UPDATED: Rihanna’s publicist told MTV that there is no truth to the story that Rihanna was in talks for this movie. Of course it’s publicist rule #1 to deny everything until it is actually confirmed. They don’t like the bad press if she does get passed up for a movie role.

Rihanna x The Bodyguard. Rihanna is literally following in the footsteps of Whitney Houston. The NY Daily News is reporting that Rihanna is in New York taking meetings with agents to play the lead in an upcoming remake of the smash hit movie The Bodyguard. The 1993 original was a global hit grossing over $400MM around the world. Nothing is confirmed though with RiRiand my sources are telling me it’s actually just VERY preliminary talks. Let’s just hope they are not going to cast Chris Brown for the role of Kevin Costner.

We also reported way back in January that Rihanna was in talks to be a new Angel in the next installment of the Charlie’s Angels franchise. Considering the movie still is also in early stages of development, there won’t be official news for awhile.

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