Beyonce Knowles has signed on to star in and executive produce the upcoming 1950s period movie Cadillac Records. Beyonce will play blues singer Etta James in the film, about the seminal Chicago record label Chess Records and its founder, Leonard Chess, who started out selling albums out of his Cadillac. James, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Chuck Berry are among the legends who recorded on Chess. Darnell Martin (Their Eyes Were Watching God) is directing and also wrote the screenplay. Adrien Brody has already been cast as Chess, and Jeffrey Wright (Waters), Cedric the Entertainer (Willie Dixon), and Columbus Short (Little Walter) are also on board.
I hope she is better here than in Dreamgirls, which this sounds similar to. Watching that film again Beyonce is the weak acting link, seemingly surrounded by much more talented screen presences. While I'm not the biggest fan of Jenifer Hudson's performance at least she shows a multitude of emotions, Beyonce just seems to be there doing nothing.
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