Singer-rapper Pharrell Williams will produce and contribute music to the upcoming drama "Hidden Figures".
The film, starring Taraji P Henson, Janelle Monae, Octavia Spencer, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner, revolves around African-American women at NASA, who participated in the "Space Race" in the '60s," reported Entertainment Weekly.
After my producing partner Mimi Valdes and I heard about this project, we basically begged the producers and studio to allow us to participate.
"This is an extraordinary story about black women with genius mathematical minds who contributed to American history. It takes place in Virginia, my home state, and at NASA, a place I've been obsessed with since childhood," Williams said in a statement.
Williams joins a production team that already includes Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and director Ted Melfi.
