{"id":1949310,"date":"2025-08-08T12:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1949310"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:39:10","slug":"taylor-swifts-directorial-debut-gets-rewrite-from-normal-people-scribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/taylor-swifts-directorial-debut-gets-rewrite-from-normal-people-scribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s Directorial Debut Gets Rewrite from Normal People Scribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_apckr8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.<\/span><\/span><\/button><span class=\"aisummary_textShimmer__8Tdxq\">Generate Key Takeaways<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Expand Key Takeaways\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"_R_1ckr8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_\" class=\"stretched-box text-batcave hover:text-grape-jelly focus:text-grape-jelly dark:text-bob dark:hover:text-thanos dark:focus:text-thanos\" id=\"_R_1ckr8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M6 6.897 3.547 4.443a.5.5 0 0 0-.699.002.493.493 0 0 0-.001.699L6 8.298l3.155-3.155a.497.497 0 0 0-.001-.7.493.493 0 0 0-.7 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Writer <strong>Alice Birch <\/strong>is reportedly going to rewrite <strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong>\u2018s first <strong>movie <\/strong>as a <strong>director<\/strong>. Birch is widely known for her work in <strong>Normal People<\/strong> and Succession. She is also credited as a writer in Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson\u2019s upcoming movie <strong>Die, My Love<\/strong>. The announcement of the singer making her directorial debut was made in 2022. Swift is working with Searchlight Pictures for the project.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Alice Birch will rewrite script for Taylor Swift\u2019s directorial debut<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Alice Birch is reportedly joining Taylor Swift\u2019s first project as a director with Searchlight Pictures for a rewrite. The update was shared by popular Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider in his recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinsneider.com\/p\/taylor-swift-directorial-debut-new-writer-batman-part-2-script-rumblings-aubrey-plaza-heidi-fleiss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The InSneider report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The InSneider report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He stated, \u201cI\u2019m told that Alice Birch, the famed playwright who co-wrote the upcoming Jennifer Lawrence movie Die, My Love and served as a story editor on HBO\u2019s Succession, has come on to rewrite Swift\u2019s script. I\u2019m told that the Birch is working closely with Swift and \u201ctailoring\u201d the project to her creative vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sneider further noted that Searchlight Pictures president Matthew Greenfield \u201cis taking an active role in developing the project.\u201d Thus, \u201cSwift\u2019s fans will be relieved to know that it\u2019s moving forward, slowly but surely.\u201d The project is currently untitled, and the cast and plot details have not been revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project was announced in 2022, and at the time <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/taylor-swift-feature-directing-debut-searchlight-pictures-1235455606\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Variety<\/a> reported that Swift had given an original script to the studio. Greenfield, along with fellow Searchlight Pictures president David Greenbaum, referred to Swift as a \u201conce-in-a-generation artist and storyteller\u201d in a joint statement. They further commented that the studio feels \u201cgenuine joy and privilege\u201d to work closely with the singer, \u201cas she embarks on this exciting and new creative journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Previously, the \u201cLover\u201d hitmaker had written and directed her All Too Well: The Short Film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Originally reported by Ishita Verma on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/pop-culture\/news\/2015089-taylor-swift-director-rewrite-alice-birch-die-my-love\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ComingSoon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ComingSoon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/guides\/1651994-taylor-swift-director-rewrite-alice-birch-die-my-love\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift\u2019s Directorial Debut Gets Rewrite from Normal People Scribe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor Swift\u2019s Directorial Debut Gets Rewrite from Normal People Scribe<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandatory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what&#8217;s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Writer Alice Birch is reportedly going to rewrite Taylor Swift\u2018s first movie as a director. 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