Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson is in talks to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic that Straight Outta Compton producer Scott Bernstein is developing, according to TheWrap.

The Untitled Aretha Franklin Project will examine the legendary singer's rise to fame in the 1960s and 1970s and look into her difficult relationship with her ex-husband and former manager Ted White.

Hudson most recently appeared in Fox's hit TV series Empire. She won an Oscar for her role in Dreamgirls in 2006, having first found fame as a finalist on American Idol.