Whitney Houston biopic to premiere Jan. 17 on Lifetime
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Lifetime has brought a variety of real-life subjects to the screen recently with The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story, The Brittany Murphy Story, Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B and The Gabby Douglas Story. Whitney is just the latest. Bassett stepped behind the camera for this TV flick, directing America's Next Top Model veteran and Lee Daniels' The Butler actress Yaya DaCosta as the iconic singer and Arlen Escarpeta as Bobby Brown, and she said at the heart, it's a love story.
"I think we as fans, audience…those that looked on—we thought we had some say in it. We really didn't have any say in their love affair. The say we have is of ourselves and our capacity to love, to love ourselves, to love one another and to just spread more love and joy in this world," Bassett said. "But we really thought we had a say in their love affair…I think it's a magnificent journey and I hope it will be a reflection into our own lives."
What happened to Clive Davis's Willow Smith/Rihanna/Vivica A. Fox biopic? I hope that still happens at some point cause Whitney's life was epic, her story deserves IMAX; not some 2nd rate, train wreck Lifetime movie!
they must be stopped.
