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2020 will see dueling Aretha Franklin biopics, with Cynthia Erivo set to portray the Queen of Soul in Nat Geo’s “Genius: Aretha” and Jennifer Hudson taking on the role in the feature film “Respect.” ...

When Liesl Tommy’s Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” opens, Aretha is still just a kid, hoping to please her dad (the formidable minister C.L. Franklin, played here by a well-cast Forest Whitaker) with ...

After Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, “Genius: Aretha” is both the most commercial and the best installment of this National Geographic anthology series, powered by Cynthia Erivo’s “give her all ...

It looks like the coronavirus crisis continues to wreak havoc on Hollywood and now we’ll have to wait a lot longer to see both of the highly-anticipated projects about Aretha Franklin hit the screen. ...