TRAILERS
Jennifer Hudson is Aretha Franklin in Teaser Trailer for 'Respect' Movie
by Alex Billington
December 20, 2019
Source: YouTube
"Find out what it means to me!" MGM has revealed an teaser trailer for a biopic film titled Respect about the life of legendary singer Aretha Franklin. The film stars Jennifer Hudson as the singer, and it aims to tell her entire life story - from her start as a child singing in her father's church's choir to her superstar fame performing around the world. The cast includes Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Skye Dakota Turner, Tate Donovan, and Mary J. Blige. This is still in the middle of filming, aiming to be released next October, so this is only our first look and it's not much. Just a promo spot to get people excited about this coming soon.
Here's the first teaser trailer for (+ poster) for Liesl Tommy's Respect, direct from MGM's YouTube:
The film follows the rise of Aretha Franklin's (Jennifer Hudson) career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, Respect is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice. Respect is directed by South African theater director / filmmaker Liesl Tommy, making her feature directorial debut after other TV work previously. The screenplay is written by Tracey Scott Wilson. It's produced by Scott Bernstein and Harvey Mason Jr. MGM will release Tommy's Respect in theaters everywhere starting on October 9th, 2020 arriving next fall. First impression? Who's interested?
3 Comments
1
That was better than a lot of the trailers we see...that voice!
kitano0 on Dec 20, 2019
2
Hope they do a good job, this Legend deserves a 10 part Netflix series not a 2.5 hour movie...just my opinion.
SteadyEddieTX on Dec 20, 2019
3
Of course, it's still early to say anything, but I don't know what to think of making another biopic ... Seems to become a genre on its own ...
shiboleth on Dec 20, 2019
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