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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 […]
Because Hollywood refuses to leave classics alone, The Bodyguard remake is up next, almost three decades after its release. Tony-nominated The Inheritance playwright Matthew López is attached to pen the remake for Warner Bros. READ: Jada Pinkett Smith to Executive Produce Netflix Docu-Series About African Queens The 1992 blockbuster told the love story of R&B […]
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 […]
The estate of Whitney Houston has approved a biopic that will make Houston’s life the subject of another biopic. According to Deadline, Stella Meghie to direct Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Clive Davis is producing the project along with Anthony McCarten. The biopic came together after Davis approached screenwriter and producer McCarten […]