"Sunflower": Misha Green Directorial Debut

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Misha Green to Make Directorial Debut With Jurnee Smollett Thriller ‘Sunflower’

The ‘Lovecraft Country’ creator will reteam with Smollett for the Lionsgate feature about two women struggling to escape from a deranged college professor who holds them hostage.

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Lovecraft Country creator Misha Green is set to make her feature directorial debut with Sunflower, a thriller for Lionsgate set to star Jurnee Smollett.

Green will write and helm the film about two women struggling to escape from a deranged college professor who holds them hostage on a remote sunflower farm. Green and Craig Flores will produce the project unveiled by Nathan Kahane, president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, which is eyeing a summer start for production.