Britney Spears Biopic Will Be Made By Universal With Jon M. Chu As Director

NEW YORK — Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to Britney Spears’ memoir “The Woman in Me” and will produce a biopic of the pop queen directed by Jon M. Chu, the studio announced Thursday.

After a tough auction, Universal acquired the film rights to the memoir, which has sold over 2.5 million copies since its release in October. Marc Platt, the veteran producer of “Wicked” and “La La Land,” will produce, with Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “In The Heights”) directing.

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Britney Spears Biopic Will Be Made By Universal With Jon M. Chu As Director

Spears herself announced the news on X, tweeting, “Excited to share with my fans that I’ve been working on a secret project with #MarcPlatt.” He’s always made my favorite films, so stay tuned.”

Spears, 42, writes in her book about her journey to popularity from “The Mickey Mouse Club” to global pop stardom and her problems with the conservatorship, which was dissolved in 2021. The biography, whose sales were bolstered by an audiobook read by Michelle Williams, revealed that she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years before.

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Britney’s Biopic Will Be Made By Universal With Jon M. Chu As Director

Recently, music biopics have become one of Hollywood’s most popular genres, including films about Elvis, Amy Winehouse, and Bob Marley. Upcoming releases include “A Complete Unknown,” starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, and a Michael Jackson biography due next year.

Universal previously released the 2015 N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton.”

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