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| I WILL SURVIVE: THE GLORIA GAYNOR STORY (LIFETIME)
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STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series greenlighted |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Lifetime's press release, October 2024) Tony Award winner Joaquina Kalukango is set to star as two-time Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and music legend Gloria Gaynor with Lance Gross (Tyler Perry's House of Payne) starring as Gloria's husband Linwood Simon in Robin Roberts Presents I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story. Gloria Gaynor, who executive produces will also write and record an original song for the authorized biopic which spans her 50-year career in the music business. A Rock'n Robin Production, the film reunites executive producer Roberts with Kalukango who also starred in Roberts' Emmy Award nominated movie music biopic, Mahalia. I Will Survive will air in 2025 as part of the network's Voices of a Lifetime slate which includes previously announced movies Mary J. Blige's Family Affair and Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Joaquina Kalukango as Gloria Gaynor
· Lance Gross as Linwood Simon
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Alicia K. Harris as DIR
· Betsy Schechter as CO-PROD
· Gloria Gaynor as EP
· Jane Espenson as WRTR
· Linda Berman as EP
· Njeri Brown as WRTR
· Robin Roberts as EP
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· mow
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Rock'n Robin Productions
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