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Rihanna Documentary In The Works From Peter Berg

Peter Berg, the director of Lone Survivor and Friday Night Lights, announced on Tuesday (March 10) that he is launching a new production company for non-scripted and branded entertainment called Film 45.

Among his first projects, Deadline reports, is "a theatrical feature documentary about music superstar Rihanna, which Berg will direct."

Related: This Rihanna Superfan Covered Her Whole Body in Rihanna Tattoos

The film's style is reported to be akin to the 1967 Bob Dylan documentary Don't Look Back, and to depict Rihanna's rise to fame.

Berg says the film will be "much more a character study than a music film."

Berg and Rihanna first worked together professionally on the film Battleship, which he directed and in which she starred.

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