{"id":69379,"date":"2014-07-14T12:26:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T12:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/07\/14\/first-look-at-yala-dacosta-alafia-and-arlen-escarpeta-as-whitney-houston-and-bobby-brown\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T04:01:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T04:01:27","slug":"first-look-at-yala-dacosta-alafia-and-arlen-escarpeta-as-whitney-houston-and-bobby-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/first-look-at-yala-dacosta-alafia-and-arlen-escarpeta-as-whitney-houston-and-bobby-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look At Yala Dacosta Alafia And Arlen Escarpeta As Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Look At Yala Dacosta Alafia <\/a>And Arlen Escarpeta As Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

July 14, 2014<\/p>\n

Source: NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n

\"YayaThe New York Post<\/a> has posted a new photo\u00a0of\u00a0Yaya DaCosta Alafia<\/strong>\u00a0as\u00a0Whitney Houston and Arlen Escarpeta as Bobby Brown<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0Angela Bassett<\/strong>\u2018s directorial debut, the Lifetime Original Movie,\u00a0I Will Always Love You: The Whitney Houston Story.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set for 2015, the film will center on the relationship between Houston and her ex-husband Bobby Brown, 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

Whitney and singer Brown met in 1989, were married in 1992 and their daughter, Bobbi Kristina<\/strong>, was born the following year. They divorced in 2007.<\/p>\n

In last week’s photo<\/a>, posted by Entertainment Weekly<\/a>,\u00a0Alafia was\u00a0channeling\u00a0 Houston\u2019s 1987 album cover of\u00a0\u201cWhitney.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"YaYa<\/a>Yolonda Ross<\/strong>\u00a0is cast in the role of\u00a0Whitney<\/strong>\u2018s longtime friend\u00a0Robyn Crawford.\u00a0<\/strong>Recently added to the cast were Suzzanne Douglas<\/strong>\u00a0and former soap star\u00a0Cornelius Smith Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0(All My Children) in the roles of Whitney\u2019s mother, soul and Gospel singer\u00a0Cissy Houston<\/strong>\u00a0and brother Michael<\/strong>, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u2018Whitney Houston\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0will be produced by the Sanitsky Company.\u00a0Larry Sanitsky<\/strong>, who worked with Bassett on the Lifetime film \u2018Betty and Coretta,\u2019 will serve as the executive producer. Shem Bitterman,\u00a0<\/strong>who wrote \u2018Coretta\u2019 is on board as the screenwriter.<\/p>\n

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