
Pop star and actress Beyonce is to play the role of blues singer Etta James in Cadillac Records, a film about the 1950s music business.
Etta James was most famous for the song I Just Want To Make Love To You.
Oscar-winning Adrien Brody, who starred in The Pianist, will also be in Cadillac Records in a lead role in the film about the influential Chess label and the lives of some of its most famous stars, including Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry.
Beyonce is recording four songs for the Cadillac Records soundtrack, and is donating part of her fees to the Survivor Foundation, a charity which to help drug addicts.
Beyonce also has film credits that include Austin Powers in Goldmember and The Pink Panthe