Marc Platt is producing the film. Platt, 67, has produced “La La Land,” “Cruella,” “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Babylon,” “The Little Mermaid” and more. He’s also a producer on “Wicked.”
Director Jon M. Chu WireImage Producer Marc Platt. FilmMagic,
Spears, 42, teased the movie about her life on X on Monday.
“Excited to share with my fans that I’ve been working on a secret project with #MarcPlatt. He’s always made my favorite movies … stay tuned,” she tweeted .
Chu and Platt at CinemaCon 2024. Getty Images for CinemaCon Spears’ tweet. britneyspears/X
According to Variety , Universal won the rights to Spears’ book in a highly competitive auction.
The Ankler reported that the deal was worth eight figures and involved obtaining the rights to Spears’ music catalog.
Shonda Rhimes, Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B, and Margot Robbie were reportedly interested in the biopic. Sony, Warner Brothers, Fox, Disney and Netflix all allegedly vied to win the rights but lost to Universal.
Spears in 2002. Getty Images Spears at her Las Vegas residency in 2018. Getty Images
“The Woman in Me,” which came out Oct. 23, 2023, has sold over 2.5 million copies in the US. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times Bestsellers list and became the fastest-selling audiobook in Simon & Schuster’s history.
The “Stronger” singer said she got the abortion because the “SexyBack” singer didn’t want to be a father.
“Justin definitely wasn’t happy about the pregnancy. He said we weren’t ready to have a baby in our lives, that we were way too young,” she wrote.
Spears added: “I’m sure people will hate me for this, but I agreed not to have the baby. I don’t know if that was the right decision.”
Spears in 2000. Courtesy Everett Collection
In 2022, Spears dismissed the idea of a biopic after “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown said she wanted to portray the Grammy winner in a future film.
“I hear about people wanting to do movies about my life … dude I’m not dead !!!” the “Crossroads” star wrote in an Instagram post .
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