Whitney Houston Movie: 'Star Wars' Star To Play Iconic Role in Biopic A Whitney Houston movie is in the works, and it has already found its lead star after a wordlwide search.
'Whitney' Director Angela Bassett Talks Backlash & Showing Whitney Houston's Drug Use While Lifetime's Whitney Houston biopic Whitney snagged more than 11 million viewers, it still had a few critics here and there. The movie's director and Houston's friend Angela Bassett opened up about receiving negative reactions to the film.