Watch The Trailer For The Whitney Houston Biopic ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

Yesterday the trailer for a forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, dropped, and it’s already garnered over a million views.

The biopic is described as a “no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind ‘The Voice’.” Beginning with Houston's early life in Newark, New Jersey, the film chronicles Houston’s meteoric rise from unknown church girl to global superstar.

Actor Naomi Ackie, star of The End of the F***ing World, plays Houston in the film, along with a cast that includes Ashton Sanders as Bobby Brown, Tamara Tunie as Cissy Houston, Houston’s mother, Clarke Peters as her father John Houston, and Stanley Tucci as music legend Clive Davis.

Whitney Houston became an international superstar in the 1980s. Her career as an award-winning singer continued into the 21st century. Houston is one of the best-selling music acts of all time.

The woman sometimes simply referred to as “The Voice” scored eleven #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The New Jersey-bred vocalist totaled 60 million RIAA units. Three of her albums are certified Diamond (10 million units).

As an actress, Houston starred in a number of box-office hits including The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, and Sparkle.

I Wanna Dance With Somebody hits theaters on December 21.