Jennifer Hudson in talks to star in Aretha Franklin biopic
According to The Wrap, Jennifer Hudson is in early talks to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic that’s being developed by Straight Outta Compton producer Scott Bernstein. The Wrap cites the ever-trustworthy “individual familiar with the project,” as well as a report from The Tracking Board, both of which apparently came upon this information separately. Nothing official has been decided yet, but one of Hudson’s representatives did confirm to The Wrap that “conversations have taken place,” so that might as well mean that this is happening.