NEW YORK.- Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to the memoir Britney Spears The Woman in Me (Britney Spears: The Woman I Am) and develop a film biopic of the pop star that will be directed by Jon M. Chu, the studio announced.
Following a competitive auction, Universal won the film rights to the autobiography, which has sold more than 2.5 million copies since it was published last October. Marc Platt, the veteran producer of Wicked y La La Landproducing while Chu, the filmmaker of Crazy Rich Asians e In the Heights (In the neighborhood), be the director.
Spears herself celebrated the news on X, where she tweeted that she was excited to share the news with her fans.
“I’m excited to share with my fans that I’ve been working on a secret project with #MarcPlatt. He’s always made my favorite movies so stay tuned,” the Princess of Pop said on the social network.
Britney Spears’ Rise to Fame
Spears, 42, recounts in her book her rise to fame since The Mickey Mouse Club to global pop stardom, as well as her struggles with the conservatorship that controlled her finances and most of her life affairs, which was revoked in 2021. The memoir, whose sales were boosted by an audiobook read by Michelle Williams, includes the revelation that Spears had an abortion during her relationship with Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago.
Musical biopics have been one of Hollywood’s most popular genres in recent years, with recent films about Elvis, Amy Winehouse and Bob Marley. Upcoming releases include A Complete Unknownstarring Timothe Chalamet as Bob Dylan, and a Michael Jackson biopic due out next year.
Universal previously released the 2015 NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton (Explicit lyrics).
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