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On August 1, 2024, it was announced that Spears’ 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, was being turned into a feature film for Universal Pictures. Now, Emma Roberts has stated that playing Britney Spears in the recently announced biopic movie would be her dream.
The movie will be directed by Jon M. Chu, who is known for helming 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians, 2021’s In the Heights, the upcoming Wicked adaptations, and more. No casting announcements have been made yet.
Shortly after the movie was announced, Felicia Culotta, Spears’ former longtime assistant, informed TMZ that Roberts would be a suitable choice for the role of the iconic singer.
Speaking with Cosmopolitan, Roberts was asked what she thought about the idea of playing Spears.
“I was like, I love her assistant. I mean, it’s my true dream to play Britney Spears,” she said. “It’s a rumor, but I hope maybe it’ll come true. I mean, I remember I locked myself in my room and listened to In the Zone and said, ‘I cannot leave this room until I memorize every word.’” She added, “I mean, I sing Britney to my son in the bath all the time. I’m always like, ‘God, he must think I’m so weird.’ That’s some millennial parenting.”
Culotta also suggested Timothée Chalamet play Spears’ ex Justin Timberlake, and Drew Barrymore as the personal assistant who has been working with Spears since 1997. After Spears’ memoir debuted last year at the top of the New York Times’ bestseller list, a studio bidding war ensued. The project was recently acquired by Universal. The book traces Spears’ upbringing in Mississippi and Louisiana to her rise to fame with her 1999 debut album.
Roberts is known for starring in American Horror Story and for playing Chanel Oberlin in Scream Queens. Her filmography includes 2006’s Aquamarine, 2007’s Nancy Drew, 2010’s Valentine’s Day, 2011’s Scream 4, 2013’s We’re the Millers, 2015’s The Blackcoat’s Daughter, 2016’s Nerve, 2020’s The Hunt, and 2024’s Madame Web, among other titles.
A release date for the Britney Spears movie has not been announced at this time. The film will be produced by Marc Platt who produced La La Land.
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