Director Stella Meghee is preparing a movie about the life of the American singer Whitney Houston, according to her agent, who confirmed to AFP that several information was published by American media.
The specialized website, "Deadline", stated that the film will be titled "I Wana Dance with Sampady", and its dialogue will be written by New Zealand screenwriter Anthony McCarton, who is also involved in production.
This 58-year-old screenwriter has had several successes recently in the biographies of artists with "The Darkest Hour", "Bohemian Rhapsody" (2017) and "The Two Pops" (2019).
The website added that Whitney Houston´s heirs, who died in 2012, gave their support and cooperation on the project. The official artist´s website re-published the article "Deadline" on Wednesday.
The film is also co-produced by producer Clive Davis, who signed with Whitney Houston the first recording contract in her career.
Whitney Houston, 48, died in a hotel room bath after consuming a large amount of cocaine.
Drug addiction marked the end of her career, but she is still considered one of the most prominent and beautiful voices in the field of "R & B" music and popular music in general in the last thirty years.
Two recent documentaries have shed some light on aspects of Houston´s life that began to be sung at the Gospel Choir in Newark, New Jersey.
The movie "Whitney" included testimonies that Whitney Houston was sexually assaulted in her youth from a much older relative.
As for the movie, "Whitney: It Was ABMY", she touched on the singer´s emotional relationship with a woman named Robin Crawford, who kept her secret during a long period of her life.
"I know that Whitney Houston´s story has not yet been fully told," Clive Davis told Deadline.
The producer stressed that the scenario "will transcend all taboos and will be rich in music."
Director Stella Migi came out in 2016 with her first critically acclaimed film, "Jeanne of Juniors" (2016), a family comedy on a budget.
She then directed three feature films, most of which were romantic comedies such as "The Photography," which was shown in the United States in February.
