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 ...

The longtime collaborators reflect on the road that led to their musical biopic. By Scott Huver If there was one key ingredient that helped director Liesl Tommy and screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson ...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Jennifer Hudson, the star of the Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” paid a visit Sunday to Metro Detroit. Read: Star of Aretha Franklin biopic comes to Metro Detroit for private ...

'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 ...

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. When it came to encapsulating the epic life, ...

“Respect” star Jennifer Hudson and director Liesl Tommy are singing the praises of the big-screen experience as the official trailer for their Aretha Franklin biopic arrives. The film, which wrapped ...

“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 ...

For roughly two-thirds of its nearly two-and-a-half-hour runtime, “Respect” deserves plenty of it. Powered in part by the amazing pipes of onetime “American Idol” contestant and “Dreamgirls” star ...

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 ...

For Tracey Scott Wilson, Aretha Franklin was the “soundtrack of my childhood.” Now, Tracey has penned the ultimate tribute to the Queen of Soul serving as the screenwriter for the singer’s biopic ...

(l-r.) Brenda Nicole Moorer stars as Brenda Franklin, Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin, Saycon Sengbloh as Erma Franklin and Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in RESPECT. A Metro Goldwyn Mayer ...