Its the female rom-com reboot we never knew we needed.
But What Men Want has turned the original 2000 film about understanding the opposite sex on its head, allowing one woman to get inside the minds of men.
Taraji P. Henson is granted that Access All Areas pass in the first trailer for the 2019 release – and they couldnt have picked a better woman for the job.
Overshadowing a strong male cast – including Tracy Morgan, New Girls Max Greenfield and Ariana Grandes fiance Pete Davidson – the Empire actress gets the gift after visiting a psychic who makes her drink special tea.
Having been told to stay in her lane in her career as a sports agent because she doesnt get along well with men, the boys club culture suddenly seems a lot more simple to navigate.
Its been 18 years since Mel Gibson used his sudden, unfettered access to womens inner thoughts to get ahead in his advertising agency, bond with his daughter and land the leading lady in What Women Want.
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This time, in a twist of fate, Ali will play on mens unfiltered inner monologue to break the glass ceiling and prove this isnt a mans world, after all.
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Taraji is best known for her role in Empire, in which she asserted her dominance over her on-off relationship and her three sons.
She won a Golden Globe for the drama in 2016 and went on to star in SAG-winning film Hidden Figures, about three influential African-American women working at NASA.
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