Helen Hunt will direct and star in the film 'Ride'
Helen Hunt is set to direct and star in the film 鈥淩ide,鈥� according to .
Hunt will play a magazine editor and mother who finds out her son (Brenton Thwaites of 鈥淭he Giver鈥�) has left college to pursue surfing and follows him to California, where she meets a surf instructor (Luke Wilson).
Actors Mike White (鈥淓nlightened鈥�) and David Zayas (鈥淒exter鈥�) will also reportedly star in the film.
鈥淩ide,鈥� which Hunt will also produce and for which she wrote the script, is set to begin production early next week in Los Angeles.
The actress previously directed the 2007 movie 鈥淭hen She Found Me,鈥� which starred Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, and Matthew Broderick, as well as episodes of the TV shows 鈥淐alifornication鈥� and 鈥淩evenge.鈥� Hunt was also recently nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in the 2012 movie 鈥淭he Sessions.鈥�
Hunt appeared in the 1986 film 鈥淧eggy Sue Got Married鈥� and in the 1996 movie 鈥淭wister鈥� with Bill Paxton as well as the 1997 film 鈥淎s Good As It Gets鈥� with Jack Nicholson. Her NBC show 鈥淢ad About You,鈥� for which she directed several episodes as well as starring in the program, ran from 1992 to 1999.
