Pharrell Williams will produce and write new music for Hidden Figures movie.
Taraji P. Henson is working hard in the streets of Atlanta for her new movie Hidden Figures and it looks like another major A-lister is going to be working with her in the next few days. According to reports, Pharrell Williams will produce and write music for Fox 2000’s Hidden Figures. From THR:
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He will act as a producer on Fox 2000’s Hidden Figures, and also will write and create original songs and will oversee all musical elements for the motion picture and soundtrack.
Hidden Figures centers around an unsung group of African American female math wizards who helped NASA win the space race. While it’s just rumors at the moment, Oprah Winfrey, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Empire’s Taraji P. Henson are expected to lead the cast in the upcoming feature film.
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“After my producing partner Mimi Valdés and I heard about this project, we basically begged the producers and studio to allow us to participate. This is an extraordinary story about black women with genius mathematical minds who contributed to American history,” Williams said Tuesday in a statement. “It takes place in Virginia, my home state, and at NASA, a place I’ve been obsessed with since childhood.”
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