American singer-songwriter has recently signed a deal with Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Searchlight Pictures to direct her first feature-length film, following her success and Oscar campaign for her short film "All Too Well."
Swift has already written an original script that will be produced by Searchlight, the studio behind recent Academy Award Best Picture winners like "Birdman" and "The Shape of Water."
"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," stated Searchlight presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield.
Swift is the only solo artist who has ever been given two best direction awards at the MTV VMAs for "All Too Well: The Short Film" and "The Man" music videos. She has won Grammy awards a total of eleven times, and is most renowned for her experimentation in a variety of musical genres, which include indie folk, pop, country, and alternative rock.
The short film created by Swift (of "All Too Well") was written about a controlling boyfriend (played by American actor Dylan O' Brien) and a young woman (played by American actor Sadie Sink) whose relationship goes sour. Swift is also unique because she is the first artist to ever win three "video of the year" awards. In addition, she is the second woman to ever win for best long-form music video.
Taylor Swift has starred in films before, such as in "Valentine's Day," "Cats," and "Amsterdam." "Cats" and "Amsterdam" did not do so well in theaters, but she only had minor parts in them.
It is very exciting news for Swift, and hopefully, her career will advance even more so, especially after the TicketMaster (NYSE: LYV) fiasco. This fiasco upset the star very much since she knew that her fans were counting on attending this long-anticipated tour.
"I'm not going to make excuses for anyone because we asked them, multiple times, if they could handle this kind of demand and we were assured they could," she wrote in an Instagram (NASDAQ: META) post about a month ago. "It's truly amazing that 2.4 million people got tickets, but it really pisses me off that a lot of them feel like they went through several bear attacks to get them."