Amazon MGM Studios brings The Batman star Zoë Kravitz’s feature directorial debut Blink Twice to the big screen this August, and a new poster has been released for the thriller showcasing stars Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie, who play a tech billionaire and a cocktail waitress who finds herself invited to his secluded private island. […]
First trailer for Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut Blink Twice starring Channing Tatum and Naomi Ackie
MGM Studios has released a trailer for Zoë Kravitz’s directorial feature debut Blink Twice. Naomi Ackie stars as Frida, a cocktail waitress who is invited to join tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) and his friends on his private island, but the dream vacation soon begins to make Frida question her reality when strange happenings […]
Naomi Ackie joins Laura Dern and Benedict Cumberbatch in sci-fi Morning
Naomi Ackie (Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody) has joined Justin Kurzel’s (Macbeth) sci-fi film Morning, per The Hollywood Reporter. She’ll star alongside Laura Dern (Jurassic World: Dominion), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) in the film. Morning is a story about “human connection, productivity, and the power […]
2023 EE BAFTA Rising Star Award nominations announced as public vote opens
BAFTA has announced that Naomi Ackie (Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody), Sheila Atim (The Woman King), Aimee Lou Wood (Living), Emma Mackey (Emily), and Daryl McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) have been nominated for the 2023 EE Rising Star Award, the only category from the British Academy Film Awards to be […]
Video Review – I Wanna Dance With Somebody lets down the iconic Whitney Houston
EJ Moreno with a video review of the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody… Trying to capture the iconic Whitney Houston is no easy task. The new biopic film, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, feels too hollow and rushed to capture the singer’s essence. Our critic EJ Moreno dives into why I Wanna […]
Movie Review – I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody, 2022. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. Starring Naomi Ackie, Ashton Sanders, Stanley Tucci, Nafessa Williams, Lance A. Williams, Tamara Tunie, Clarke Peters, Daniel Washington, JaQuan Malik Jones, Kris Sidberry, Tanner Beard, Bailee Lopes, Jennifer Ellis, Bria Danielle Singleton, Adrian M. Mompoint, Dave Heard, Jaison Hunter, Luke Crory, Lynn Leger, Elegance Bratton, […]
Bong Joon-Ho introduces us to Robert Pattinson’s Mickey 17 in teaser for new sci-fi
Warner Bros. has delivered us an early Christmas present by dropping the teaser for Academy Award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-Ho’s next film Mickey 17, which features Robert Pattinson as the lead and will debut in cinemas on March 29, 2024. Based on the novel written by Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 follows an individual known as an […]
Naomi Ackie is Whitney Houston in new I Wanna Dance with Somebody trailer
Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for the upcoming biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody which stars Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) as Whitney Houston. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, the film is based on the life of the music icon, and follows her emotional journey from a New Jersey choir girl […]
Naomi Ackie is Whitney Houston on I Wanna Dance With Somebody poster
Sony Pictures has released a poster for the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody which gives us a first look as Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) as the music icon; take a look here… I Wanna Dance with Somebody is an upcoming feature about the late musical icon, Whitney […]
Kasi Lemmons to direct Naomi Ackie in Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Eve’s Bayou and Harriet director Kasi Lemmons has stepped into the chair vacated by Stella Meghie to direct Naomi Ackie in the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Deadline cite good old ‘creative differences’ when it comes to the departure of The Photograph’s Stella Meghie, but she will remain on in an […]
