Director Mike Barker made the switch from TV to movies in 1997 with the John Hannah/Jason Flemyng crime caper The James Gang. It proved a successful calling card for Hollywood, with sophisticated thriller Best Laid Plans - starring Reese Witherspoon - following two years later. Oliver Cromwell historical drama To Kill A King was overshadowed by financing problems, but Barker puts those troubles far behind him in A Good Woman, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windemere's Fan. Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson star in the comedy-drama, which is updated to 1930s Italy.

WATCH: Mike Barker on adapting Wilde's play for the big screen

WATCH: Mike on setting the film in Italy, and working with an Italian crew

WATCH: Mike on working with Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson

WATCH: Mike on updating the original, and the attraction of period movies