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Whitney’s Legacy To Continue In ‘Sparkle’ First Published: February 15, 2012 1:36 PM EST Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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This is now the movie to see. My butt will be in that theatre on day one. | |
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Bet you money the studio will move this up to cash in on her death. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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its due out late summer. also whitney has an EP credit so that some money for her estate. [Edited 2/15/12 13:26pm] Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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Yeah but I wouldn't be surprised either if they didn't wait for the August date. "This is a bidness." They better be careful not to be so obvious about their dealings from this. There could be a backlash. ie the price hike of her greatest hits. Sony had to issue an apology. | |
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the movie is acutally still in post production ... they already moved it back a week from its original release date of August 10.and its need to be set up properly, test screenings, reshoots, single choice and soundtrack. its not that simple and the estate has to be involved also seeing that she is an EP for the movie.Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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I don't doubt the logistical measures that are still needing to be done. I still wouldn't be surprised if they tried to rush the post production work that's left to capitalize off of this sudden tragedy. They'll chalk it up as "public demand." I mean, its not like they'll be relying on a lot of special effects or anything. Those type of films usually take months if not longer to wrap up. [Edited 2/15/12 13:55pm] | |
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The longer they wait the less people will be excited to see it, the mourning phase will be long over. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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What happened to Entertsiner? "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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That's why the date is now being moved up. | |
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Why and when did Sony issue an apology? "Lack of home training crosses all boundaries." | |
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I don't remember the mother in the original Sparkle doing any singing, and I think she was a maid. But I haven't seen it in a long time though. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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She did not sing, and she was a maid | |
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I was wondering if she filmed enough for it to be released with her in it, good to see it's still happening. Aaliyah didn't finish the Matrix series on time though she finished Queen of the Damned. | |
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I was looking forward to seeing this before she passed and that certainly hasn't changed now. I always thought Whitney was a good actress. Very natural and chartismatic on screen. I will see the film when it's released. "And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone, You Know That Love Survives, So We Can Rock Forever" RIP MJ ![]() "Baby, that was much too fast"...Goodnight dear sweet Prince. I'll love you always ![]() | |
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Me too. Though I never saw her other movies besides Cinderella, I remember immensely enjoying the soundtrack songs she did and have Waiting to Exhale. | |
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She fnished filming it. It's currently in post-production.
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I feel guilty saying it, but thank god. It sounded like a really good project from the start. It would have sucked if someone else had to re-do all her parts, like say, Jada Pinkett | |
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Their marriage is intact!! The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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hahahahha but it is!!! *throws a tantrum* | |
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Sony released an apology for hiking up the price of Whitney's back catalogue hours after her death on UK I-TUNES (not sure if it happened worldwide) - but they blamed it on a technical error. | |
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Yeah right. I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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^ why oh why am I remembering mj's sony speech? | |
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Getting back on TOPIC here...Whitney is not the lead of the movie, so therefore no need to rush the movie out of post production. With Whitney's passing if they have to do reshoots or redubs for her its gonna be interesting how they handle this. The Sparkle story was updated to current times, so therefore the mother probably is singing at the church, which explains her singing in the movie. Hopefully they wont lead the soundtrack with a one of the Whitney gospel songs she did.Waiting To Exhale was the only movie that didnt feature a singing Whitney.Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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Apparently, R. Kelly wrote a song for her called "Celebrate" that will make it onto the Soundtrack. Another song is her rendition of "His Eye Is On The Sparrow." Don't know about any other songs except those two. | |
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But, if they REALLY want to cash in, they'd have to move it up considerably -- like Memorial Day weekend release at the latest, but ideally in the next six weeks (which won't happen).
If they can't get it fully produced months earlier, then it won't matter if its released August 24, or August 17, or any time months down the road. By that time, the number of casual fans who may have had their interest piqued because of her death will have stabilized and won't be wavering week to week. Capitalizing on her death (as awful as that sounds) is dependent on getting the non-hardcore fans to see the film, since the hardcore fans will see it regardless. I can't see casual fan interest being any different between given weeks six months down the road, or even 4 months down the road.
If they're not going to get it released relatively soon, then maybe they should wait until Labor Day weekend which might provide a boost. Then again, it would be going up against some huge blockbuster. Maybe Fourth of July Week would be a realistic goal (but again up against huge blockbuster action fare). Part of the marketing could be her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Yes, that's incredibly crass, but you know the movie industry would do it.
Regardless of when its released, they're going to increase the money spent on marketing. "Whitney Houston in her last role ****." Expect to hear that a LOT. | |
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BUT WHITNEY ISNT THE LEAD in SPARKLE remember. Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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Although its a supportive role, they will still use her image to help sell the movie. I agree she's not a lead but most studios will capitalize off of the renewed interest in her last work. They're gonna milk it for all its worth. Sad to say but true.
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That's true, but it's not going to prevent the studio from using her heavily in the marketing. | |
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Whitney was gonna be used in the Marketing of the film anyway before her death, she is an EP of the film. Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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