From a biopic of the singer to the adventures of the whip-cracking archaeologist, all via a galaxy far, far away
The untimely death of Whitney Houston in 2012, aged just 48, prompted several attempts to reconcile her supreme singing talent and 80s/90s mega-fame with her sad decline. Nick Broomfield’s well-received 2017 documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me was followed by the succinctly titled Whitney, Kevin Macdonald’s authorised documentary. Now comes the inevitable biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, with English actor Naomi Ackie playing the lead.
