Overview
- Dakota Johnson said at an onstage Red Sea Film Festival talk that some financiers are “really shady,” calling the behind-the-scenes realities of producing “ugly” and “heartbreaking.”
- She described a love-hate relationship with her work, noting the emotional exhaustion of acting and producing but also calling both roles deeply fulfilling.
- Johnson said producing is more challenging than acting and noted she now has seven years and seven completed productions as a producer.
- Through TeaTime Pictures, which she co-founded with Ro Donnelly in 2019, she is emphasizing mostly female-driven, human experience projects.
- Her current slate includes her feature directing debut, A Tree Is Blue; outlets report attachments for Jessica Alba, Charli XCX and Vanessa Burghardt, though she offered no update during the talk.