{"id":409832,"date":"2026-01-16T00:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409832\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:53:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:53:17","slug":"wnba-star-angel-mccoughtry-lines-up-movie-directorial-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409832\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Angel McCoughtry Lines Up Movie Directorial Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Decorated former WNBA star Angel McCoughtry<\/a> is lining up her feature directorial debut, a thriller called Apt 6B.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time All Star, who played most her career with the Atlanta Dream, is making a push into film and TV under her banner, McCoughtry Entertainment.<\/p>\n

\n\tMcCoughtry Entertainment is said to be actively building its development slate and is currently in pre-production on thriller\u00a0Apt 6B, which is scheduled to begin production this March. McCoughtry will direct and executive-produce the project, with casting currently underway.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie will follow Lady Blue, a decorated police officer hiding a devastating secret, who awakens to find herself trapped inside her deserted apartment tower. The only other soul she encounters is\u00a0Billy,\u00a0a guarded teenage boy who appears just as lost\u2014and just as frightened\u2014as she is. As they search for a way out, a shadowy, violent presence begins to stalk them.<\/p>\n

\n\tHer first film as writer-director, a short called Bygones, is due to premiere on Prime Video on February 1 after the initial release date was pushed from last fall. <\/p>\n

\n\tBygones follows\u00a0Charissa, a young basketball player struggling to regain her confidence, and\u00a0JJ, a former coach with a complicated past who unexpectedly becomes her mentor. As their bond deepens, a painful secret from JJ\u2019s history emerges\u2014one directly tied to Charissa\u2019s own family\u2014forcing both characters to confront questions of forgiveness, accountability, and whether healing is truly possible.<\/p>\n

\n\tMcCoughtry Entertainment, we\u2019re told, will aim to create \u201cbold, culturally resonant film, TV, and documentary content that amplifies underrepresented voices and sparks meaningful change\u201d. The label will have a \u201cfocus on authentic, culture-shifting narratives across scripted, unscripted, and digital platforms, and will center stories rooted in identity, resilience, reinvention, and truth\u2014bridging sports, culture, and lived experience while celebrating voices often left out of mainstream storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cStorytelling has always been another form of competition for me,\u201d said McCoughtry. \u201cIt\u2019s about honesty, impact, and pushing conversations forward. McCoughtry Entertainment is a space where stories can heal, challenge, and inspire\u2014just like the game did for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMcCoughtry also runs McCoughtry\u2019s Mission, a foundation focused on youth and community empowerment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Decorated former WNBA star Angel McCoughtry is lining up her feature directorial debut, a thriller called Apt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[96171,99,434],"class_list":{"0":"post-409832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-angel-mccoughtry","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}