Washington: After scripting history at the 71st Primetime Emmys, Billy Porter is being eyed for a role in Camila Cabello starrer Disney film Cinderella.
Porter recently bagged an outstanding lead actor Emmy for his role on the FX series Pose and now he is in negotiations to likely play the fairy godmother in the film.
Cabello came on to the project in April with Blockers director Kay Cannon attached to helm and pen the script. Cabello will be involved in the music for the project, which grew out of an original idea from James Corden.
The film will be produced by Corden and Leo Pearlman through their Fulwell73 banner.
The new Cinderella will be a music-oriented version of the traditional tale of the orphaned girl with an evil stepmother. Disney’s 1950 animated drama has received two live-action remakes: 1997’s iteration starring Brandy and Whitney Houston and Kenneth Branagh’s 2015 version with Lily James. The latter grossed 54.3 crores worldwide.
James Corden along with Leo Pearlman are bankrolling the feature.
Meanwhile, Porter has earned acclaim for his performance as Pray Tell on Ryan Murphy's Pose.
Some of his upcoming projects include the third season of Pose with which he is also set to make a TV directorial debut. However, it is unclear which episode Porter will be helming or when the episode will head into production.
Paramount comedy Like a Boss is also one of Porter's upcoming outings.
From ANI inputs.