Indeed he is, according to this in The Hollywood Reporter:Terrence Howard ("Iron Man") is to portray Nelson Mandela in the Jennifer Hudson-starring feature "Winnie," based on the story of Winnie Mandela, Nelson Mandela's former wife.
Darrell Roodt is directing the $15 million historical drama, a South Africa-Canada co-production set to start production May 31 in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was held prisoner for 18 years.
Also Friday, Canadian distributor D Films said it acquired the Canadian rights to "Winnie," a co-production of Canadian producer Equinoxe Films and South African partner MaAfrika Films.
Toronto-based D Films recently picked up a second Equinoxe title, the $6.4 million film "A Million Colors," another Canada-South African production directed and co-written by Montreal-born and New York City-based Peter Bishai.
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Seems like a potentially interesting film.
ReplyDeleteTo me personally, it screams Oscar bait, just because Jennifer Hudson apparently wants to win a second Oscar (even though she didn't even deserve to be nominated for her first one)...
ReplyDeleteWe'll see...
ReplyDeleteAgreed though about Hudson.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in South Africa, and I actually know the kind of woman Winnie is---or at least I'm familiar with the behavior she exhibited....
ReplyDeleteanyway, she is a very temperamental woman, so in a way you can argue that Hudson was type cast.
That alone, allows me to have faith in this.
Good to know.
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