'Waiting To Exhale' Sequel: Whitney Houston Returns With Forest Whitaker

*”Waiting to Exhale” fans, get ready for another phenomenal blow-out flick of the follow-up to the first grown-n-sexy story. Over 15 years since they dominated Hollywood, Forest Whitaker is bringing back Whitney Houston and company for a sequel to "Waiting to Exhale."



Indiewire's The Playlist reports that one of the film's stars, Angela Bassett, confirmed on the CBS show "The Talk" that Whitaker is touching up "Exhale" author/screenwriter Terry McMillan's script for the sequel, which she based on her 2010 novel sequel.

”She wrote 'Getting to Happy' and she’s written the screenplay… Loretta [Devine], Lela [Rochon], Whitney, Forest. Forest is working on the script now, ” she said.  The first film also starred Gregory Hines, Dennis Haysbert, and Donald Faison, among others.

Whitaker, from whom "Exhale" was his first major directorial effort, has gone on to become a renown director and actor.McMillan teased on Twitter that she’s just about finished with the theater version of the film and should be up on the big screen some time next year.  Read More Click Now