Dakota Johnson will make her directorial debut with the film, A tree is blue, a coming-of-age drama that would see Charli XCX and Jessica Alba join the cast.
Burghardt, Johnson Really Smooth Cha Cha co-star, wrote it and may also take part in the film.
A tree is blueProduction begins next month in Los Angeles on a budget of £10 million, financed by Rivulet.
Johnson, who acted in The materialists and produced Splitsville, quietly prepared to go behind the camera.
She already directed the short film Loser baby, which premiered at TIFF last year.
“It’s really close to my heart,” Johnson said in Karlovy Vary, referring to the project. “Vanessa played my daughter in Really Smooth Cha Cha. It is incredible and the story deserves our attention.
Meanwhile, Charli XCX is exploring acting alongside her music, appearing in Faces of death, I want your sex, and A24 The moment and has also worked on film scores.
Jessica Alba on Netflix Trigger warning future in which she would share the screen with Anthony Hopkins, Andy Garcia and Al Pacino in Maserati: the brothers.
The main filming phase of A tree is blue begins in November in Los Angeles with CAA Media Finance handling sales, with California tax credits of £2.4 million (₹275 million).
