Michelle Williams signs on to Jonah Hill's directorial debut, 'Mid-90s'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Ever since it was announced last year that Jonah Hill would be making his directorial debut, it’s been an intriguing project. Now, he has an Oscar-nominated actress in the lead to get the film moving along sooner than expected. According to The Playlist, Michelle Williams has signed up to star in Mid-90s.

            Hill’s first foray into feature filmmaking will follow a 12 year-old named Stevie who is involved in the skateboarding scene in the mid-1990s while dealing with his surroundings of drugs, drinking, sex and more. A coming of age film that sounds like Lords of Dogtown meets Dazed and Confused in the 90s sounds like a terrific movie that I’m excited to see. Williams will play Stevie’s mother in the film and mega producer Scott Rudin has signed on produce the project.

            Michelle Williams was just nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Manchester by the Sea. She has a busy 2017 slate as she’s signed on to Todd Haynes’ follow-up to Carol, titled Wonderstruck. Also, she’ll appear in the P.T. Barnum biopic, The Greatest Showman. Mid-90s will be released at some point in 2018 with a production date in June. A24 has picked up the rights and I’ll be first in line to see this!