A highly anticipated movie based on Britney Spears<\/strong>\u2019 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me<\/em>,\u00a0 is in danger of ending before production even begins \u2014 because the film\u2019s subject has become a challenge for the team behind it!<\/p>\n In 2024, Variety<\/em><\/a> reported that Universal Pictures had tapped Wicked<\/em> director Jon M. Chu<\/strong> and producer Marc Platt<\/strong> to oversee the biopic \u2014 and Spears, 43, herself said she was \u201cexcited\u201d to work on a \u201csecret project\u201d with Platt in a post shared<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n At the time, \u201cBritney banked a lot of control in her initial deal and she was able to do that because multiple companies were chasing her for the rights to her story,\u201d explains the source.<\/p>\n However, Spears\u2019 involvement has since become challenging for Universal Pictures. \u201cBritney\u2019s inexperience with screenwriters, script development and modern filmmaking in general is an obstacle in the process,\u201d explains the source. \u201cAt some point you do have to step back and let the professionals do their job.\u201d<\/p>\n One point of contention seems to be how far to dive into the \u201cToxic\u201d singer\u2019s tumultuous life, which includes losing custody of her sons \u2014 she shares Sean<\/strong>, 19, and Jayden<\/strong>, 18, with ex Kevin Federline<\/strong> \u2014 and being embroiled in a controversial 13-year conservatorship.<\/p>\n \u201cBritney\u2019s had some crazy ups and downs in the last 25 years, and Universal understands that there\u2019s no one perfect way to tell her story,\u201d explains the source. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to white-wash the drama in her life, but will her fans, or Britney herself even, be open to a \u2018warts-and-all\u2019 approach to her story?\u201d<\/p>\n Now, \u201cThey\u2019re trying to figure that out, but Universal has shown they are willing to walk away from a problematic development process \u2014 which is exactly what they did with Madonna<\/strong>\u2018s proposed biopic,\u201d says the source, pointing to the Universal Pictures flick featuring Julia Garner<\/strong> portraying the \u201cLike a Virgin\u201d singer that was put on ice in 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Universal loses interest or doesn\u2019t see eye-to-eye with Britney on the final story, she\u2019ll be right back at square one and have wasted months and months of time \u2014 just like Madonna did!\u201d adds the source.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source starmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency \/ MEGA A highly anticipated movie based on Britney Spears\u2019 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me,\u00a0 is in danger of ending before production even begins \u2014 because the film\u2019s subject has become a challenge for the team behind it! 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