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Kristen Stewart's long-gestating directorial debut, The Chronology Of Water, is finally a go with Imogen Poots starring and Ridley Scott producing.
Kristen Stewart's feature directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, is finally happening. In 2018, Stewart first revealed her plans to write and direct an adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s 2011 memoir, The Chronology Of Water. In the following years, Stewart would struggle to secure financing for her passion project, partially because of her desire the shoot the film with a small crew of five people on a loose shooting schedule along the Oregon coast, where Yuknavitch is from. However, Stewart did not give up on the project and held out hope it would come together sooner rather than later.
Now, Deadline is the first to report that Stewart's long-awaited directorial debut, The Chronology Of Water, is finally happening with Imogen Poots set to star. Stewart will co-write the script with Andy Mingo based on Yuknavitch’s memoir. Ridley Scott's Scott Free banner will produce the project. In a statement, Stewart describes what the memoir means to her, why she feels it needed to be adapted to the screen, and her excitement regarding Poots' casting. Read what Stewart says below:
Lidia’s memoir honors corporeal experience, radically. To make that experience physical feels vital to me and what this impulse means … is that it absolutely must be a film. This project has been cooking for five years with the help of Scott Free, whom I could not be more privileged to have as partners and friends. Imogen Poots will carry this movie and the staggering weight of Lidia’s life. She can hold it. I am beyond lucky to have her.
After she first gained notice at a young age with roles in Panic Room, Speak, Catch That Kid, and Zathura: A Space Adventure, Stewart achieved global stardom for her role in the Twilight film series. After the critically-panned (but fan favorite) saga ended, the Bella Swan persona stuck with Stewart, and it was exceedingly difficult for her to shed this baggage. Thus, Stewart began honing her craft on a variety of lower-profile, independent projects like Clouds of Sils Maria and Personal Shopper.
