<P> In the book Is Marriage for White People? writer and Stanford Law School professor Ralph Richard Banks states that the film is a perfect example of the problems African - American women have in finding serious relationships . </P> <P> The soundtrack to the film featured exclusively female African - American artists . The soundtrack included the number - one hit song "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", sung by the film's star, Whitney Houston, as well as "Not Gon' Cry" by Mary J. Blige, "Sittin' Up in My Room" by Brandy, and "Count on Me" by Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans, all of which reached the top ten of Billboard's Hot 100 chart . </P> <P> Interviewed in the spring of 2011 on an episode of The Talk, Angela Bassett confirmed that a sequel was in the planning stages, with all the female principals signed on to star, and Whitaker returning to direct . The film would be based on McMillan's 2010 follow - up novel, Getting to Happy; McMillan was adapting the book to screenplay as well . As of July 2012, no news has come of the sequel, and after Houston's death in February 2012, it is unknown whether the role of Savannah Jackson will be recast . </P> <P> In a 2012 interview with blackenterprise.com screenwriter Michael Elliot revealed he was writing the script for the sequel "I was hired with Terry McMillian's blessings, it's her baby . These are her characters and (in the sequel) I'm treating the women like they are iconic . It's a pretty big deal and I'm very excited . This is like selling my first script! We're shooting this thing next summer or something but with me, I've yet to actually write the script, I've just started it . It's really hard to say (when the film will be released)." </P>

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