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Britney Spears simply made some large bucks.
By agreeing to have her life story advised on the massive display screen.
According to Universal Studios in a press launch on Thursday, the corporate has landed the rights to Britney’s chart-topping memoir, “The Woman in Me.”
It can be become a film in some unspecified time in the future… with Wicked director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt connected to develop.
To be clear, there’s no author connected to the challenge simply but and the discharge date might very properly be years away — however that is nonetheless fairly darn thrilling!
For one factor, we will begin speculating over whether or not Britney will truly play herself within the movie, as she wasn’t all that horrible again within the day within the film Crossroads.
Still, this appears unlikely.
TMZ experiences, nevertheless, that Spears will be capable of make the ultimate casting name. And has additionally pocketed at the least $10 million for promoting the rights to her aforementioned e-book.
Britney’s biography was launched in October 2023.
In it, the artist detailed all of the methods by which her father mistreated her through the years; most notably, in fact, through a conservatorship that recreation him management over his daughter’s funds, profession and, actually, complete life.
Spears additionally wrote that her dad was an abusive alcoholic.
Presumably, Britney may even get to resolve which actor portrays Jamie Spears on this forthcoming film.
The Grammy-winner’s memoir has offered over 2.5 million copies within the United States alone.
At numerous factors in its pages, Spears chronicles her journey to pop superstardom from her younger Mickey Mouse Club days by way of her extremely publicized and scrutinized conservatorship case.
The audiobook — learn by Academy Award-nominated actor Michelle Williams, with an introduction by Spears — has develop into the the quickest promoting in Simon & Schuster’s historical past.
As for a way Spears for the e-book to finally be become a film?
Excited to share with my followers that I’ve been engaged on a secret challenge with #MarcPlatt. He’s at all times made my favourite films … keep tuned ????????
— Britney Spears ???????? (@britneyspears) August 1, 2024
She merely shared information of a “secret challenge” with followers on social media on August 1, as you may see above, writing that Platt has “at all times made my favourite films.”
Chu and Platt not too long ago labored collectively on the upcoming film model of the Wicked musical, which stars one other pop star in Ariana Grande.
Chu, for his half, additionally directed Crazy Rich Asians, whereas Platt was accountable behind the scenes for Legally Blonde and La La Land.
