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Naomi Ackie to reportedly star as Whitney Houston in upcoming biopic

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Whitney Houston in an upcoming biopic titled I Wanna Dance With Somebody, set for release in November 2022.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ackie is currently in negotiations for the role with Sony and its TriStar division.

Her latest appearance on the silver screen was in Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, where she played a character named Jannah.I Wanna Dance With Somebody will be written by Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) and directed by Stella Meghie (The Photograph).“We spent the better part of the last year in an exhaustive search for an actress who could embody Whitney Houston,” Meghie told The Hollywood Reporter.“Naomi Ackie impressed us at every stage of the process.

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