Spears’ memoir “The Woman in Me” is being adapted into a movie, with “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu set to helm. Now for the big question: Who should play Britney?
’ latest tweet. With all due respect my pop star queen, confusion over a Britney Spears social media post has become a fairly regular occurrence in recent years. But there was a specificity to what Spears was posting about that lent the tease an even more urgent “WHAT DOES THIS MEAN????” than usual.
Hadn’t Spears been vocal about her disinterest in working again or returning to the scrutiny of the limelight? Does this mean she’s backtracking and is going to, of all, things, star in a movie?! Moreover, Britney Spears knows who producer Marc Platt is, as well as his filmography? And what, then, is her favorite Marc Platt film?that the deal was in the eight-figure range, including publishing rights to Spears’ music catalog.
Will it do Spears and her complicated career justice? Will it dig into the darkness she’s survived, or will it, like all attempts at a Whitney Houston project, be a controlled hagiography? Plus, remember how exploitative the media’s coverage was of the more shocking anecdotes from Spears’ memoir? Would a biopic like this stoke the same, shameful instincts—something that Spears clearly was not a fan of during her book’s rollout?The Daily Beast’s Slack channel was sparking with suggestions.
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