--- description: This will be the duo's third collaboration title: Selma Director, Star to Reunite for Hurricane Katrina Love Story image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24e42b1613ce6e29/69877c018e060110f6459f32/duvernayoyelowo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Selma_ Director, Star to Reunite for Hurricane Katrina Love Story by [Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2015 10:15 PM CUT  David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay visit The SiriusXM Studios For "Selma: An Urban View Special" on Jan. 6 in New York City. David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay visit The SiriusXM Studios For "Selma: An Urban View Special" on Jan. 6 in New York City.Robin Marchant—Getty Images by [Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 26, 2015 10:15 PM CUT _Selma_ director Ava DuVernay will write, produce, and direct a film about Hurricane Katrina, Participant Media announced today. David Oyelowo, who plays Martin Luther King, Jr. in her Best Picture nominee, is in talks to produce and star. According to the announcement, the film will be a “sweeping love story and complex murder mystery during the time of Hurricane Katrina.” “I’m thrilled to reunite with my Participant family on this project and fortunate to work again with the always exquisite David Oyelowo,” DuVernay explained in a statement. “The story we’re interested in will explore the complexities of intimate relationships within times of chaos, while also examining the chaos itself. I’m looking forward to the journey.” Oyelowo also starred in DuVernay’s feature _Middle of Nowhere_. _This_ [_article_](http://www.insidemovies.ew.com/2015/01/26/ava-duvernay-to-direct-hurricane-katrina-love-story-with-david-oyelowo-as-star/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3683328/selma-director-star-hurricane-katrina-love-story/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3683328/selma-director-star-hurricane-katrina-love-story/"},"headline":"Selma Director, Star to Reunite for Hurricane Katrina Love Story","datePublished":"2015-01-26T22:15:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:53:30.982Z","description":"This will be the duo's third collaboration","url":"https://time.com/3683328/selma-director-star-hurricane-katrina-love-story/","keywords":["movies","selma","ava duvernay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24e42b1613ce6e29/69877c018e060110f6459f32/duvernayoyelowo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24e42b1613ce6e29/69877c018e060110f6459f32/duvernayoyelowo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"David Oyelowo And Ava DuVernay Visit The SiriusXM Studios For \"Selma: An Urban View Special\"","caption":"David Oyelowo And Ava DuVernay Visit The SiriusXM Studios For \"Selma: An Urban View Special\"","creditText":"Robin Marchant—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3683328/selma-director-star-hurricane-katrina-love-story/","name":"Selma Director, Star to Reunite for Hurricane Katrina Love Story"}}]}] ```