In a surprise announcement, Taraji P. Henson has revealed that she will be producing and starring in a film based on the murder of Emmett Till. The project will be helmed by celebrated director John Singleton.
Henson made the announcement in an interview with GlobalGrind, saying, “We don’t have a start date yet, but the deal definitely has been done. That’s one [film] that I’ve been passionate about since Trayvon Martin was murdered.”
Henson will portray Till’s mother, the late Mamie Till-Mobley, in the tentatively titled The Emmett Till Story. The collaboration between Henson and Singleton has been in the developmental rumor mill for some time. The project was first mentioned in a February 2017 Vanity Fair round-up of other Till-centric projects in the works.
With the huge success Henson has had over the past few years , the announcement of this project should stoke public interest as audiences prepare to see Henson’s latest project, Proud Mary.