'Bohemian Rhapsody' screenwriter Anthony McCarten to pen new Whitney Houston biopic
The Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'The Two Popes' will also co-produce the film.
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McCarten, 58, has had a series of hits in recent years - all biopics. They include 'The Dark Hours' (2017), 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (2018), and 'The Two Popes' (2019).
NEW YORK: The Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'The Two Popes' has been lined up to write and co-produce a new feature film on the life of Whitney Houston, US media reported Wednesday.
Anthony McCarten will join forces with the Whitney Houston estate and Grammy-award winner Clive Davis, the man who signed the star to her first recording contract, according to Deadline.
McCarten, 58, has had a series of hits in recent years - all biopics. They include 'The Dark Hours' (2017), 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (2018), and 'The Two Popes' (2019).
Houston died in 2012 aged 48, drowning in her bathtub after ingesting a large amount of cocaine.
Despite a career marked by drug addiction, she remains one of the great voices of R'n'B and popular music in the last 30 years.
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Two recent documentaries have lifted the veil on previously taboo aspects of the life of the woman who learned her scales in a gospel choir in Newark, New Jersey. Houston died in 2012 aged 48, drowning in her bathtub after ingesting a large amount of cocaine. "Whitney" provided testimony that Houston had been sexually assaulted in her youth by a much older cousin.
While "Whitney: Can I Be Me" referred to the singer's love affair with another woman, Robyn Crawford, which she hid for much of her adult life.
"I know the full Whitney Houston story has not yet been told," Davis told Deadline, describing the screenplay as "no holds barred, musically rich".
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Since then, she has directed three other feature films, including "The Photograph", released in February in the United States.
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