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PROUD MARY: Catch The Latest Promo For Taraji P. Henson’s New Action Thriller

“[Studios] never expect [black films] to do well overseas,” she says. “Meanwhile, you go overseas and what do you see? People trying to look like African-Americans with Afros and dressing in hip-hop fashions. To say that black culture doesn’t sell well overseas, that’s a lie. Somebody just doesn’t want to do their job and promote the film overseas. Do you not have people streaming my Christmas specials in Australia? Come on, y’all! I don’t understand the thinking. Send me over there, and if it fails, then we don’t do it again, but why not try? If I knew this movie was gonna make money domestically, I would try to get more money overseas. It’s business!”

PROUD MARY Keeps On Burnin’ In The First Official Trailer!

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January 12, 2018 is the date to slate for Sony and Screen Gems’s forthcoming action thriller, Proud Mary. The first official trailer arrived on Thursday after wrapping a few months ago with London Has Fallen helmer Babak Najafi back in the director’s with actress Taraji P. Henson in the title role.

John Stuart Newman (Dirty Work) and Christian Swegal (Stasis) wrote the screenplay which has Henson starring as the fierce and beautiful Mary – a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets Danny, young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad. Said young boy is played by Jahi Di’Allo Winston who joins Henson along with actor Danny Glover in the role of Mary’s ruthless father figure joined by Margaret Avery as his wife and actor Billy Brown who plays their son, Tom.

Rounding out the are Neal McDonough who plays a well-manicured killer and Xander Berkeley who plays the sadistic drug-dealing villain. Best of all next to some terrific looking action sampled in the trailer is the lensing from John Wick: Chapter Two DoP, Dan Laustsen, which says all you need to know about how great the action sequences are going to look.

Watch the new trailer below!

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Taraji P. Henson Leads Babak Najafi’s New Action Thriller, PROUD MARY, Now Filming

Lee B. Golden III

Golden Globe winning actress Taraji P. Henson (TV series Empire, Hidden Figures, Curious Case of Benjamin Button) is ready to increase the bodycount following her addition to the new action thriller, Proud Mary, back in January. Screen Gems has officially announced the film with cameras rolling on Thursday seating London Has Fallen helmer Babak Najafi in the director’s chair, and filming locations slated for Boston and surrounding Massachusetts cities through May.

John Stuart Newman (Dirty Work) and Christian Swegal (Stasis) provided the screenplay which has Henson adding an indelible portrayal as the fierce and beautiful Mary – a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad. Further casting by Nancy Nayor enlists Jahi Di’Allo Winston (Feed The Beast) as Danny, a streetwise kid unaware of what prompts Mary to come to his aid, while actor Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) will plays Mary’s fatherly but brutally unforgiving boss, Benny whose son, hitman and Mary’s former romantic partner, Tom, will be played by Billy Brown.

Also starring are Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger) whose role is described as a well-manicured killer primed to be sacrificed to maintain peace. Actress Margaret Avery (The Color Purple) is set to star as Benny’s wise and refined wife while Xander Berkeley (The Mentalist) will oversee the role of the drug-dealing sadist Mary eradicates, provoking an all-out turf war.

Producing are Paul Schiff and Tai Duncan with Taraji P. Henson and Glenn S. Gainor executive producing and Andrea Ajemian is co-producing. John Wick: Chapter Two director of photography Dan Laustsen will lens the pic with Carl Sprague (Infinitely Polar Bear) serving as production designer. Evan Schiff (Southside With You) will edit the film with costume design by Deborah Newhall (Cadaver).

Proud Mary will release nationwide in January 2018.