Overview
- Speaking in Jeddah on Dec. 5, Johnson said seeing how movies are funded can be “heartbreaking,” describing some financiers as “really shady sometimes.”
- She has produced seven projects since launching TeaTime Pictures with former Netflix executive Ro Donnelly in 2019 and said producing is more challenging than acting.
- Johnson described a “love-hate” relationship with her career and an ongoing internal battle over the projects she chooses.
- TeaTime’s slate includes her directorial debut A Tree Is Blue, with Charli XCX, Jessica Alba and Vanessa Burghardt, as well as the sci‑fi action project Trudy Blue.
- She offered no production updates on A Tree Is Blue and kept broader TeaTime activities under wraps while emphasizing interest in bold, female‑driven stories.