Beyoncé to Play Etta James

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

Source: BlackFilm.com
January 26, 2008


BlackFilm.com has learned from Cedric the Entertainer that Beyoncé (Dreamgirls) is set to play famed singer Etta James in Sony BMG's Cadillac Records, written and to be directed by Darnell Martin.

The film explores Chicago in the 1950s, charting the colorful lives of American musical legends like Muddy Waters, Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Elvis Presley. Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Columbus Short, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Tammy Blanchard co-star.

Filming will take place in New Jersey and Mississippi.

just fucking shoot me already! the rest of the supporting cast sounds aces. butt not HER! she cannot act for shit. ETTA IS A LEGEND. at least get someome with similar pipes to Etta like newcomer Chrisette Michelle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrisette_Michele .

[AYHJA]

I have yet to see Beyonce in anything other than the last Austin Powers movie...She's fine, and I don't want to fuck that up by watching her try to act again...

[Sir Jig-A-Lot]

she look like a man tryin to be a woman butt doing it badly these days.
only time she looked fineass to me were 3 music vids: No No No (young n buxom as allfuck),Say My Name & Bootylicious.