{"id":75035,"date":"2016-03-16T01:59:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T01:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/03\/16\/mahershala-ali-to-play-taraji-p-hensons-love-interest-in-hidden-figures\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:30:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:30:37","slug":"mahershala-ali-to-play-taraji-p-hensons-love-interest-in-hidden-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/mahershala-ali-to-play-taraji-p-hensons-love-interest-in-hidden-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahershala Ali To Play Taraji P. Henson&#8217;s Love Interest In &#8216;Hidden Figures&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mahershala Ali To Play Taraji P. Henson&#8217;s Love Interest In &#8216;Hidden Figures&#8217;<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>March 16, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/03\/hidden-figures-movie-mahershala-ali-glen-powell-cast-1201720799\/\">Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mahershala-Ali-Glen-Powell.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80715\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-80715\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 224'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Mahershala-Ali-Glen-Powell-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Mahershala Ali Glen Powell\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/03\/hidden-figures-movie-mahershala-ali-glen-powell-cast-1201720799\/\">Deadline<\/a>, House of Cards&#8217; <strong>Mahershala Ali<\/strong> and <strong>Glen Powell<\/strong> have been added to the\u00a0Fox 2000 mathematician film \u201cHidden Figures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The duo join Henson,\u00a0<strong>Octavia Spencer<\/strong>,\u00a0singer<strong> Janelle Mon\u00e1e, Kevin Costner<\/strong>, and <strong>Kirsten Durst<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ted Melfi<\/strong> will direct the film as well as a producer along with Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping through Chernin Entertainment; and Donna Gigliotti of Levantine Films.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Taraji-P.-Henson-Octavia-Spencer-and-Janelle-Mon\u00e1e.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80716\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-80716\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 123'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Taraji-P.-Henson-Octavia-Spencer-and-Janelle-Mon\u00e1e-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Mon\u00e1e\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Based on Margot Lee Shetterly book \u201c<strong>Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race<\/strong>,\u201d the film will focus on centers on Katherine Johnson (Henson), a brilliant African-American mathematician who, along with her colleagues Mary Jackson (Janelle Mon\u00e1e) and\u00a0Dorothy Vaughan (Spencer), served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history \u2014 the momentous launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, and his safe return. The three women crossed all gender, race and professional lines while embarking on the mission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hidden-Figures-The-Story-of-the-African-American-Women-Who-Helped-Win-the-Space-Race.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80717\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-80717\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 211 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Hidden-Figures-The-Story-of-the-African-American-Women-Who-Helped-Win-the-Space-Race-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden Figures- The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Powell will play astronaut John Glenn, who\u00a0was on the Friendship 7 mission in 1962 and became the first American to orbit the Earth. He\u00a0recently wrapped production on <strong>Fernando Coimbra\u2019s Sand Castle<\/strong> and can next be seen in Richard Linklater\u2019s Dazed And Confused follow-up which <strong>Everybody Wants Some!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ali, who is currently reprising his role as lobbyist Remy Danton on the fourth season of Netflix&#8217;s <strong>House of Cards<\/strong>, is slated to play the love interest of Henson. The Oakland, CA is also on stage in New York in the Off-Broadway production of <strong>Smart People<\/strong>, opposite Creed&#8217;s <strong>Tessa Thompson<\/strong> and The Affair&#8217;s <strong>Joshua Jackson<\/strong>. He will be seen in Gary Ross&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Free State Of Jones<\/strong> for STX, followed by a regular role on <strong>Marvel&#8217;s Luke Cag<\/strong>e for Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHidden Figures&#8221; is set to hit theaters on January 13, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahershala Ali To Play Taraji P. Henson&#8217;s Love Interest In &#8216;Hidden Figures&#8217;Posted by Wilson Morales March 16, 2016 Source: Deadline According to Deadline, House of Cards&#8217; Mahershala Ali and Glen Powell have been added to the\u00a0Fox 2000 mathematician film \u201cHidden Figures.\u201d The duo join Henson,\u00a0Octavia Spencer,\u00a0singer Janelle Mon\u00e1e, Kevin Costner, and Kirsten Durst. 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