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EXCLUSIVE: New Line has made a preemptive deal for a music-driven holiday comedy pitch that will be fashioned as a potential star vehicle for Jennifer Hudson, the Oscar-winning Dreamgirls star who’ll next star as Aretha Franklin in the upcoming Respect. The film will be scripted by Ira Madison III, and Hudson will…

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Budnick’s impact and advocacy-focused company One Community has inked a deal to co-finance the forthcoming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect directed by Liesl Tommy and starring Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. MGM will team with BRON Creative and One Community to release Respect domestically via UA…

Exhibitors got another setbacks today as MGM/United Artists Releasing has delayed the release of the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, starring Jennifer Hudson, from January 15 to August 13. MGM also has pulled its Tomb Raider sequel starring Alicia Vikander from its March 19 premiere date; that film now is unset. The…

EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of the great response from Jennifer Hudson’s performance of Aretha Franklin’s “Young, Gifted & Black” on the BET Awards and the 60-second trailer that followed, MGM/United Artists Releasing is now going wide with its biopic about the legendary performer on January 15, 2021, MLK weekend. The…

A new teaser trailer for the forthcoming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect debuted during the BET Awards — and Jennifer Hudson served us the goods. The Oscar-winning actress sang a rendition of “Young, Gifted and Black” during the amazingly curated BET Awards ceremony of virtual presentations and creative musical…

EXCLUSIVE: I hear the dailies of Jennifer Hudson in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect are mind-blowing, and to tee off the feature just right the studio is moving it off its October 9 release date for a limited Christmas Day debut. From there, Respect will expand January 8 in theaters with a full-on wide release…

Jennifer Hudson turned in an emotional tribute to late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant Sunday at the NBA All-Star Game in Chicago. The award-winning singer and actress sang the classic “For All We Know” just before the game got underway. As images of Bryant and his daughter Gianna played on a screen behind her…

Saying she was “overwhelmed” with emotion from portraying the Queen of Soul, Jennifer Hudson announced Saturday that she just wrapped production on Aretha Franklin biopic Respect. “It is officially a wrap on @respectmovie wrap it up, it's done!” Hudson shared on Instagram. “Too overwhelmed to get into it right now but…

Jennifer Hudson commands r-e-s-p-e-c-t in this first-look footage of the singer/actress in character as Aretha Franklin for MGM’s upcoming biopic Respect. In the brief teaser, Hudson-as Franklin, in glittery gold gown, is shown backlit on stage as those first instantly recognizable words – ‘What you want baby I got it&#8221…

Get ready, internet haters and cranky critics who have been gunning for Cats, lying in wait since the first revelation of how it was made, because like it or not, the long-awaited movie version finally is upon us, and for this Cat and Cats fan it is a welcome treat this holiday season. Judging by the fevered reaction…

Meghan Trainor is to replace Jennifer Hudson as a coach on the British version of The Voice. The All About The Bass singer, who was a judge on Fox's The Four alongside Sean Combs and DJ Khaled will star in ITV's The Voice UK alongside Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am and Olly Murs. Hudson said that she had left the show as a…

Universal has released the first trailer for Cats, its adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical. The Working Title's pic is helmed by Les Miserables‘ Tom Hooper and has a December 20, 2019 release date. Playing out – or dancing through – the familiar tune of “Memory,” the trailer answers at least one question…