
Actor, filmmaker, comedian and writer Louis C.K. is taking his talents back to the big screen. For the first time since 2001’s disastrous Pootie Tang, C.K. will direct a feature film. The stand-up comedy superstar will write, direct and star in the upcoming indie I’m a Cop about a law enforcement volunteer who becomes an actual police officer after the death of his “highly decorated retired officer” mother. C.K.’s career has come a long way since his last foray into big screen filmmaking nearly a decade and a half ago. Along with overseeing his acclaimed FX series Louis, he’s also a successful stand-up. In April, he admitted to The Hollywood Reporter that he learned a lot from his early experience with Hollywood movie-making: “I was dealing with people every day whose pressures I didn’t understand, and I wasn’t very nice about how I said no to them. I put myself in a position I didn’t have to be in. A lot of what makes this kind of stuff work is empathy” …