A Britney Spears biopic is formally within the works.
In keeping with The Ankler, Common Footage has scored the rights to Spears’ best-selling memoir, The Lady in Me.
The outlet goes on to report that the biopic has already landed a director in Depraved‘s Jon M. Chu. Moreover, Oscar-winning producer Marc Platt can be connected to the upcoming undertaking.
A supply revealed to the publication that the deal for the rights to the movie are across the eight determine mark. Additionally connected to the settlement is reportedly rights to Spears’ huge music catalog.
Spears additionally teased the information of a biopic on her Twitter account at present (Aug. 1), the identical day that the information broke of a biopic.
“Excited to share with my followers that I have been engaged on a secret undertaking with #MarcPlatt. He’s at all times made my favourite films … keep tuned,” Spears stated in a tweet.
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Beforehand, the identical outlet reported that Spears’ e-book was the topic of competitors from a few of Hollywood’s largest names to be became a film. They reported that Shonda Rhimes, Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Margot Robbie all had been in rivalry to be part of the movie.
A number of massive studios additionally had been in competitors for the undertaking. Sony, Warner Brothers, Fox, Disney and Netflix all vied for the undertaking.
Upon its launch, The Lady in Me was a large success for Spears and has gone on to promote over 2.5 million copies in the USA alone. Moreover, it has turn out to be the quickest promoting e-book in Simon & Schuster’s historical past.
There may be at the moment no phrase on a launch date for the undertaking.
Britney Spears within the ’90s and Early 2000s
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