Sneak Peek: Winnie, Starring Jennifer Hudson & Terrance Howard – Love It Or Leave It Alone?
After nearly two years of delays, questionable casting choices, and a new distributor (megachurch pastor T.D. Jakes), Winnie, the biopic of Winnie Mandela, is gearing up to hit theaters this fall.
The film stars Jennifer Hudson in the title role and casts her alongside Terrance Howard, who stars as Winnie’s husband, Nelson Mandela. Many, including Winnie Mandela herself, were trouble by the casting choices, and if this trailer is any indication, I can see why.
The film originally debuted at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival, but after it received less than stellar reviews, the film’s producers took it off the festival circuit to undergo some changes.
Did it help?
Check out the five-minute trailer to find out.
What do you think? Will you be watching Winnie when it hits theaters this fall?
No.
Nope
Terrance Howard is on my list i cannot support anything that he is in.
I will not support anything with Terence Howard in it. Not that Mustafa man either. Black women haters.
It doesn’t look bad but not good either
Leave it alone…at least until it comes out in Redbox.
I’m around native Africans a lot and although the story is good, the acting is inauthentic. It’s almost depressing how much I can tell the difference in accent. Also, perhaps it’s a blessing and a curse to be a well known entertainer. Too me Terrence Howard is not a suitable Mandela. I support T.D. Jakes and I understand star power sells tickets, but the casting for this film is all wrong. I will not be paying $10 to see this in theatres.
There are more than enough brilliantly capable authentic South Afican actors. Hell, pull someone from Nollywood or Gollywood but I really don’t want to have to deal with the terrible faux SA accents from these folk. Ugh
Cosign. This was the perfect oppurtunity to introduce some african actors, people who can lend some authenticity to the role. I mean, this story is an incredible one and if they couldn’t find american actors that could do it justice they shouldn’t have bothered. If not an SA actor atleast a recognizable actor in Nigerian and Ghanaian movies. Genevieve Nnaji comes to mind for Winnie’s role