{"id":115557,"date":"2024-08-01T22:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T22:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/britney-spears-biopic-on-the-way-who-will-play-the-singer\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T22:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T22:30:43","slug":"britney-spears-biopic-on-the-way-who-will-play-the-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/01\/britney-spears-biopic-on-the-way-who-will-play-the-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Biopic on the Way; Who Will Play the Singer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Britney Spears just made some big bucks.<\/p>\n<p>By agreeing to have her life story told on the big <em>screen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Universal Studios in a press release on Thursday, the company has landed the rights to Britney\u2019s chart-topping memoir, \u201cThe Woman in Me.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It will be turned into a movie at some point\u2026 with Wicked director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt attached to develop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Britney Spears up close\" class=\"wp-image-505266 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-960x641.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-457100765-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We\u2019re up close here with Britney Spears. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michelangelo Di Battista\/Sony\/RCA via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To be clear, there\u2019s no writer attached to the project just yet and the release date may very well be years away \u2014 but this is still pretty darn exciting!<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, we can start speculating over whether Britney will actually play herself in the film, as she wasn\u2019t all that terrible back in the day in the movie Crossroads.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this seems unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ reports, however, that Spears will be able to make the final casting call. And has also pocketed at least $10 million for selling the rights to her aforementioned book.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-783x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Britney Spears a long time ago\" class=\"wp-image-505267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-1567x2048.jpg 1567w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-734x960.jpg 734w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-826x1080.jpg 826w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-918x1200.jpg 918w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-scaled.jpg 1958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-783x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Britney Spears a long time ago\" class=\"wp-image-505267 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-1567x2048.jpg 1567w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-734x960.jpg 734w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-826x1080.jpg 826w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-918x1200.jpg 918w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-scaled.jpg 1958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-168582304-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britney Spears attends 102.7 KIIS FM\u2019s Wango Tango 2013 held  at The Home Depot Center on May 11, 2013 in Carson, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Britney\u2019s biography was released in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In it, the artist detailed all the ways <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/10\/britney-spears-book-reveals-my-horrible-dad-forced-me-into-rehab-over-supplements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in which her father mistreated her<\/a> over the years; most notably, of course, via a conservatorship that game him control over his daughter\u2019s finances, career and, really, entire life.<\/p>\n<p>Spears also wrote that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/10\/britney-spears-book-details-abuse-from-alcoholic-dad-jamie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her dad was an abusive alcoholic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Presumably, Britney will also get to decide which actor portrays Jamie Spears in this forthcoming movie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"748\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-1496x2048.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-701x960.jpg 701w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-789x1080.jpg 789w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-876x1200.jpg 876w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-scaled.jpg 1870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"748\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505273 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-1496x2048.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-701x960.jpg 701w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-789x1080.jpg 789w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-876x1200.jpg 876w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-scaled.jpg 1870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-533589002-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britney Spears performs on stage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Grammy-winner\u2019s memoir has sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States alone.<\/p>\n<p>At various points in its pages, Spears chronicles her journey to pop superstardom from her young Mickey Mouse Club days through her highly publicized and scrutinized conservatorship case.<\/p>\n<p>The audiobook \u2014 read by Academy Award-nominated actor Michelle Williams, with an introduction by Spears \u2014 has become the the fastest selling in Simon &amp; Schuster\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>As for how Spears for the book to eventually be turned into a movie?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excited to share with my fans that I&#8217;ve been working on a secret project with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarcPlatt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MarcPlatt<\/a>. He\u2019s always made my favorite movies \u2026 stay tuned ????????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Britney Spears ???????? (@britneyspears) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/britneyspears\/status\/1819058008128708721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She simply shared news of a \u201csecret project\u201d with fans on social media on August 1, as you can see above, writing that Platt has \u201calways made my favorite movies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chu and Platt recently worked together on the upcoming movie version of the Wicked musical, which stars another pop star in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/stars\/ariana-grande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariana Grande<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chu, for his part, also directed Crazy Rich Asians, while Platt was responsible behind the scenes for Legally Blonde and La La Land.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA4L2JyaXRuZXktc3BlYXJzLW1vdmllLW9uLXRoZS13YXktd2hvLXdpbGwtcGxheS10aGUtc2luZ2VyLW9uLXRoZS1iaWctc2NyZWVuLw==\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britney Spears just made some big bucks. By agreeing to have her life story told on the big screen. According to Universal Studios in a press release on Thursday, the company has landed the rights to Britney\u2019s chart-topping memoir, \u201cThe Woman in Me.\u201d It will be turned into a movie at some point\u2026 with Wicked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-115557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}