INSIDER: BLACK HOLLYWOOD IS FURIOUS THAT JENNIFER HUDSON IS GETTING THE LEADING ROLE IN TYLER PERRY'S NEW FILM

January 25, 2008. If Jennifer Hudson though it was difficult doing a movie with Beyonce - that may have been a cake walk. MediaTakeOut.com has learned that Tyler Perry has decided to cast Jennifer Hudson as the lead in his new film The Family That Preys Together. And that move has dozens of established Black actresses furious.

One top list actress spoke to MediaTakeOut.com on the condition of anonymity. She explained, "There are so many real actresses here and he went and chose Jennifer Hudson? Do you know how many people worked on [Tyler's] projects when he was a nobody ... and now that he has a [movie] budget, he must have forgot who the [EXPLETIVE] we are."

And the actress, who claims she speaks for many in Hollywood, had a lot more fire to tell MediaTakeOut.com. She added, "How can you have Jennifer Hudson being the lead - and Alfre [Woodard] and Sanaa [Lathan] supporting her - what kind of sense does that make ... I mean what does he think this is - it's not a musical. [Jennifer's] not going to be singing anything."

Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard and Rockmond Dunbar have already signed on to Tyler's new film. It's scheduled to begin filming in early March.

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