Singer and Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson will star in an upcoming film called The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete with Jeffrey Wright,  Anthony Mackie and Jordin Sparks. The movie which is currently being filmed in Brooklyn under the direction of George Tillman Jr., follows two inner-city kids left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by authorities.  The Huffington Post reports:

Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson will join actors Jeffrey Wright and Anthony Mackie and singer-turned-actress Jordin Sparks in the forthcoming motion picture drama, “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister And Pete.”

According to Deadline.com, the film, which is directed by George Tillman Jr. and produced by Alicia Keys, will tell the story of two inner-city kids who are forced to care for themselves after their mothers are taken away by authorities.

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