Singing in place of Whitney Houston is a pretty big task to tackle but vocal powerhouse Deborah Cox is well equipped to get the job done.
According to E!, Houston's music will be included in her forthcoming Lifetime biopic but her voice will not be singing.
The network's site reports that Cox will cover her songs as "music rights and clearances are still being worked out."
Back in 2000, Houston and Cox collaborated on a track called "Same Script, Different Cast."
As the press release notes, the film "chronicles the headline-making relationship between the iconic singer, actress, producer and model and singer-songwriter Bobby Brown-from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity, to their courtship and tumultuous marriage. Throughout it all, difficulties followed the superstar couple while they dealt with the overwhelming rewards and consequences of the fame and fortune created by Whitney's meteoric rise that would soon overshadow them both."
The film is slated to air in 2015 and will be directed by actress Angela Bassett in her directorial debut.
"I really just want to tell a story about a boy and a girl who fell in love," Bassett recently told CNN. "And these are the words and this is the place, and these are the people on the outside, you know? And I want to be as honest as I can about doing that."
She also said that Houston's substance abuse will be addressed. "Well, we know that drugs were a part of their story and that's certainly an element of their story. We can't tell their story without that," Bassett said. "It's involved, and I hope we can unpack it gently."
As previously reported, Yaya DaCosta will play Houston in the network's adaptation of her life. Arlen Escarpeta has been cast as Bobby Brown and Yolonda Ross is set to portray Houston's friend Robyn Crawford.
Suzzanne Douglas will play Houston's mother Cissy, with Mark Rolston as Clive Davis, the record mogul who signed Houston to Arista Records.
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