Respect: Jennifer Hudson sings iconic track in first teaser for Aretha Franklin biopic
Film coming in 2020
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Your support makes all the difference.The first teaser for the upcoming Aretha Franklin movie has been released, showing Jennifer Hudson’s performance as the Queen of Soul.
In the 40-second clip, released on Wednesday, Hudson appears as a silhouette, partly hidden by the stage lights in her back, holding up a microphone.
She can be heard singing the first words of Franklin’s iconic 1965 tune “Respect“ as the word lights up in golden letters behind her.
Hudson then reaches the part of the song in which Franklin famously spells out its titular word.
While the clip lasts less than a minute, it’s virtually guaranteed to get fans talking ahead of the film’s release on 9 October, 2020.
Franklin died in August 2018 aged 76.
In addition to Hudson, Respect will star Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Mary J Blige and more.
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