{"id":788759,"date":"2026-05-11T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788759\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:52:14","slug":"fka-twigs-to-star-as-josephine-baker-in-movie-biopic-filming-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788759\/","title":{"rendered":"FKA Twigs to Star as Josephine Baker in Movie Biopic Filming This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFKA Twigs<\/a> will star as Jazz Age icon Josephine Baker<\/a> in a new movie biopic from \u201cCuties\u201d filmmaker Maimouna Doucour\u00e9, which begins filming this fall.<\/p>\n

\n\tVariety previously reported<\/a> that the Grammy-winning artist was in negotiations to portray the trailblazing American-born French dancer, singer, actor and civil rights activist in the film, which is financed and co-produced by Studiocanal. With Twigs and Doucour\u00e9\u2019s deals officially closed, Studiocanal will launch worldwide sales for the project at Cannes.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am honoured to collaborate with the immensely talented Ma\u00efmouna Doucour\u00e9<\/a> on this incredible project,\u201d FKA Twigs, who most recently acted in A24\u2019s \u201cMother Mary,\u201d said in a statement. \u201cJosephine Baker\u2019s extraordinary legacy is such an inspiration to me and to so many people around the world. She lives on in our hearts as a visionary, ground-breaking woman whose story is as powerful as it is relevant today. I cannot wait to embody Josephine Baker bringing her fight, her love, her losses, her talent and her heroism to the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe yet-to-be-titled biopic intends to cover Baker\u2019s remarkable life story: born in St. Louis in 1906, she rose to fame after moving to Paris in 1925. But Baker\u2019s legacy resonates far beyond the stage. During World War II, she joined the French Resistance, supporting the Allied nations in the fight against fascism; then, in the 1950s and 60s, Baker became a prominent voice in the American Civil Rights Movement. The project is in development with the support of Baker\u2019s sons, Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker and Brian Bouillon Baker, and the Rainbow tribe, which is what she dubbed her many adopted children. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to writing and directing the movie, Doucour\u00e9 will produce under her Bien Ou Bien Productions banner, alongside Studiocanal and CPB Films. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJosephine Baker has lived with me for years. Working on this film, I realise how modern, fearless and complex she was,\u201d the filmmaker began. \u201cBeyond the legend, I want to explore her contradictions, her wounds and her immense courage, as well as her relentless fight for dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDoucour\u00e9 added: \u201cWith the extraordinary FKA Twigs bringing her rare artistry, intelligence and emotional depth to the role, it is a huge honour to work with Studiocanal to bring Josephine\u2019s story to the screen for a global audience: the story of a woman who never stopped reinventing herself and fighting for justice and equality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStudiocanal will release the film theatrically in their territories of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJosephine Baker\u2019s story is one we have long aspired to tell, and to do so with the exceptional creative vision of Ma\u00efmouna Doucour\u00e9 and the remarkable talent of FKA twigs makes this project especially meaningful,\u201d said Anna Marsh, Studiocanal CEO & chief content officer of Canal+ Group. \u201cTheir artistry, combined with Josephine Baker\u2019s enduring legacy, promises a film that is both ambitious and profoundly authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFKA Twigs is represented by UTA, Untitled, UROK and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett & Kole; and Ma\u00efmouna Doucour\u00e9 is represented by UBBA in France and CAA in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FKA Twigs will star as Jazz Age icon Josephine Baker in a new movie biopic from \u201cCuties\u201d filmmaker…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":788760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49625,171,101795,53822,322295,975,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-788759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-cannes-film-festival","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fka-twigs","11":"tag-josephine-baker","12":"tag-mau00efmouna-doucouru00e9","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116556041355972413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}