After the huge success of "Michael", it's no surprise that Hollywood is planning more musician biopics. The biographical film about the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson (1958-2009) has so far earned nearly one billion US dollars at the worldwide box office. It has been known for several years that Universal film studio is planning an adaptation of Britney Spears' (44) memoir "The Woman in Me: Meine Geschichte". "Wicked" director Jon M. Chu (46) has already been brought on as director. Now "New Girl" creator Elizabeth "Liz" Meriwether (44) has also been confirmed as writer, as first reported by "Page Six Hollywood".
Who Will Play Britney Spears?
The planned musician biography has thereby taken a huge step forward. Meriwether, who also created the successful series "The Dropout" and "Dying for Sex", is now set to complete a first version of the screenplay about Britney Spears' life story, which director Chu and producer Marc Platt (69) have already begun. An important personnel decision for the biopic. However, further production decisions such as the casting of the lead role are not yet known at present.
Bestseller "The Woman in Me"
"The Woman in Me" was released in stores in October 2023. In the first week of sales alone, 1.1 million copies of Spears' memoir were sold. In total, more than three million copies were sold in the US, and over six million worldwide. The work also reached the top of the "New York Times" bestseller list.
In her book, Spears writes about her beginnings in the entertainment industry. Additionally, ex-partner Justin Timberlake (45) came under fire at one point in the book. The revelation that she had terminated a pregnancy during her relationship with Timberlake because he "didn't want to be a father" triggered a massive public backlash against the singer.
Turbulent Years
After the period of her great success with hits like "...Baby One More Time", "Toxic", or "Oops... I Did It Again", the singer particularly made headlines with mental health problems. In 2021, her conservatorship by her father Jamie Spears (74), which had lasted approximately 13 years, finally ended.
The star regained control over her life at that time, but has since attracted attention with, among other things, bizarre social media appearances such as the infamous "knife dance" video from September 2023, or an arrest followed by charges for driving under the influence of alcohol at the beginning of this year.
