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Whitney Houston biopic in the works from Bohemian Rhapsody team

Connor Gotto by Connor Gotto
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Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter Anthony McCarten is working on an official Whitney Houston biopic.

The How Will I Know hitmaker’s estate has been working with Whitney’s longtime mentor Clive Davis to develop I Wanna Dance With Somebody, and they’ve started to gather a team to work on the project.

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According to Deadline, Stella Meghie is in talks to direct the movie, which has been described as a “joyous, emotional and heart-breaking celebration of the life and music of the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom”.

Casting information has yet to be revealed. Whitney was previously played by Yaya DeCosta in a 2015 TV movie simply titled Whitney, directed by Angela Bassett

Whitney died in 2012, aged 48, after she was found unconscious in a bathtub.

A hologram of the star began touring the UK before lockdown measures were put in place. Check it out.

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