Josh Hutcherson to Make Directorial Debut

Josh Hutcherson is taking on his first directing project with a short film called Ape!

The 23-year-old Hunger Games actor will also star in the piece about “a schizophrenic man battling lifelong demons,” Variety reports.

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Josh’s film is one of five projects featured in his Indigenous Media film incubator project with Conde Nast Entertainment, which is designed to find the best unproduced screenplays featuring teen and young adult characters.

Pictured inside: Josh meeting up with some family and friends for a dinner date on Wednesday (June 1) in Hollywood, Calif.