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Source: FREDERIC J. BROWN / Getty / Halle Bailey Halle Bailey continues to be booked and busy in Hollywood. Deadline reports that The Color Purple star and one-half of the music duo Chloe x Halle is joining the cast of the upcoming Universal coming-of-age film directed by director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and producer Pharrell Williams (Hidden Figures). According to the website, Bailey's role in the project remains a mystery and will be joining Kelvin Harrison Jr. and The Holdovers Oscar winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph. The film's subject, Deadline reports, will be a musical that takes place in 1977 Virginia and draws inspiration from Williams' childhood at Atlantis Apartments. Handling the script for the project will be Martin Hynes (Toy Story 4) and Steven Levenson (Tick, Tick…Boom!). Williams and Mimi Valdés are producing under the i am OTHER banner alongside Gil Netter for Gil Netter Productions. Halle Bailey Continues To Rack Up