The Whitney Houston biopic has found its lead in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” actress Naomi Ackie. 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.
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