Kristen Stewart Casts Imogen Poots because the Lead of Her Characteristic Directorial Debut “The Chronology of Water”

Kristen Stewart kicked off the yr along with her first Oscar nomination and is bookending it by casting the lead for her long-gestating function directorial debut. Based on Deadline, Imogen Poots will topline “The Chronology of Water,” Stewart’s adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s “The Chronology of Water.”

Printed in 2011, Yuknavitch’s award-winning memoir tackles her bisexuality, motherhood, abuse, and habit. It tells the story of a “younger girl [who] finds her voice by the written phrase and her salvation as a swimmer — in the end turning into a triumphant instructor, mom and a singular fashionable author. A survivor’s story and a sexually abrasive and sincere coming of age, the movie is a bodily reminiscence wash of Yuknavitch’s inside life,” per the supply.

Stewart mentioned the mission on the 2018 Cannes Movie Pageant, the place she described Yuknavitch as being “in [her] blood.” The “Twilight” breakout emphasised, “I’m going to put in writing the perfect fucking feminine function. I’m going to put in writing a task that I would like so badly however 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 expertise, radically. To make that have bodily feels important to me and what this impulse means … is that it completely should be a movie,” she defined. She added that “Poots will carry this film and the staggering weight of Lidia’s life. She will be able to maintain it. I’m past fortunate 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 yr 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 yr.

“The Father,” “Black Christmas,” and “Inexperienced Room” are amongst Poots’ credit.