Swift has been a director for a long time, but the brief Dec. 9 announcement that she'll direct a feature film for Searchlight Pictures, based on her own script, sent the internet into a spiral. Vulture joke tweeted that she would helm a "Twilight" film while others in the industry or hoping to be expressed frustration that the already famous Swift could get a deal.
The news of her feature film debut comes right on the heels of another Swift controversy, whose timing seems impeccably intentional now. The Variety headline was attached to her interview this week with Martin McDonagh for a series called "Directors on Directors." In the annual series, directors who have both had a project released with the year meet in conversation. Many balked at Swift's inclusion, with Buzzfeed airing detractors' concerns, including "that Taylor could be depriving other directors of some much-needed exposure."
