Bryce Dallas Howard to Make Debut as Feature Director with ‘The Originals’

Posted on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011 by Angie Han

The apple often doesn’t fall far from the tree in Hollywood, as evidenced by the number of Hollywood offspring who’ve grown up to become Hollywood players in their own right. Sofia Coppola and Jason Reitman became directors, just like their fathers, while Jeff Bridges, Kate Hudson and Colin Hanks all became actors, just like their parents. Now, actor-turned-director Ron Howard’s daughter Bryce Dallas Howard is poised to follow her father’s footsteps by making the leap from acting to writing and directing.

Howard’s first feature as a director will be The Originals, a New York City-based drama about 20somethings. The original (heh) script was written by Howard herself and her writing partner/brother-in-law Dane Charbonneau. Read more about the project and watch Howard’s very first directorial effort, the short film Orchids, after the jump.

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Bryce Dallas Howard Sells First Script, Ron Howard Might Direct

Posted on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly

It will come as no surprise that Bryce Dallas Howard‘s first project as a screenwriter will be produced by Ron Howard‘s Imagine entertainment set-up. To give her the benefit of the doubt, let’s just assume anybody would have snapped the screenplay right up, its just that Dad and company were obviously always going to be given first refusal. The Hollywood Reporter describe the film The Originals as “an ensemble film about a group of twenty somethings”, so perhaps Bryce even wrote herself a role. I mean – why not? In her shoes, I think I would. Details on the creepy-sounding premise after the break.

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