Felix van Groeningen has signed a contract to direct the American film "Beautiful Boy". The filmmaker was nominated for the Oscar for best foreign-language film last year. The American film producers New Regency and Plan B have now asked Van Groeningen to direct the film "Beautiful Boy". "I hope to show the film next year," said Van Groeningen on Studio Brussels. Van Groeningen will shoot the film for the film production companies New Regency and Plan B.