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Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a> is all in on making a Hollywood movie following her Eras tour, but she\u2019s got some drama to deal with as both Reese Witherspoon<\/strong><\/a> and Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a> are pitching hard to be her producer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is not a drill: Taylor is gearing up to make her Hollywood directorial debut and the plan is for it to happen later this year. She is writing the script but officially, there is no real producer on the movie yet,\u201d an insider familiar with the situation exclusively tells Life & Style<\/em>. \u201cBlake Lively and Reese Witherspoon both want this job and both of them have deep ties to Taylor. It\u2019s going to come down to who Taylor thinks can make her dreams of becoming a Hollywood auteur come true more fully.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n As Swifties know, Taylor, 34, has been best friends with the <\/span>Gossip Girl <\/span><\/i>alum, 36, for years and has even included the names and voices of Blake and husband Ryan Reynolds<\/strong>\u2019 daughters in her songs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTaylor is close personally to Blake but Blake is still working to find her voice as a producer,\u201d the sources adds, following the success of her latest film <\/span>It Ends With Us<\/span><\/i>. \u201cMeanwhile, Reese is far more experienced at producing movies and even scored a win for Taylor with their unexpectedly successful collab on <\/span>Where The Crawdads Sing<\/span><\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The insider continues, \u201cThis is all still an unresolved question but Taylor needs a Hollywood partner and she\u2019s only interested in somebody ready to really go the distance with her \u2014 cowards need not apply!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n While the as of yet untitled film project would be the \u201cI Can Do It With a Broken Heart\u201d singer\u2019s feature length directorial debut, she has years of experience under her belt when it comes to directing her music video shoots.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor learned the ropes by shadowing and codirecting videos for songs such as \u201cMine\u201d and \u201cMe!\u201d alongside Roman White, Dave Meyers and Drew Kirsch. In 2020, the Pennsylvania native took a stab at directing solo for the single \u201cThe Man\u201d off her <\/span>Lover <\/span><\/i>album.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was a vulnerable moment where you\u2019re sort of on the precipice of finding something new and you\u2019re just really hoping you do everything perfectly,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cIt is also important to remind yourself you shouldn\u2019t do everything perfectly because you need to learn and grow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In the years since, Taylor has directed videos for \u201cCardigan,\u201d \u201cWillow,\u201d \u201cAnti-Hero,\u201d \u201cBejeweled,\u201d and, of course, \u201cAll Too Well: The Short Film,\u201d which accompanied the 10-minute version of \u201cAll Too Well\u201d off her rereleased album <\/span>Red.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d like to keep taking baby steps forward and I\u2019m at a place now where the next baby step is not a baby step,\u201d Taylor said at the Toronto International Film Festival<\/a> in September 2022 when asked what\u2019s next for the global superstar. \u201cIt would be committing to making a film and I feel like I would absolutely love for the right opportunity to arise, because I absolutely adore telling stories this way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n