Michelle Williams “will play jazz singer Peggy Lee in the next biopic Fever”

Michelle Williams will play the late jazz singer Peggy Lee in the next biopic Fever, with Billie Eilish in negotiations for the executive production of the film.

Lee will be the subject of a biopic directed by Todd Haynes, with a screenplay written by Doug Wright, according to Variety.

Producers of the film include Reese Witherspoon, La La Land producer Marc Platt, and potentially Eilish, reports the website.

Hitting a high note! Michelle Williams will play the late jazz singer Peggy Lee in the next biopic Fever, with Billie Eilish in negotiations for the executive production of the film (photo in January 2020)

The music sensation, his mother Maggie Baird, and the CEO of his Darkroom label, Justin Lubliner, are all in “initial discussions” to possibly produce the film.

Interestingly, Haynes was also set to direct Fever in 2014 with a script written by the late screenwriter, Nora Ephron, according to Variety.

Witherspoon, who is now producing Fever, was cast to star in the film.

A fan of the late jazz singer, Eilish had previously described being influenced by Lee’s music.

Big fan: Eilish, who is also a fan of Lee, is in negotiations to join the film as an executive producer

Music icon: known for his cold, whispering voice, Lee sang the songs Is There All There Is?, Fever and The Way You Look Tonight

“I used to listen to tons of old music – Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Etta James, Johnny Mathis and people like that – where all the songs had a perfect composition structure,” she told Variety in 2019.

Eilish was among several stars who marked the singer’s 100th birthday with a discussion at the Grammy Museum last year.

Known for her sensual voice, Lee sang the songs Is There All There Is?, Fever and The Way You Look Tonight.

Heavy hitters: she was considered in the same league as the other singing sensation Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald

She was considered to be on the same level as other singing sensations Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.

She received a Grammy for best contemporary female vocal performance for Is That All There Is? in 1969.

Some of his most famous recordings include Why Don’t You Do Right ?, I’m a Woman, Lover, Pass Me By, Where or When, I’m Gonna Go Fishin ‘and Big Spender.

She died at the age of 81 from a heart attack in 2002.

Eyes on Hollywood: the sensation of music, his mother Maggie Baird and the CEO of his Darkroom label, Justin Lubliner, are all in “initial discussions” to possibly produce the film (photo in 2020)