Nicole Kidman will play Dusty Springfield in an upcoming biopic about the legendary English chanteuse.

According to Daily Variety, Kidman, 40, will also produce the movie through Fox’s Blossom Films.

The script is being penned by Michael Cunningham, the same writer behind the novel “The Hours,” which was adapted into a 2002 movie starring Kidman as literary giant Virginia Woolf. Kidman won an Oscar for her performance.

Kidman’s newest project is one of two Hollywood films about Springfield currently in the works. Universal is developing its own biopic, starring Kristin Chenoweth (”The West Wing”) as the pop icon.

The films’ release dates have yet to be announced.

Springfield reached the height of her popularity in the 1960s with hits like “I Only Want To Be With You” and “The Look of Love.” In her personal life, she strugged with mental illness and substance abuse.

She died from breast cancer in 1999 at the age of 59.






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