Wanuri Kahiu is set to direct Covers, a romance set in the Los Angeles music world, for Working Title and Universal.
She was signed after an international search for the job to direct first-time screenwriter Flora Greeson's screenplay, which Universal has acquired preemptively.
Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce, and Alexandra Loewy will executive produce. Universal’s EVP Production Erik Baiers will oversee.
Working Title’s recent releases with Universal include the Oscar-nominated Darkest Hour via Focus Features, which also is releasing WT’s
Mary, Queen of Scots.
It also is behind Universal’s adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats.
Wanuri wrote on social media: "This happened! Dreams are possible."
