EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award-nominated actor Stanley Tucci has been tapped to play Grammy-winning producer Clive Davis in the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the upcoming feature about the late musical icon, Whitney Houston.Naomi Ackie will play Houston in the musical biopic, which is based on the epic life and music of the iconic singer.
Kasi Lemmons is directing with Academy Award nominee Anthony McCarten penning the script. Davis was the former lawyer turned iconic music producer and music executive who had an extraordinary eye for spotting talent.
That ability to find a star before they erupted on the scene led him to the wildly talented Houston before anyone knew who she was and guiding her to becoming a star.Alongside McCarten’s Muse
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