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  • Ashton Sanders to star as Bobby Brown in Whitney Houston biopic 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actor Ashton Sanders is set to play singer Bobby Brown, husband of Whitney Houston, in the biopic on the music icon.

    According to Deadline, Naomi Ackie has been cast in the role of Houston in the film titled “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”.

    Kasi Lemmons is directing the feature from a screenplay written by Anthony McCarten.

    The makers are touting the film to be an “emotional, energetic journey through Houston’s career and music.”

    The film is being produced by McCarten’s Muse of Fire Productions, Houston Estate, Grammy-winning music producer Clive Davis, Primary Wave Music, Compelling Pictures, Jackson Pictures and Black Label Media.

    Houston is one of the most successful and awarded female music artist of all time.

    She is also one of the bestselling recording artists of all time, selling more than 200 million records worldwide.

    In her over three decades long career, the singer delivered numerous memorable tracks including “Saving all my love for you”, “Where do broken hearts go”, “I believe in you and me”, “Step by step” and “Heartbreak hotel”.

    Houston won six Grammys, 16 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards and two Emmys, among other honours.

    Her final studio album was 2009’s “I Look to You”.

    She passed away in February 2012.

  • ‘The Queen’s Gambit’-fame Moses Ingram to play Robyn Crawford in Whitney Houston biopic

    By Express News Service
    Actor Moses Ingram has been roped in to play Whitney Houston’s longtime assistant Robyn Crawford in the upcoming musical biopic of the iconic singer.

    Titled I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the film is headlined by Naomi Ackie. The Sony and TriStar film will be directed by Stella Meghie and has a screenplay by Bohemian Rhapsody writer Anthony McCarten.

    The biopic will follow the life story of the iconic artist behind hits like I Will Always Love You and How Will I Know. Houston, who won six Grammys in her musical career, made her acting debut with the 1992 blockbuster hit The Bodyguard. She also recorded six songs for the film’s soundtrack, including I Will Always Love You.

    Crawford, who worked as Houston’s assistant later became her creative director while also remaining as one of her closest friends. I Wanna Dance With Somebody is slated for release during Thanksgiving 2022.Ingram recently made her TV debut through Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit.

    She is currently shooting for the Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi and will next be seen portraying Lady Macduff opposite Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in The Tragedy of Macbeth. The actor recently wrapped production on Peter Hedges’s The Same Storm and on Michael Bay’s Ambulance.