“Dying for Sex” writer Liz Meriwether is set to write a Britney Spears biopic

Universal’s Britney Spears biopic has found a writer with Liz Meriwether, the TV powerhouse behind it. New girl and Dying for sex, Hollywood Reporter I’ve learned.

For the project, the studio is re-collaborating with the creative team behind evil films, with Jon M. Chu on board to direct and Marc Platt set to produce. Universal had no comment on today’s news.

The film is based on the singer’s 2023 best-selling memoir “…Baby One More Time.” The woman inside mein which the singer recounts her career starting with teenage pop stardom through several high-profile romantic relationships, including with Justin Timberlake, and her very public mental breakdown that led to a conservatorship that she spent years fighting for her release.

The woman inside me It has sold millions of copies worldwide since its publication by Gallery Books on October 24, 2023. The audiobook was read by Michelle Williams and became the fastest-selling book in Simon & Schuster’s history.

In the wake of the success you have achieved Michaelstudios are looking for other music stars to provide treatment for the film. Universal, which has had success in the genre, is currently working on a Snoop Dogg biopic External banks Star Jonathan Davis is set to play the “Gin and Juice” rapper.

Repped by WME and McKuin Frankel, Meriwether is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after directors and is behind a string of series including Leakage and Bless this mess. Most recently, she created the Hulu crime drama The angry one Starring Emmy Rossum.

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