Lee Daniels in talks to direct Billie Holiday biopic, Andra Day eyed to star

Lee Daniels is in negotiations to helm jazz icon Billie Holiday biopic 'Billie'. Sources told that actor Andra Day is being sought for the title role with Lakeith Stanfield as the male lead.

Pulitzer-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is writing the script and, Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum are attached as producers. The film is still looking for a studio and it is unknown when production would begin.
Daniels has not directed any feature since 2013's 'The Butler'. Earlier, Diana Ross played Holiday in a 1972 biopic and a 1986 Broadway play, 'Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill' paid tributes to the singer, whose real name was Eleanora Fagan.