The trailer for Spike Lee’s newest film "Chi-Raq" has hit the internet. The film stars Teyonah Parris, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cannon, John Cusack, and more. It focuses on gang violence in parts of Chicago and is based on the Greek comedy “Lysistrata,” by Aristophanes.
Maybe the trick to a great Lifetime Biopic is to have Angela Bassett at the forefront of it. By the sneak peeks that we've been allowed to see, it seems that the great actress has kept her word, and this movie will be a good one.
After that train wreck of an Aaliyah biopic, I'll admit my expectations for the upcoming 'Whitney' biopic, set to air in January, are depressingly low.
Angela Bassett's Whitney Houston biopic for Lifetime is moving forward despite the family's objections. YaYa Dacosta stars as Whitney in her prime and Entertainment Tonight caught up Bassett, Dacosta, and Deborah Cox, who will provide cover vocals for all of Whitney's classic songs for the film, on the film's set.
Controversy has swirled around the film since it was announced but YaYa says she's avoiding the outside commentary, “I kind of shut off all social media because I didn’t want to be distracted by the, you know, the expectations, you know the naysayers.”
Watch the interview below:
