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Britney Spears biopic, based on her memoir The Woman In Me, in the works? Here's what we know

AFP |
Aug 02, 2024 01:48 PM IST

Britney Spears's best-selling memoir The Woman In Me laid bare the singer's journey from child star to global pop phenomenon.

A Britney Spears biopic is in development after Universal Pictures bought movie rights to the pop star’s best-selling memoir, the Hollywood studio announced Thursday.

A file photo of Britney Spears
A file photo of Britney Spears

"Crazy Rich Asians" director Jon Chu is attached to develop and direct the film, based on Spears’s recent autobiographical book “The Woman In Me,” the company said in a statement to AFP.

Universal won a “highly competitive auction” for the film adaptation rights, with “La La Land” producer Marc Platt due to oversee the project, it said.

A file photo of Britney Spears
A file photo of Britney Spears

“Excited to share with my fans that I’ve been working on a secret project with #MarcPlatt. He’s always made my favorite movies,” Spears herself posted on social media Thursday.

“Stay tuned,” she told fans.

“The Woman In Me” laid bare the troubled singer’s journey from child star to global pop phenomenon, as well as her subsequent high-profile public breakdown and legal battles with her father.

Full of criticism of her controlling family and an industry that mercilessly devours its talent, the book sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States alone following its publication last October.

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