Tim Bui to Direct Whitaker, Biel in "Powder Blue"

Writer-director Tim Bui ("Green Dragon") is prepping his new drama, "Powder Blue" to shoot in July, starring Forest Whitaker and Jessica Biel. Sources tell CinemaPlanet that Biel's role as troubled stripper could prove particularly revealing.

Bui co-wrote the script with fellow Vietnamese-American filmmaker Stephane Gauger, who wrote and directed the impressive micro-budget "Owl and the Sparrow," which premiered at Rotterdam earlier this year with Bui as one of the executive producers, along with "Journey From the Fall" helmer Ham Tran. Gauger will also direct second unit on "Blue."

Variety has the announcement out of Cannes:

Whitaker, Biel board 'Powder Blue'

Forest Whitaker and Jessica Biel have boarded ensemble drama "Powder Blue," set up by Eleven Eleven Films in association with Spirit Dance Entertainment and Grosvenor Park Media.

Pic is helmed by Timothy Linh Bui, brother of "Three Seasons" director Tony Bui.

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