The American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker - whose career spans for six decades - Barbara Streisand, will be on the director's chair for the flick "Catherine the Great," and the film's casting is already underway.

The movie "Catherine the Great," will be the fourth project of Barbra Streisand, following the 1983 romantic musical drama film - "Yentl," as well as the 1991's drama film - "The Prince of Tides," and the 1996's American drama film - "The Mirror Has Two Faces."

Gil Netter is producing Barbra Streisand's "Catherine the Great" film. Barbra Streisand (who became an icon in multiple fields of entertainment) will direct the movie from a Black List script by Kristina Lauren Anderson.

The film "Catherine the Great" is about the young Catherine, who was locked up in an extremely offensive and insulting marriage with the heir to the Russian throne. When Catherine's inept husband proved incapable of ruling, Catherine then utilized her intelligence, fortitude and passion to rise to power, and she became Catherine the Great.

Barbra Streisand in 1984, became the first female artist to win the Golden Globe's best director award for the motion picture "Yentl." Streisand was the first woman to direct, produce, write and star in a major studio film.

The credits of film producer Gil Netter include the 2012 American adventure drama film - "Life Of Pi," "The Blind Side" (2009's sports drama film) and 2011's American romantic drama film - "Water for Elephants."

Gil Netter's forthcoming projects includes "The Graveyard Book'' which will be helmed by Ron Howard, "The Shack" that stars the American actress and author Octavia Spencer and the American singer and actor - Tim McGraw, "The Glass Castle" for Lionsgate and "Just Mercy" with Broad Green Pictures.

In addition, Kristina Lauren Anderson was recently on board in Sony to co-write "The Black Count" with the American film director and writer - Cary Fukunaga. Kristina Lauren Anderson's other projects include the  adaptation of "Invisibility" of Warner Bros. and Denise Di Novi.