Cape Town - Halle Berry will make her directorial debut with martial arts drama Bruised, which she will also star in and produce.
Deadline reports that the story follows Jackie "Justice" a disgraced MMA who tries to make a comeback and raise her estranged 6-year-old son Manny.
Production for the movie is set to kick off in March 2019.
In the meantime Berry is currently filming for John Wick 3.
The Academy-award winner will star alongside Keanu Reeves in the third instalment of the franshice.
She will play a character called Sofia, a woman on a mission.
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A woman on a mission. @HalleBerry is Sofia in #JohnWick3. pic.twitter.com/uMjCaB43Lg
— John Wick: Chapter 3 (@JohnWickMovie) June 4, 2018