Janelle Monáe to Play Con Artist in Film Adaptation of Tanya Smith’s ‘Never Saw Me Coming’
Janelle Monáe will star as a calculated con artist in an upcoming Universal Pictures film, Variety reports. The untitled thriller pulls from the true story of Tanya Smith, the underestimated con artist who pulled off a $40 million scam. The film will be adapted from Smith’s memoir, Never Saw Me Coming, and Universal Pictures landed the film rights to adapt the book with Monáe’s production company Wondaland Pictures producing. Smith will also executive produce. In the thriller, Monáe’s Smith orchestrates heists, accumulates millions, and evades law enforcement.
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- 2/20/2025
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
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