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‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu Talks Britney Spears Biopic: ‘I Want To Do Her Justice and Tell Her Story Right’

'Wicked' director Jon M. Chu couldn't say much about his Britney Spears biopic, but said he wants to 'do her justice and tell her story right.'

Variety has reported that Universal Pictures landed the rights to make a movie of the Spears memoir, which chronicles her rise to fame, her high-profile relationship with Justin Timberlake and her life under a very restrictive 13-year conservancy; Chu will direct with Marc Platt tapped to produce. While it’s unknown where the script is at this point, in September Spears cryptically revealed in an Instagram post that it is “flattering to be in such good company like Jon Chu,” adding that “the project I might be doing isn’t a biopic story … it’s a fictional musical where I play an extremely intelligent character !! In December, Erivo told Variety that in addition to prepping her debut album she has worked with composer Stephen Schwartz to write an original song for Elphaba that she said is “so special to me… when we filmed it, the entire crew was in tears.

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