NEW TRAILER: 'SPARKLE' STARRING WHITNEY HOUSTON, JORDIN SPARKS ETC

The trailer of Whitney Houston's last recorded film, 'Sparkle' has been released and we see some glimpses of the Star doing what she knows how to do best... rendering some soul-stirring notes!

 Houston in a scene from the film.

Sparkle is a remake of the Detroit-set 1976 film of the same name, a personal favourite of Houston's. She plays the mother of three sisters in a 1960s Motown-era girl group who are seen dealing with the fallout of fame and drugs in a story which was inspired by the Supremes. American Idol winner Jordin Sparks (who plays the title character), Cee Lo Green, Mike Epps and Derek Luke also take starring roles.
In the trailer Houston is seen warning her daughters to learn from her character's own ill-fated brush with stardom. She appears in several scenes and even performs a solo number, the gospel song His Eye on the Sparrow. The singer reportedly recorded several tracks for the soundtrack and also acted as executive producer. R.Kelly is also said to to have written some additional tracks for the movie. Sparkle was widely seen as her comeback project following several years away from the big screen. She had completed all her scenes by the time of her death on 11 February.
• Sparkle is due for US release on August 17 and in the UK on October 5.