Months after the announcement of a Whitney Houston biopic, The Hollywood Reporter received two important pieces of news about it: The film is confirmed to be titled ‘I want to dance with someone’ and being Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”) who plays the legendary singer.
This biopic will return to the hands of Stella Meghie, director to date of films such as “Love is everything, everything” (2017) and “Photography” (2018). Another key member of the team will be novelist, journalist and screenwriter Anthony McCarten, who specializes in adapting true stories such as “The Theory of Everything”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “The Darkest Moment” and “The Two. Popes ”, all movies. with a multitude of Academy Award nominations and awards behind them.
As Meghie told THR, “We’ve spent most of the last year looking for an actress who can play Whitney Houston. Naomi Ackie wowed us every step of the way. I was touched by his ability to capture the scenic presence of a cone. global while bringing humanity into its inner life. “
Despite her enormous success as the most awarded female artist of all time with two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, thirty Billboard Music Awards and twenty-two American Music Awards, life in Houston has also seen its tough and sad times. . led to her death in February 2012. With over 170 million albums sold and some big screen success like “The Bodyguard” (1992), the singer was inducted earlier this year into the Rock Hall of Fame. & Roller.
McCarten, Pat Houston and music producer Clive Davis (Houston’s mentor and close friend) will produce this film which they previously told Deadline “will be a joyful, moving and heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of the most great singer. An all-time R&B pop singer who follows his journey from obscurity to musical stardom. A heartfelt account of the price fame demands in finding the perfect singer-fan marriage and, at the same time, the heartwarming story of a single Jersey girl trying to find her way home. “
If nothing changes, the film will open in the United States on November 23, 2022.
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