Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) is negotiating to star in Tyler Perry’s the Family That Preys, a drama Perry wrote and will direct and star in for Lionsgate, reports Variety.
Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard and Rockmond Dunbar are already set for the project, which begins shooting March 2 at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.
The story focuses on two families from different sides of the tracks that become intimately involved in love and business.