Whitney Houston biopic in the works
LOS ANGELES โ A feature film about Whitney Houston's life is in the works from the screenwriter of โBohemian Rhapsody.โ The biopic is being shepherded by the Whitney Houston Estate, music producer Clive Davis and Primary Wave Music, the partners said Wednesday. โI Wanna Dance with Somebody" will follow Houston from obscurity to pop stardom and promises to be โfrank about the price that super-stardom exacted," according to the announcement. โFrom all my personal and professional experience with Whitney from her late teenage years to her tragic premature death, I know the full Whitney Houston story has not yet been told,โ Davis said in a statement. The announcement also said that Stella Meghie is in โadvanced talksโ to direct. ___This story has been corrected to restore Anthony McCarten's first name.