12-04-2025
Could Taylor Swift Star in Beloved Whitney Houston Movie Remake?
A major movie remake of a beloved classic film could have interesting casting.
Although casting is not set, a key staffing move is getting Taylor Swift's name mentioned in connection with the project.
The movie is The Bodyguard, which was a romantic thriller that starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston in 1992. Costner played the bodyguard of Houston, a singer. The role would seem to be tailor-made for a singer like Swift.
"Beyond Swift, there are many singers who could play the singing star that this should be a magnet for an exciting cast," Deadline noted, however.
Now Sam Wrench, who is the director of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, has been chosen to direct a remake of The Bodyguard. The script is being written by Jonathan A. Abrams, who wrote the movie Juror No. 2, according to Deadline.
According to Deadline, the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie that Wrench directed was a "concert movie spawned from Swift's historic almost two-year-long global tour." The movie "grossed $261.7 million worldwide," Deadline reported.
Variety noted that the original Bodyguard movie "has what is considered the bestselling movie soundtrack of all time, with several chart-topping original songs from Houston," who was at the height of her fame when she filmed it.
"I don't think the job of a concert filmmaker is there to try and portray something that didn't happen or to give it an energy that isn't there," Wrench told Variety.
"When the music is the king, the music is the thing you follow and you let that kind of dictate everything. But honestly, my job was fairly easy. It's such a great concert. Everyone enjoyed it. We pointed some cameras, and here we are," he added.
The original Bodyguard also received two Oscar nominations for songs, according to Variety.
