Ricci to Direct, Star in Speed Queen

August 20 -- Indie princess Christina Ricci will make her directorial debut with Speed Queen, a dark comedy in which she will also star, according to The Hollywood Reporter

Queen is about a fast-food clerk who goes on a lethal road trip with a man and woman and then tells her story to a best-selling author while on death row, notes the Reporter. Yep, that sounds dark enough for the sour-pussed star of The Addams Family, Sleepy Hollow, and The Ice Storm.

Financing for the film is still being finalized.

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Ricci has already moved from mere actress to actress-producer with the upcoming films Prozac Nation and Pumpkin. The 21-year-old actress is also developing the action film Adrenaline as a starring vehicle for herself.

Her recent acting credits include the supernatural dud Bless the Child and the art-house flick The Man Who Cried.