Joseph Gordon-Levitt Makes Directorial Debut

Joseph Gordon Levitt, actor and CEO of digital collaboration company HitRecord will be making his directorial debut. The actor and social network entrepreneur announced to Deadline that he will be making his directorial feature debut in an Untitled comedy which he will star with Scarlett Johansson.

Gordon-Levitt has penned the script and Nicolas Chartier’s Voltage Pictures will finance the film. Ram Bergman will produce for Bergman productions and Gordon-Levitt’s very own HitRecord Films will be in association. Shooting begins on April 16th. The film is said to be a sexy comedy about a man who’s trying to not be such a “selfish dick”. Joseph Gordon-Levitt will also star in the film alongside Johansson. The second female role is yet to be cast at this point. “I wrote myself a helluva role, one that people wouldn’t necessarily thought of me for,” said Gordon-Levitt.

Gordon-Levitt finds himself in the director’s chair in the midst of a huge year, with Looper, The Dark Knight Rises, Premium Rush, and Lincoln all coming out this year. His career is certainly on fire and he’s become a household name which seemed to happen very quickly with his reemergence into the scene with 50/50 after taking a break from acting.

“I was a child actor for years and quit at 19, went to school awhile, and a big part of why I came back was that I ultimately wanted to make movies,” Gordon-Levitt said. “I spent a year working with Chris Nolan, Rian Johnson, Steven Spielberg, and I did my best to pay attention. I’ve also been making short films for a long time now, I’ve directed a ton of them, and that is a huge part of why I feel comfortable and confident in this.”

With the bloated schedule Joseph Gordon-Levitt is taking on his role in “Django Unchained”, Quentin Tarantino’s slave-era drama will have to fit in there somewhere “It will be tricky schedule-wise, but I was honest with Quentin upfront,” Gordon-Levitt said. “He was so cool and encouraging. He said, ‘You strike me as the kind of guy who would want to direct,’ and I took that as high praise.” Gordon-Levitt is repped by CAA.