Filmmaker Mira Nair will be directing Hilary Swank as pilot Amelia Earhart in a biopic written by Ron Bass. Production starts in April, and Swank will be an executive producer. She’ll also be appearing in Birds of America this year, and is currently in 2007’s P.S. I Love You.

Nair is directing New York, I Love You (2008) – which she also wrote – and Shantaram (2009). She’s producing Little Zizou and Gangsta M.D., both for 2008.