Woody Harrelson has been acting for over 30 years, but he’s almost always been in front of the camera. Now, aged 55, he’s stepping behind it for the first time, directing his first feature, entitled Lost In London.
Speaking to Screen Daily, Harrelson offered precisely zero clues about the project, except to say that it would be filmed and set in the UK capital. The actor was speaking at the Zurich Film Festival, promoting Rob Reiner’s new biopic LBJ in which he plays former US president Lyndon B. Johnson.
There’s no word on who has written the script, who will star, or whether Harrelson will appear in front of the camera as well as behind it. He has some pedigree in writing and directing on the stage, including some experience on the West End.
In the shorter-term, Harrelson is starring in another Rob Reiner film, Shock And Awe, about a group of journalists during the George W. Bush presidency.
“We’re playing journalists who wrote important articles about the absurdity of associating Saddam Hussein with Osama Bin Laden or trying to connect him to 9/11,” said Harrelson.
In the meantime, we’ll keep our ears close to the ground on this project and report back as soon as we get more than a tiny sliver of information.