A biopic of the Queen of Soul was never going to satisfy everyone — but Jennifer Hudson captures the power of Franklin's songs Respect, in which Hudson stars, doesn’t — can’t — entirely do justice to ...

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. When it came to encapsulating the epic life, ...

Biopics ain’t Wikipedia entries. Lives never conform to a tidy narrative arc — even one as dramatic as Aretha Franklin’s. With Respect, screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson and director Liesl Tommy did an ...

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Jennifer Hudson gives a glimpse of the highs and lows of Aretha Franklin's legendary career in the newly released full trailer for her upcoming biopic "Respect." Franklin's journey from a childhood ...

A lot of instances in the Black community did not gain full R-E-S-P-E-C-T until the whole narrative was exposed in art- and often through film. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black ...