Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross will co-star in Covers, a comedy set in the music scene in Hollywood.
Late Night director Nisha Ganatra is helming from a screenplay by Flora Greeson. Focus Features is partnering with Working Title Films on the movie. Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce with Alexandra Loewy as executive producer. Focus Features will distribute the film in the U.S., and Universal Pictures International will distribute overseas.
Johnson starred as Anastasia Steele in Universal’s Fifty Shades franchise. She’s a repeat collaborator of Luca Guadagnino, having appeared in his films Suspiria and A Bigger Splash. She’ll next be seen starring in The Peanut Butter Falcon.
Ross is best known for her role as Dr. Rainbow Johnson on the series Black-ish and playing Joan Clayton on the long-running series Girlfriends.
“Together Dakota and Tracee are an undeniable force of comedic talent, and along with our friends at Working Title and our director Nisha, we can’t wait to see them go head to head on this new project,” said Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski.
