We’ve Got A Date! Aretha Franklin’s Biopic Starring Jennifer Hudson Is On Its Way!

by Krystal Franklin

March 13, 2019

Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

Hollywood has continued its celebrations in honor of Aretha Franklin (Fantasia, Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar and more paid homage in a concert over the weekend and we got our first look at the never before seen concert film Amazing Grace) all year long and now it looks as if the long-awaited biopic starring Jennifer Hudson will finally see the light of day.

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Respect is due in theaters on August 14, 2020. Variety reports, the film will follow Franklin’s rise to fame from her childhood in the church to her life as a soul/R&B star.

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And if you had any doubt that the former American Idol star could pull off such a role, just watch below.

Aretha died in August from advanced pancreatic cancer. She was 76.

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