{"id":69131,"date":"2014-06-07T10:29:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-07T10:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/06\/07\/yaya-dacosta-alafia-to-play-whitney-houston-in-lifetime-biopic\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T04:02:31","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:02:31","slug":"yaya-dacosta-alafia-to-play-whitney-houston-in-lifetime-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/yaya-dacosta-alafia-to-play-whitney-houston-in-lifetime-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Yaya DaCosta Alafia To Play Whitney Houston In Angela Basett&#8217;s Directorial Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yaya DaCosta Alafia To Play Whitney Houston In Angela Basett&#8217;s Directorial Debut<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>June 7, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JR1D2fyGiu\">TVLine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Yaya-DaCosta-Alafia-Whitney-Houston-1a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter size-full wp-image-53792\" alt=\"Yaya DaCosta Alafia Whitney Houston 1a\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 580 290'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Yaya-DaCosta-Alafia-Whitney-Houston-1a.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JR1D2fyGiu\">TVLine<\/a>, <strong>Yaya DaCosta Alafia<\/strong> has been cast to play <strong>Whitney Houston<\/strong> in Lifetime TV biopic that will mark the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2014\/05\/angela-bassetts-directorial-debut-will-be-on-whitney-houston-biopic\/\">directorial debut<\/a> for actress <strong>Angela Bassett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Yaya-DaCosta-Alafia-Whitney-Houston-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-53793\" alt=\"Yaya DaCosta Alafia Whitney Houston 2\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 209'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Yaya-DaCosta-Alafia-Whitney-Houston-2-300x209.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a>Set for 2015, the film will center on the relationship between Houston and her ex-husband <strong>Bobby Brown<\/strong>, from the time they met at the height of their celebrity, their dating period and their up-and-down marriage. Throughout their marriage, their were several highs and lows as the couple dealt with fame and fortune.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Whitney Houston\u2019<\/strong> will be produced by the Sanitsky Company. <strong>Larry Sanitsky<\/strong>, who worked with Bassett on the Lifetime film \u2018Betty and Coretta,\u2019 will serve as the executive producer. <strong>Shem Bitterman, <\/strong>who wrote \u2018Coretta\u2019 is onboard as the screenwriter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alafia<\/strong> was last seen in<strong> &#8216;Lee Daniels&#8217; The Butler&#8217;<\/strong> and the indie films <strong>&#8216;Big Words&#8217;<\/strong> and &#8216;<strong>Mother of George&#8217;<\/strong>. Her other film credits include<strong> &#8216;The Kids Are All Right,&#8217; &#8216;Tron: Legacy,&#8217;<\/strong> and<strong> &#8216;In Time&#8217;<\/strong>. Prior to doing films she was a\u00a0runner-up in Cycle 3 of <strong>America&#8217;s Next Top Model<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s an old video of Whitney and Bobby during their good years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QlgFvYQMEBY\" height=\"315\" width=\"580\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 5pt 1em 1em 5pt; float: right;\">\n<p><a type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\"><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\"><\/script><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lifetime TV biopic will air in 2015. <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/yaya-dacosta-alafia-to-play-whitney-houston-in-lifetime-biopic\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":69248,"comment_status":"1","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,16,143],"tags":[17917,1762,7327,5992,3814,9606,297,2161,1228,14824],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-highlighted","8":"category-news","9":"category-read","10":"tag-angela-basett","11":"tag-biopic","12":"tag-bobby-brown","13":"tag-cast","14":"tag-directorial-debut","15":"tag-lifetime-tv","16":"tag-play","17":"tag-whitney-houston","18":"tag-yaya-dacosta","19":"tag-yaya-dacosta-alafia"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yaya DaCosta Alafia To Play Whitney Houston In Angela Basett&#039;s Directorial Debut - blackfilm.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/yaya-dacosta-alafia-to-play-whitney-houston-in-lifetime-biopic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yaya DaCosta Alafia To Play Whitney Houston In Angela Basett&#039;s Directorial Debut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Lifetime TV biopic will air in 2015. 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