The new biopic “Respect” runs through two decades of Aretha Franklin’s life in 2½ hours, starting at age 9 and culminating with her back-to-the-roots gospel project “Amazing Grace.” The film, starring ...

Respect covers 20 years of Aretha’s (Jennifer Hudson)’s life and career. In Detroit in 1952, Ree (Skye Dakota Turner) lives with her father Clarence (Forest Whitaker). Clarence is a preacher for whom ...

Franklin, who died in 2018, handpicked Hudson to portray her on screen. Jennifer Hudson carries this by-the-numbers biopic of Aretha Franklin on the strength of her powerhouse voice, an abiding ...

'Respect' screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson speaks with Showbiz Cheat Sheet about writing the Aretha Franklin biopic. Scott Wilson addressed how she chose which songs to include in the movie, and even ...

Aretha Franklin’s long road to “Respect” took a crucial turn with a phone call in 2012. For several years, the star had talked up the possibility of a feature film about her life and music. Though she ...

"She would sing and sing and sing and sing on those days. It was astounding," Respect director Liesl Tommy says of Jennifer Hudson Liesl Tommy, director of the new Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, can ...

"I can't even begin to put it into words," Jennifer Hudson said Wednesday on Good Morning America of playing Aretha Franklin in Respect. "I do not take it lightly" The full trailer for Respect is here ...

“Respect,” the Aretha Franklin biopic, opens in theaters Friday, Aug. 13. It chronicles the story of Franklin’s life, which she kept private, in a fictionalized manner. Before you see the film, here ...

Star Jennifer Hudson hits a few high notes in a film beset by the usual biopic tropes and shortcuts, few of which allow for a deep enough look at the Queen of Soul. When Liesl Tommy’s Aretha Franklin ...

There are two ways to look at Respect, the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson as the Queen of Soul herself. Yes, it is a character biopic, but it plays and feels much more like a large ...