has picked up an action-comedy pitch from Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Mamrie Hart with Bell on board to direct.
The film was impressed by Boss Bitch Battle Problem, a viral brief that discovered Zoe Bell choosing a combat along with her Boss Bitch mates whereas bored through the pandemic. The brief included the likes of Lucy Lawless, Florence Pugh, Scarlett Johansson, Juliette Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Rosario Dawson, and extra. Zoe Bell began out serving as a stunt double for Lucy Lawless on Xena: Warrior Princess and went on to work often with Quentin Tarantino as a stunt performer and actress in Kill Invoice, Dying Proof, Inglourious Bastards, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood. In an announcement, Lionsgate Movement Image Group President of Manufacturing Erin Westerman mentioned:
Zoë has constructed up an enormous fan base through the years – which isn’t any shock, as a result of she’s a bona fide icon who kicks ass and takes names in part of the trade nonetheless dominated by males. Her legend solely grew with the ‘Boss Bitch’ video that everybody cherished throughout quarantine. After an extended and storied profession of taking the hits, she’ll now be calling the photographs.
We’ve seen quite a lot of stunt performers step into the director’s chair in recent times, together with Sam Hargrave on Extraction and Chris Stahelski and David Leitch on John Wick. Kirsten Smith is greatest recognized for writing Legally Blonde, 10 Issues I Hate About You, She’s the Man, The Home Bunny, and Trinkets. Mamrie Hart wrote Camp Takota and Soiled 30 and co-hosts the favored podcast sequence, This Would possibly Get Bizarre. You possibly can try Zoe Bell’s Boss Bitch Battle Problem brief beneath.
