Britney Spears<\/strong><\/a>\u2018 biopic is still in limbo despite being green lit \u2014 and a source says it\u2019ll stay that way unless she can pull herself together and show producers she\u2019s serious about fixing her life.<\/p>\n \u201cUniversal Pictures is in a very tricky situation,\u201d the source tells Star. \u201cThey\u2019re looking at the real numbers on the Michael biopic and the profits rolling in on that movie are truly stunning. It\u2019s been a license to make money.\u201d<\/p>\n However, \u201cthe key to that project was presenting a happy ending<\/a> to [Michael Jackson<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s] story that left fans humming the music and dancing when they left the theaters,\u201d notes the source. \u201cThey\u2019d like the same dynamic with the Britney movie, and they thought they had it when they bought the rights to her book [The Woman In Me] not long after her conservatorship ended.\u201d<\/p>\n Then, on Wednesday, May 4, Spears, 44, was arrested in Ventura, California, on suspicion of driving under the influence<\/a> of drugs and alcohol.<\/p>\n TK<\/span><\/p>\n The \u201cToxic\u201d singer, who agreed to plead guilty to a wet reckless, voluntarily sought treatment following her arrest, only to make headlines again shortly after leaving the facility<\/a>.<\/p>\n As Star previously reported<\/a>, entertainment reporter Jeff Sneider<\/strong> claims he saw Spears \u201cscreaming and barking\u201d at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, California, on Wednesday, May 13.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Britney\u2019s personal struggles continuing, it would be impossible \u2026 to film and release a movie while she is still going through all of that stuff,\u201d reveals the source. \u201cBritney needs to get better<\/a> and she needs to re-engage with the project for it to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n Until then, \u201cthey\u2019re stuck sitting on their hands,\u201d the source says. \u201cNobody\u2019s giving up on the project yet but with Britney\u2019s personal story in the unresolved state it\u2019s in at the moment, it\u2019s a difficult time for the project.\u201d<\/p>\n This story Britney Spears \u2018Needs to Get Better\u2019 Before Biopic Can \u2018Move Forward\u2019: \u2018Nobody\u2019s Giving Up\u2019 \u2018Yet\u2019<\/a> first appeared on Star<\/i><\/a>. 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