Wicked director teases his Britney Spears biopic: “She'll be very involved”

Jon M. Chu is set to adapt the singer's memoir, The Woman in Me (2023).

Invited to the ceremony Golden Globesthis weekend, the director of Wicked took stock of his project Britney Spears biopic. If he must first release the second part of his musical, entitled Wicked For Good and scheduled for November 26, 2025 in the cinema, Jon M. Chu should then continue with this big budget film at Universal, inspired by the memoirs of the singer of “Baby one more time” And “Toxic”. The Woman in Mepublished by Gallery Books, sold 2.5 million copies in the United States, and was translated in France by JC Lattès.

“She will be very involved, assured Jon M. Chu to Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet of the awards ceremony. I haven't quite started yet, but she will be very involved. I have ideas, an approach, but it’s still very early.”

A big promise, because the star has already expressed, in the past, his disapproval to the idea of ​​being played by another artist in the cinema… However, she seems to accept this biopic project in particular, since it would be based on her own work.

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Universal Pictures acquired the rights to the best-selling book last summer in a deal worth $15 million. Then Chu was quickly attached to the biopic, but it is not yet clear who could play Britney. Millie Bobby Brownmaybe ? The star of Stranger Things has already expressed its enthusiasm, and fans have also proposed other casting ideas: Emma Roberts, Madelyn Clyne, Sydney Sweeney, Sabrina Carpenter, Maddie Ziegler… Which did not escape the director:

“I've seen all the fan castings, and I always take them into consideration because there might be a good idea in there. But we'll have to see what the film's approach is before we know who is the right person for this role.”

Near BillboardJon M. Chu defined himself last year as being “a big Britney fan”adding: “I've been a fan since I was young (…) I want to do him justice and tell his story properly. But we'll see. We're developing it, and it's going to be a long road.”

Waiting for, Wicked, critically acclaimedis still in theaters. Here is its trailer: