{"id":64413,"date":"2022-09-16T17:42:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T17:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=220560"},"modified":"2022-09-16T18:38:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T18:38:41","slug":"trailer-i-wanna-dance-with-somebody-naomi-ackie","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/trailer-i-wanna-dance-with-somebody-naomi-ackie\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the First Trailer to ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ Starring Naomi Ackie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whitney Houston<\/a> was undoubtedly one of the most famous singers from the ’80s and ’90s with hit tracks including “Higher Love” and “How Will I Know.” Music that is still famous today. The star tragically passed away at age 49 and marking one decade since her death will see Houston immortalized through cinema.<\/p>\n

Directed by Kasi Lemmons, written by Academy Award nominee Anthony McCarten and produced by legendary music executive Clive Davis arrives the first official trailer to I Wanna Dance with Somebody.\u00a0<\/em>A film that according to Sony Pictures, “is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman” and include highlights from her career including her 1991 Super Bowl performance.<\/p>\n

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TAMPA, FL – JANUARY 27: Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem before a game with the New York Giants taking on the Buffalo Bills prior to Super Bowl XXV at Tampa Stadium on January 27, 1991 in Tampa, Florida. The Giants won 20-19. (Photo by George Rose\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, audiences are taken on an inspirational, poignant\u2014and so emotional\u2014journey through Houston\u2019s trailblazing life and career, with show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon\u2019s most beloved hits as you\u2019ve never heard them before,” the synopsis reads. “Don\u2019t you wanna dance?”<\/p>\n

The trailer depicts the incredible transformation of the BAFTA Award winning\u00a0<\/em>actress, Naomi Ackie. She stars alongside the likes of Stanley Tucci<\/a>, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams and Clarke Peters.<\/p>\n

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Stanley Tucci and Naomi Ackie. Credit: Sony Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ackie spoke on the pressures of playing the singer in an interview with\u00a0Entertainment Tonight<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in May. \u201cI\u2019m going to try my best because that woman \u2013 it sends shivers down my spine how much she means to me, the world, Black women, African American women,\u201d Ackie said at the time. \u201cI\u2019m going to throw my everything into making sure she is represented properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to tell her story. And I think when I\u2019m able to simplify it down to that, I\u2019ll be able to handle the pressure,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

I Wanna Dance with Somebody\u00a0<\/em>will will hit theaters\u00a0on Dec. 21. Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n