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Nafessa Williams joins the cast of the Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody for Sony and its TriStar division. She will replace Moses Ingram as Houston’s longtime assistant Robyn Crawford. Crawford later became Houston’s creative director while also remaining one of her closest friends. Ingram recently parted ways with the role. She joins […]
Ashton Sanders joins the cast of the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody for Sony and its TriStar division. Sanders will play Bobby Brown. He joins previously cast Moses Ingram and Naomi Ackie. Ackie will play Whitney Houston and Ingram is cast as Houston’s longtime assistant Robyn Crawford. Crawford later became Houston’s creative […]
Moses Ingram (Queen’s Gambit) joins Naomi Ackie in the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody from Sony and its TriStar division. Ingram is cast as Houston’s longtime assistant Robyn Crawford opposite Ackie’s Whitney Houston. Crawford later became Houston’s creative director while also remaining one of her closest friends. The project is being made […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker actress Naomi Ackie to portray Whitney Houston in the biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody from Sony and its TriStar division. The project is being made with the blessing of the Houston estate. That means that the estate has signed off on the screenplay, which grants the film to […]