Cuba Gooding Jr. sets second feature as director Cuba Gooding Jr. will helm his second directorial feature with Wudi Pictures lining up the financing, as reported by Variety. Gooding worked with the Chinese studio for his debut as a director, Bayou Caviar, which came out earlier this year. The as-yet-untitled picture will star Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, The Goodbye Girl) and Famke Janssen (The Blacklist, X-Men). “The film is a modern-day thriller about a family man who, after experiencing a life-altering event, must find the courage to pick up the pieces of the rest of his life.