“Hidden Figures” is going from the big screen to the small screen. The story of the pioneering black women who worked for the Nasa space program during the Cold War was a sleeper hit at the box office and an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. Now it’s in development as a series on National Geographic, as reported by our sister site Variety. Will it win Emmys?
The 2016 film was based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly and starred Taraji P. Henson as mathematician Katherine Johnson, Octavia Spencer as supervisor Dorothy Vaughan, and Janelle Monae as engineer Mary Jackson. They were among the unsung women at Nasa who were crucial to American success in putting a man in orbit and then putting a man on the moon. The historical drama was an unexpected financial success, taking in $169 million domestically and $235 million worldwide against a $25 million budget. It also earned three Oscar nominations: Best Picture,...
The 2016 film was based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly and starred Taraji P. Henson as mathematician Katherine Johnson, Octavia Spencer as supervisor Dorothy Vaughan, and Janelle Monae as engineer Mary Jackson. They were among the unsung women at Nasa who were crucial to American success in putting a man in orbit and then putting a man on the moon. The historical drama was an unexpected financial success, taking in $169 million domestically and $235 million worldwide against a $25 million budget. It also earned three Oscar nominations: Best Picture,...
- 4/6/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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