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?
The production doesn’t look too bad, maybe if they weren’t butchering the accents so bad I would pay. It’s too bad because I would love to see a good movie about Winnie!
Well you all can look forward to Idris Elba’s Nelson Mandela Biopic, ‘Long Walk to Freedom,” whenever it finally comes out
No to that too…lol! *sigh*
LOL I wouldnt watch it either! I just figured since some ppl were Elba fans…
lol…. I really wanted this to be good :(
It looks okay. It seems weird to do a movie about her when there hasn’t been a big movie about him.
I hate it when people of the African Diaspora play roles intended for continental Africans and vice versa. Ugh