Taraji P. Henson to Star in Mel Gibson Comedy Remake What Men Want

What Men Want

Empirestar Taraji P. Henson is set to headlineWhat Men Want , a sex - flipped remaking of the 2000 Mel Gibson comedyWhat Women require . While sex - flipped remakes of Hellenic properties have become more and more common as of late , it ’s unlikely that most would have seen this special one come . After all , What Women Wantisn’t exactly one of Gibson ’s best - retrieve films , and critic at the time were n’t very genial to it overall . However , the film did do well financially , hauling in near $ 400 million worldwide on a budget of $ 70 million .

aim by Nancy Meyers ( Something ’s get ta Give ) , the originalWhat Women Wantstarred Gibson as Nick Marshall , a womanizing alpha male person ad executive director in Chicago absolutely overflow with confidence in his abilities both professionally and romantically . After accidentally electrocuting himself , Nick ’s world is change , as he can now of a sudden hear the thoughts of any woman . He ab initio uses this gift to his personal advantage , but eventually falls for co - actor Darcy McGuire ( Helen Hunt ) , and learns to be a better individual . Fairly standard stuff for a wild-eyed clowning - exterior of the antic central conceit - but Gibson and Hunt do their good with what they ’re give .

Now , Deadlinereports that Paramount Players is fast tracking the aforesaid grammatical gender - flipped remake , simply titledWhat Men Want . Where Gibson played an ad White House , Taraji P. Henson is set to fiddle a sports factor who is having trouble getting ahead in such a male person - dominated world . Once she ’s acquired the ability to see the cerebration of men , she use it to try and level the playing field , and sign the next gravid NBA superstar . What Men Wantis target a January 11 , 2019 theatrical departure date .

This actually is n’t the first timeWhat Men Wantlooked like it might be made . Back in 2009 , rumors spread that the motion-picture show was in the work , and would purportedly star Cameron Diaz . If those rumor were on-key , nothing ever come of them , and no further detail on the potential labor were released .

While she ’s been acting in Hollywood since the XC , Taraji P. Henson has seen her visibility within the industry explode in the last few long time , mostly thanks to the hit FOX dramaEmpire . She also spiel Detective Joss Carter on CBS’Person of Interest , and was name for multiple awards for her work in the applaud filmHidden Figures . She’ll next be seen on the magnanimous blind inProud Mary , an action - thriller that serve as a throwback to the classical Blaxploitation era .