Hulu Is Hoping To Purchase The Rights To ‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday

Officials at Hulu have announced that they are in the process of negotiating a distribution deal for the rights to Lee Daniel’s Billie Holiday biopic: The United States Vs Billie Holiday.

This deal is coming together right around the same time as the Oscar nominations, with other big streaming services like Netfix and Amazon Prime all looking for potential winners to sign.

Hulu won the domestic rights to the film at the Cannes Film Festival and since then they have been present during reshoots and prepping a marketing strategy, even though the distribution deal hasn’t gone through yet.

Per Variety:

“The United States vs. Billie Holiday stars Day as Holiday, Moonlight’s Trevante Rhodes, Dolemite is My Name Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Natasha Lyonne. It tells the story of how the singer’s career was derailed after she was targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics. Holiday was the subject of an undercover sting operation led by a federal agent with whom she had a stormy love affair.”

Source:
Variety