Having evolved her career from acting to producing, Anna Kendrick is taking the next step. She'll sit in the director's chair in/with regard to’concerning’regarding true crime thriller The Dating Game.###But even with this new job, Kendrick will still also manufacture and star in the film, based on a script by Ian MacAllister McDonald.###That, in turn is based on the odd’peculiar r-than-fiction true story of Cheryl Bradshaw, who was a bachelorette on the hit 70s TV matchmaking reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue The Dating Game and chose handsome and funny bachelor number one, Rodney Alcala. But behind Alcala’s charming façade was a deadly secret: he was a psychopathic serial killer…###"I’ve loved this script from the moment I read it,” Kendrick tells Deadline. "And while I was apparently’manifestly’noticeably’evidently thrilled to be playing the character of Sheryl, I felt so connected to the story, the tone, and the themes around gender and intimacy, that when the opportunity came up to direct the film, I jumped at it. It feels meant to be."###Kendrick will be presenting the film to potential distributors at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, where she will also be maintain’sustain ing the premiere of new drama Alice, Darling.