
By Romeo San Vicente
Jennifer Hudson Flies with Winged Creatures
Getting cast in
Dreamgirls by gay director Bill Condon put
queer-icon-in-the-making Jennifer Hudson in the rarefied company
of Beyonce and Eddie Murphy, but winning the Oscar has
elevated her to a co-starring role opposite fellow Academy Award winner
Forest Whitaker.
The
two have signed for Winged Creatures, a drama about a group
of people who witness a brutal murder-suicide in a fast-food restaurant
and how they go about recovering from the incident.
Directed by Australian Rowan Woods, Creatures boasts a top-notch
cast; in addition to Hudson and Whitaker, the film features Oscar
nominee Jackie Earle Haley, Kate Beckinsale, Dakota
Fanning, Embeth Davidtz, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and
Troy Garity (Soldier's Girl).
Currently shooting in Los Angeles, Winged Creatures should swoop
into theaters in 2008.
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