Kate Winslet to make directorial debut with 'Goodbye June'

Hollywood star Kate Winslet best known for her performances in Titanic Quills and Hamlet is now all set to don the hat of a directorAs per The Hollywood Reporter Kate has come on board to direct feature film titled Goodbye June for NetflixThe Oscar winner will also produce and act in the movie which will star Toni Collette Johnny Flynn Andrea Riseborough Timothy Spall and Helen Mirren Joe Anders Winslets son with exhusband Sam Mendes wrote the screenplay and Kate Solomon will produce with WinsletNetflix describes Goodbye June as a touching yet humorous drama which sees a fractured group of siblings pull together under sudden and trying circumstancesThe film will go on floors soon in the UKSolomon also produced Winslets most recent feature the Lee Miller biopic Lee about the modelturnedWorld War II photographer which included Riseborough among its cast as per The Hollywood ReporterWinslet scored a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the film with Lee also nominated for the BAFTA for outstanding British film of the yearWhile promoting Lee last fall on the How to Fail podcast with Elizabeth Day Winslet explained how though she had resisted calls to direct partly due to the time commitment involved she now felt a sense of urgency and responsibility to women in Hollywood to step behind the cameraAs per The Hollywood Reporter she said So many people will say to me on film sets people I work with and know well whether its an actor or a crew member they will say Why arent you directing and Ill go No no no please dont say it Stop saying it Why does everyone keep saying it she said But the more Im not doing it now with the need to change the culture the more I feel like Im actually letting down other women by not doing it Im really starting to feel that in quite a loud wayShe added of female directors The more of us that are doing it the more will be inspiring others to do itAnd she said she felt ready to helm a film because she now understands the technical side of filmmakingTheres no way Im ever going to do something unless I really know how to do it properly she saidIn addition to Lee Winslet most recently starred in the HBO limited series The Regime for which she also received a Golden Globe nomination earning the rare distinction of being nominated for multiple roles at the same ceremony She won the best actress Oscar in 2009 for her role in The ReaderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever