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Howard to play Nelson Mandela in 'Winnie'
By Adnan Tezer May 6, 2010, 21:41 GMT
Terrence Howard - "The Princess And The Frog" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals - Disney Studios - Burbank, CA. USA © Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos
Terrence Howard will play Nelson Mandela in "Winnie," the drama about the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela.
According to Variety, Jennifer Hudson has been cast as Winnie Mandela.
South African director Darrell James Roodt ("Yesterday," "Cry, The Beloved Country") will direct.
Andre Pieterse of Ma-Afrika Films and Michael Mosca of Canada's Equinoxe Films are producing.
Pieterse and Roodt wrote the screenplay, which is based on the book "Winnie Mandela: A Life" by Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob.
Principal photography begins May 31 in the South African locations of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Transkei and Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison.
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