Former American Idol Jennifer Hudson To Play Aretha Franklin in Film Biopic?

Music legend Aretha Franklin wants Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson to play her in an upcoming film based on her life.

The Queen of Soul appeared backstage at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Monday night, where she talked about Hudson being the ideal choice to portray her.

A book on Franklin’s life is scheduled to debut as a theatre production in the coming months, with talk of Hudson playing the soul legend in the film adaptation already in circulation. Hudson won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar last month for her role as Effie White in the movie musical Dreamgirls.

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As the contestants square off, the studio audience will cast votes, eliminating entrants over several rounds. By the end of each show, only two finalists will remain. Then viewers at home will have the opportunity to vote on which of the finalists most deserves to have his or her dream realized, and the results will be disclosed at the opening of the following week’s episode.

The show is hosted by pop icon Donny Osmond, whose multi-faceted 43-year career has evolved from pre-teen recording idol with The Osmonds into such varied roles as talk show, variety show and game show host, the toast of Broadway in “Beauty and the Beast,” bestselling author, and solo recording star with 33 gold and platinum records to his credit.

Mike Fleiss is executive producer of “The Great American Dream Vote,” with Lisa Levenson. Fleiss is the founder of Next Entertainment, and both he and Levenson are also executive producers on the highly successful “Bachelor” series on ABC. David Bohnert is co-executive producer. “The Great American Dream Vote” is a production of Next Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television.

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