Lizzo to Headline Biopic About 'Godmother of Rock & Roll' Sister Rosetta Tharpe
One of the pioneering figures in Rock & Roll is set to get a biopic Based on her life story, a major pop music celebrity is slated to depict her. Lizzo has been cast as Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a musical biopic about Tharpe’s life, according to someone familiar with the project who spoke to GudangMovies21. The movie called "Rosetta" is presently under development at Amazon MGM Studios, and Lizzo is also helming the project alongside Kevin Beisler, with Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker representing their production company Significant Productions. The screenplay will be crafted by Natalie Chaidez ("The Flight Attendant," "Queen of the South") and Kwynn Perry ("Tigerbelles," "The Burned Photo"). Currently, no director has been assigned to the film. In the 1930s, Sister Rosetta Tharpe launched her musical journey with gospel records and rose to fame by the 1940s as one of the pioneers who merged gospel music with the...