First Look at FKA Twigs as Josephine Baker
StudioCanal and Bien ou Bien Productions have released the first official image of FKA Twigs as Josephine Baker, the American-born dancer and singer who became a star in Paris. The Hollywood Reporter reported the image on 11 November 2026.
The picture shows the singer posing on top of a dining table in a pink dress covered in beads and fringe. Her hair is cut close to the head in the short, shaped waves that Baker was known for.
The film is written by Maïmouna Doucouré with Olivier Lorelle. It will follow Baker's rise to stardom in 1920s Paris, then her work with the French Resistance and with the American civil rights movement. FKA Twigs was first announced for the role in May.
Baker's sons, Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker and Brian Bouillon Baker, support the project, according to the same report.
StudioCanal and Bien ou Bien Productions are producing the film. CPB Films, Leyland Films and Dingie are listed as associated producers, which means they support the production without leading it.
On the business side, StudioCanal is handling worldwide sales at the American Film Market, the industry's deal-making event for buyers and sellers. Worldwide sales means selling the film to cinemas and broadcasters in each country. StudioCanal will also put the film into cinemas itself in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, the Benelux countries, Poland, Australia and New Zealand.
Those cinema releases are a theatrical release, the run of a film on big screens before it reaches home viewing. Each country's date is a separate decision, so audiences in different places may see the film at different times.
Deals struck at markets like this one often decide which countries see a film, and in what order. For the biopic, the first pictures are now public, and the next steps will be the release dates and any further sales announcements.
