The Britney Spears biopic has found its writer.
As per Variety, Liz Meriwether, who created New Girl and co-created Dying for Sex, will pen the upcoming movie.
The Britney biopic is coming from Universal. It will be directed by Jon M. Chu (Wicked) and produced by Marc Platt.
The movie is based on Britney’s memoir, The Woman in Me, released in late 2023. The memoir sold over 1 million copies in its first week, while the audiobook, read by Hollywood star Michelle Williams, became the fastest-selling in Simon & Schuster’s history.
News first broke that Universal Pictures had landed the rights to the memoir in 2024, with Chu and Platt attached to develop the project.
Britney shared news of the “secret project” herself, writing on social media that Platt has “always made my favorite movies” and telling her fans to “stay tuned” for more news.
Meriwether has received four Primetime Emmy nominations for her work across Dying for Sex, which she co-created with Kim Rosenstock, and the Hulu limited series The Dropout.
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Her breakthrough came in 2011 when she wrote the screenplay for the Natalia Portman-starring rom-com No Strings Attached, before she created the beloved Fox sitcom New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel, which ran for seven seasons.
In other Britney news, the pop legend revealed earlier this year that she hopes to play in Australia “very soon.”
In an Instagram post, Britney hinted at a visit Down Under after revealing that she was gifting a piano she once performed live with to her son, which she hoped to play with him on stage.
“Interestingly enough, I dance on IG to heal things in my body that people have no idea about,” her post read.
“Yup and it’s embarrassing sometimes… but I walked through the fire to save my life… I will never perform in the U.S. again because of extremely sensitive reasons but I hope to be sitting on a stool with a red rose in my hair, in a bun, performing with my son… in the UK and AUSTRALIA very soon.”
