Jeddah/IBNS, Dec. 10 -- Hollywood star Dakota Johnson is gearing up for her directorial debut with A Tree Is Blue, an unconventional drama centred on the life of an autistic woman.

Speaking to Deadline at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Johnson shared the first details of the film, which is written by actress and writer Vanessa Burghardt.

Burghardt, who starred alongside Johnson in Cha Cha Real Smooth, will also play the lead role in the film.

Johnson, who is producing her directorial debut independently, acknowledged the hesitation among financiers to back such a project.

Johnson was last seen on screen in Materialists, co-starring Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal.

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