The Pop Corporation

Britney Spears has, shall we say, had a very full life. It hasn’t all been peaches and cream, which means news that her life will be getting the biopic treatment is tentatively good news. We say it tentatively because not all biopics are good, but we are 100% rooting for this one because we think it is the least she deserves.

Her memoir – The Woman In Me – was an instant best-seller and that will be the basis for this new movie which is being produced by Universal Pictures. Attached to develop this project are Wicked director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt.

On Twitter (we won’t ever call it ‘X’, because that’s a stupid name) Spears write: “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 🌹🎥.”

We looked up Marc Platt, and he’s been behind ‘Drive’, ‘Legally Blonde’, ‘Scott Pilgrim vs The World’, ‘Dear Evan Hansen’, the Wicked movies and some Disney rejigs, and loads more. Some pedigree that and varied too. That leaves us with no idea how this Britney movie might shape up, but it has our attention.

Of course, Britney’s conservatorship was a whole knotty issue and was finally terminated after a big, messy trial and her victory lap since then hasn’t been perfect, but it has been fascinating. Now, our focus will surely only be dragged away from her dancing videos on social media to talk about who might play her in this movie.

Any guesses?