There are two Aretha Franklin projects in the works. One of them is part of National Geographic's Genius limited series and will star Cynthia Erivo. There was a teaser trailer for it a couple months ago, but it was delayed from its planned Memorial Day Weekend start date and we still don't know when it's…

Jennifer Hudson has been making the press rounds in support of the apparently horrifying film adaptation of the Broadway musical Cats, which opens today. It might be in her best interest to detract attention from that film, in which case she's fortunate to have the first teaser for a completely different Jennifer Hudson movie dropping…

Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker and Marlon Wayans have joined Jennifer Hudson in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect.

Oh, this is exciting!Cynthia Erivo has been announced as the star of the next Genius anthology series about Aretha Franklin. The British actress, known for her work in 2018 film Widows and Broadway shows The Color Purple and Sister Act (UK tour), will star as the late ‘Queen of Soul’ in the forthcoming limited series. Read m...