Jennifer Hudson To Play Aretha Franklin

It looks like Jennifer Hudson has another role of a lifetime on her hands here.  She’s been hand picked by Aretha Franklin to play her in her upcoming biopic called “Aretha: From These Roots”.  A lot of people are saying she’s only going to be typecast because she’s doing another film based on a famous singer.  But Jennifer’s next film, Winged Creatures, has nothing to do with music as far as I know.  In that movie she plays Forrest Whittakers daughter and the plot is really similar to that show The Nine.   I wouldn’t be surprised if she got Oscar buzz from either project.

Cicely Tyson and Billy Dee Williams also are slated to star in the movie, and Terrence Howard is set to play Smokey Robinson.  Great casting so far!

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