Last Updated on 08/13/2022 by てんしょく飯
Production of the Whitney Houston biopic “Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody” is well underway for release this Christmas season. The U.S. news site TMZ reported this week that English actress Naomi Ackie, 29, who plays the lead role, is enjoying filming on location in Los Angeles.
Whitney passed away in 2012 at the age of 48.
Ackie, best known for her role as Jana in the film “Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker” (2019), 11 According to TMZ, Ackie was smiling from start to finish and enjoying the location shooting.
In the film, Whitney’s ex-husband, R&B singer Bobby Brown (53), is played by American actor Ashton Sanders (26). Ashton gained attention for his role as the teenage lead Sharon in “Moonlight” (2016), which won the U.S. Academy Award for Best Picture.
The film is directed by Casey Lemmons, whose credits include the musical film “Black Nativity” (2013) starring Forest Whitaker. Focusing on Freddie Mercury, the singer of the British rock band Queen, the film is based on the hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2018), which depicts the band’s formation to Live Aid, with Anthony McQuar Ten wrote the screenplay.
Whitney dominated the U.S. music scene from the late 1980s to the early 1990s with her overwhelming singing ability and presence. The movie “The Bodyguard” (1992), in which she sang the theme song, was also a big hit, and she reached the peak of her life when she married Bobby. However, his popularity soon began to wane as his domestic violence problems and alcohol and drug addiction were widely reported. He left a significant mark on music history, winning six Grammy Awards, the highest honor in the U.S. music industry, and 22 American Music Awards, but in 2012, at the age of 48, he passed away. He passed away in 2012 at the age of 48.
“Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody” will be released in theaters nationwide on December 21 in the U.S. and December 23 in Japan. In Japan, it will be released in movie theaters nationwide on December 23.
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