One of Hollywood’s brightest stars, Janelle Monae, is set to join the latest biopic. Monae will join Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander in the Gloria Steinem biopic The Glorias: A Life on the Road.
Vikander will star as Steinem at various points in her career as a journalist and activist crusading for women’s rights. Monae will be playing Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the women’s and civil rights activist that co-founded Ms. Magazine with Steinem.
Julie Taymor is set to direct the film.