I Wanna Dance With Somebody: Naomi Ackie Nabs Whitney Houston Role in New Biopic
Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker actress Naomi Ackie has been tapped to portray the role of Whitney Houston in Academy Award-winning screenwriter Anthony McCarten’s newest biographical film
I Wanna Dance With Somebody, centered around the life of the legendary singer. Set to be directed by
The Photograph’s Stella Meghie, the film is expected to be released by Sony and TriStar in Thanksgiving 2022.
“We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston,” Meghie said.
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Ackie will be the star of the upcoming film “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” which is titled after one of the late singing icon’s most popular songs. The film will be written by Anthony McCarten, best known for penning the recent Oscar-winning biopic about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ackie was selected following a worldwide search for an actress who could adequately portray Houston, whose storied career includes six Grammy wins and selling more than 200 million records worldwide before her death in 2012 at age 48.
We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston, Meghie said. Naomi Ackie impressed us at every stage of the process. I was moved by her ability to capture the stage presence of a global icon while bringing humanity to her interior life.
Houston, who passed away in 2012, was one of the best-known and most successful recording artists of all time. She sold over 200 million records with hits such as I Will Always Love You , So Emotional and I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) . Kevin Mazur/WireImageGetty Images
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