Stanley Tucci on I Wanna Dance With Somebody Playing Clive Davis

Sonys biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, set out to depict an honest portrait of the late legendary singers rise to stardom. Starring Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) as the 6time Grammy Awardwinning icon, Whitney Houston, and featuring a number of her charttopping tracks that earned her the achievement of mostawarded female artist of all time, the Kasi Lemmonsdirected feature aims to highlight her life and legacy. Setting it apart from previous attempts to chronicle Houstons skyrocket to fame, I Wanna Dance With Somebody is based on a screenplay written by Academy Awardnominee Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) with the aid of Houstons estate. Sisterinlaw, Patricia Houston, serves as a producer on the film, alongside Whitney Houstons longtime friend and manager, Clive Davis, as executive producer, who is portrayed by Academy Awardnominee, Stanley Tucci. In addition to Ackie and Tucci, the cast also stars Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford, Tamara Tunie and Clarke Peter