[Watch Trailer] Lifetime Releases Original Movie Trailer For ‘Wendy Williams: The Movie’
Lifetime has released the first trailer for the upcoming ‘Wendy Williams: The Movie’ is the first biopic about outspoken television host Wendy Williams. Wendy executive produces the biopic on her life, revealing the highs and lows she has experienced throughout the years. Wendy has made herself the go-to source for great celebrity dish on her hit talk show, “The Wendy Williams Show”, but recently the spotlight has turned towards her. The authorized project provides a revealing look at Wendy’s journey, from her scrappy upstart days in urban radio to the success of her own syndicated talk show. Despite all the naysayers and obstacles Wendy encountered throughout her life, her strength and determination have allowed her to thrive. Ciera Payton takes on the lead role while Morocco Omari stars as Wendy’s ex-husband Kevin Hunter.
Lifetime unveiled the airdates for two all-new authorized biopics and three new documentaries centered on some of the most iconic women in pop culture history—Salt-N-Pepa, Wendy Williams, and Whitney Houston, airing on three-consecutive Saturdays to heat up Winter 2021. ‘Wendy Williams: The Movie’ premieres Saturday, January 30 at 8 pm ET/PT, accompanied by the documentary ‘The Wendy Williams Story…What a Mess!’ featuring a raw and emotional interview with Wendy, airing at 10 pm.
In this feature-length documentary, Wendy Williams, the self-anointed Queen of all Media, sheds her private persona and speaks directly to the camera, discussing every inch of joy and humiliation she has experienced since childhood. From her apartment in Manhattan, we’re with Wendy during the course of her divorce, as she deals with being a ‘Hot Topic’ and finds a way to right her ship again. It’s a raw, no holds barred look with never-before-heard truths about her notorious feuds with celebrities, her shocking divorce, her childhood, and the private darkness she has endured. This is the story of a self-made woman who finds herself at the start of a new life, uncertain of the future, but ready to reclaim her crown. The documentary is produced by eOne and Creature Films for Lifetime. Executive producers include Wendy Williams, Tara Long, Mark Ford, Kevin Lopez, Sarah Girgis, and Joie Jacoby. Brie Miranda Bryant and Gena McCarthy serve as executive producers for Lifetime.
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‘Wendy Williams: The Movie’ is produced by Front Street for Lifetime and executive produced by Wendy Williams, Will Packer, and Sheila Ducksworth. Darren Grant directs from a script written by Leigh Davenport and Scarlett Lacey.
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