Naomi Ackie hits the high notes as Whitney Houston in the first trailer for 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody,' a dramatized biopic about the life of the late singer.
, Clarke Peters as John Houston, Whitney’s father, and Tamara Tunie as Cissy Houston, Whitney’s mother. The film was directed by Kasi Lemmons and written by Anthony McCarten.
An official synopsis has not been released, however a tagline notes, “The greatest voice of our time has an even greater story.” Sony will releaseAlthough the trailer marks a first look at Ackie in the role, the film was first announced back in 2020. The biopic is authorized by the Whitney Houston estate, which is acting as a producer on the film alongside Clive Davis, Houston’s longtime mentor and label boss.
“From all my personal and professional experience with Whitney from her late teenage years to her tragic premature death, I know the full Whitney Houston story has not yet been told,” Davis said in a statement. “I am so glad that Anthony McCarten has committed to a no-holds-barred, musically rich screenplay that finally reveals the whole Whitney whose vocal genius deeply affected the world while she fiercely battled the demons that were to be her undoing.
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