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Mahershala Ali twice won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress – once for Moonlight (2017) and the most recent this year for Green Book.
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Last Updated: 28th February 2019, 3: 16:00 IST
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Writers Scott Beck and A Quiet Place Bryan Woods will write the script for the film produced by Entertainment One and Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps Entertainment, reports variety.com.
On casting, Ali recently won the Oscar for Best Support Actor for his role as Don Shirley in Green Book Nick Mey The President of the movie eOne told IANS: "We love this project for a long time and patiently wait to find the good lead actor, which we have undoubtedly found in the incredible talented Mahershala Ali. "
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The 45-year-old actor won his Oscars Oscar for the second time after winning the same category award in 2017 for his role as Juan in Moonlight by Barry Jenkins.
This victory makes him the first actor in 24 years to receive several acting Oscars in two years or less, whatever their category. Tom Hanks has won two consecutive best-actor awards for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994).
Ali, favorite of the awards season, had also won the Best Actor Award in a film, Golden Globe, the SAG Award and the Critics' Choice Award for his role in Green Book .
The actor's career, which spans nearly two decades, was promoted in 2016 by an Emmy nomination for his performance in the fourth season of House of Cards in the role of Remy Denton. This was followed by a successful series of Netflix's Luke Cage an Oscar win for Moonlight and a critically acclaimed performance in Hidden Figures .
Ali is currently starring in HBO True Detective .
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