“That phone call was one of the most exciting things, for me, in my career, at this point – and I've had a lot of neat stuff happen,” said Danny Strong of hearing his feature directorial debut got into the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. As the co-creator of Fox's blockbuster Empire, Strong now will see his Rebel In The Eye premiere at the Park City fest on January 24. Based on the Kenneth Slawenski biography J.D.