Barbra Streisand to Direct Colin Firth & Cate Blanchett in SKINNY AND CAT (TALK MOVIES WORLD)

Showbiz411 reports that Barbra Streisand is set to direct SKINNY AND CAT, an epic love story starring Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett. The film will mark the singer's first directorial project in 16 years.

SKINNY AND CAT follows the love affair between writer Erskine Caldwell and photojournalist Margaret Bourke White. Linda Yellen is producing from a script she wrote. The film will be independently financed and is scheduled to begin production in January of 2013.



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