Whitney Houston Biopic ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ | Produced by Clive Davis
An official biopic on Whitney Houston is getting started. Director Stella Meghie is set to direct the film “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” Anthony McCarten is writing the script.
Grammy-winning music producer Clive Davis, who signed Houston to Arista Records when she was 19, is producing the film along with Primary Wave Entertainment and Pat Houston on behalf of the Houston estate. Clive Davis is producing on behalf of Primary Wave along with Larry Mestel and Denis O’Sullivan. Anthony McCarten is also producing on behalf of Muse of Fire Productions. Primary Wave Music is a partner of the Whitney Houston estate.
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is a “joyous, emotional and heart-breaking celebration of the life and music of the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom. While being very frank about the price that super-stardom exacted, it will be both the rich and complex saga of the search for the perfect marriage between song and singer and audience, and at the same time the moving tale of a simple Jersey girl trying to find her way back home.”
“From 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,” Clive Davis stated in statement. “I am so glad that Anthony McCarten has committed to a no holds barred, musically rich screenplay that finally reveals the whole Whitney whose vocal genius deeply affected the world while she fiercely battled the demons that were to be her undoing.”
“The Estate of Whitney Houston is more than elated to be involved with a group of people that are as passionate about Whitney’s life story as we are. Whitney’s legacy deserves only the best that can be given. I stand with the hearts of these partners being the chosen ones to produce a film that’s uplifting and inspiring to all that loved her, giving you a reason to continue to celebrate The Voice that we all fell in love with and will cherish forever,” Pat Houston said in a statement.
“Whitney Houston was the voice of a generation and who better to tell her story then than Pat Houston, Clive Davis and the Oscar-nominated and award-winning Anthony McCarten. Anthony is a proven storyteller and we are honored to have the most ‘in demand’ screenwriter in the business as our partner on this important project,” said Larry Mestel.
Whitney Houston has sold over 200 million records worldwide during her 25-year career and won six GRAMMYs, 16 Billboard Music Awards and two Emmys before her death in 2012.
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