Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. When it came to encapsulating the epic life, ...

The average musical biopic—and most of them are pretty average—follows a predictable arc: the troubled childhood marked by flashes of genius; the record deals and hit album montages; the marriages ...

At the end of “Respect,” the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson as the legendary soul singer, a slew of text describes all of the awards, tributes and plaudits the singer received ...

*As expected, sales and streams from Aretha Franklin’s music catalog have taken off in the days following her death on Aug. 16. According to BuzzAngle Music, her song streams zoomed 1,452% on the day ...

Respect, the Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson, has been released on Blu-ray and DVD. The 145-minute long movie follows Franklin’s life from her beginnings, singing in church at 10, to ...

Even for a Grammy and Oscar winner like Jennifer Hudson, singing live as Aretha Franklin in the new biopic “Respect” was a daunting prospect. “It’s tricky,” Hudson, 39, told In Style. “You don’t want ...