John Legend cast as Harry Belafonte in Bill Condon's 'The Road Home,' now shooting in South Africa

John Legend will play Harry Belafonte in "The Road Home," a Bill Condon-directed drama about the political firestorm around Paul Simon's 1986 album "Graceland" and the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The film is shooting in South Africa. Cast includes Johnny Flynn as Simon, Cynthia Erivo as Miriam Makeba and Thabo Rametsi as Hugh Masekela. STUDIOCANAL backs it.