Ava DuVernay and Lupita Nyong’o may team for the Amblin sci-fi feature Intelligent Life Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) may be gearing up to team with Selma director Ava DuVernay. The Hollywood Reporter today brings word that both are in talks to join the Amblin Entertainment science fiction feature Intelligent Life. First announced last year, Intelligent Life boasts a screenplay by the Jurassic World pair of Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly. Intelligent Life has roots in an earlier project, The Ambassador.