Respect is an upcoming American biographical drama film based on the life of American singer Aretha Franklin.
Directed by Liesl Tommy from a screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson, it stars Jennifer Hudson in the leading role, with Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Karen Clark Sheard, Audra McDonald, Marc Maron, Tituss Burgess, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Skye Dakota Turner, Tate Donovan, and Mary J. Blige.
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- R_19272_RC (l-r.) Saycon Sengbloh stars as Erma Franklin, Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin, LeRoy McClain as Cecil Franklin and Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin in RESPECT, A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Quantrell D. Colbert
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- R_27620_RC Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha Franklin and Forest Whitaker as her father C.L. Franklin in RESPECT A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Credit: Quantrell D. Colbert
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- R_21163_RC Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha Franklin in RESPECT A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Credit: Quantrell D. Colbert
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- R_06705_RC2 Actor Jennifer Hudson and director Liesl Tommy on the set of RESPECT, A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Quantrell D. Colbert
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- R_18896_RC (ctr) Marlon Wayans stars as Ted White and Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin in RESPECT A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Quantrell D. Colbert
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- R_09165_RC Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington in RESPECT A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Quantrell D. Colbert
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- R_07374_RC Actor Jennifer Hudson and director Liesl Tommy on the set of RESPECT A Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film Photo credit: Quantrell D. Colbert
The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on August 13, 2021.
