(WTVO) — Rockford native and Oscar-nominated Director Bing Liu is making his first foray into creating narrative-based films with “Preparation for the Next Life.”
The movie is an adaptation of the novel Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish.
Liu is working alongside some of the film world’s biggest stars to produce the screenplay, including Brad Pitt, IndieWire reports.
The film follows the love story of an undocumented Uyghur woman, played by Sebiye Behtiyar, who is trying to make her own way in New York City and escape her past life in China…