Viola Davis Attached to Star in Amazon Movie 'Troupe Zero'

Todd Black, who previously worked with Davis on 'Fences' and 'Antwone Fisher,' is producing.

Viola Davis is attached to star in the feature film Troupe Zero, which is set up at Amazon Studios.

Duo Bert & Bertie will direct from a script by Beasts of the Southern Wild scribe Lucy Alibar. Plot details are not immediately known.

Todd Black, who previously worked with Davis on Fences and Antwone Fisher, is producing. Amazon will fully finance.

Davis can currently be seen in the fourth season of the ABC series How to Get Away With Murder and will next be seen in Steve McQueen's crime thriller Widows. The Oscar winner is also attached to star in and produce Universal's adaptation of I Almost Forgot About You from Girls Trip director Malcolm D. Lee.

David is repped by CAA and the Lasher Group.