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Halle Berry Expands Slate with The President Is Missing and Bad Cop, Bad Cop

Halle Berry and Holly Jeter’s HalleHolly expands with adaptations and originals including a gender-swapped 'The President Is Missing' and menopause-themed comedy, with multiple projects in development.

  • Halle Berry and Holly Jeter's HalleHolly has assembled a film and TV slate including The President Is Missing, set up at Apple Original Films last year with Berry cast as President Joanna Duncan in a gender swap.
  • Founded to spotlight complex characters, HalleHolly was launched to produce film and television that highlight representation, with Jeter leaving WME to team with Berry and partner with Maximum Effort and Vertigo.
  • Fleur, written and directed by Ellie Foumbi, begins production in Paris on March 16 with AGC Studios financing, while Sunburn, Family Swap and Bad Cop, Bad Cop are slated to be taken to the marketplace shortly.
  • Industry competition remains fierce, as a 2018 short story sale drew 36 bidders, while the Clinton and Patterson novel driving The President Is Missing boosts commercial appeal with over 475 million books sold.
  • HalleHolly aims to advance representation and candid storytelling by emphasizing complex characters, and Berry's menopause advocacy through Respin Health is reflected in projects like Zero F***s.
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"Hi, Mrs. President!" Halle Berry becomes the most powerful woman in the world on screen. In "The President Is Missing" the Oscar winner plays the President of the United States, who flees from the White House and from her own Secret Service to protect her country from a deadly terror threat. The thriller is based on the novel of the same name by a real president – Bill Clinton – who wrote it together with the star author James Patterson. Both a…

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Halle Berry Is About To Be President — On Screen, Of Course

Source: Taylor Hill / Getty Just call her “Madame President.” Halle Berry is taking over the Oval Office (well, kind of). The Oscar-winning star is set to headline a new film adaptation of The President Is Missing, the political thriller co-written by former President Bill Clinton and James Patterson. Halle will play President Joanna Duncan in a storyline filled with action, suspense, and a major cyberterrorist threat. Halle Berry’s New Role Ta…

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Just Jared broke the news in on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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