Britney Spears Book Being Turned Into Biopic, She Has Final Call on Casting I TMZ Live
Britney Spears' life is ready for the big screen -- her bestselling memoir is on track to be turned into a biopic ... and we now know who's got the final say on who plays Brit.
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00:00So everybody's talking about Britney Spears that there was a bidding war with all the Hollywood studios
00:07Wanting to make a movie out of her book, which was a huge bestseller
00:13Universal won the rights and I am here to tell you slash
00:18speculate
00:20This is never gonna happen. You have no faith. This is never going to happen. Why is that she has?
00:28complete
00:29control over
00:31casting and content and
00:33if you look at Britney Spears history of
00:38Firing her relatives firing managers firing friends. It is really difficult to lead a
00:47routine life with Britney Spears when it becomes creative when her book is
00:53you know her life her her version of life and
00:57The studios are starting to say we can't really fact-check this and prove that this is real
01:04So we don't want to get into a defamation lawsuit. So we're gonna have to cut this part out and
01:10Ain't gonna sit well, and so this is something that John Chu has apparently signed on to he is the director of wicked
01:17And also something that the Mac Mark Platt is producing. He's well known on Broadway
01:23There's a suggestion that there may be a musical element to this whole thing
01:28Britney apparently paid eight figures for this whole thing, which might be some incentive for it to happen
01:33but you think about Harvey the entire process of making a movie how it takes years to make a movie and if she has control over
01:40Each and every step of that that could be a potential problem in each and every step
01:45Every step and and it does take a long time and the longer it takes and if there's a blow-up
01:51Look, I don't know. I'm just giving you my speculation. However, we've been covering Britney Spears for 19 years and
01:58There are a lot of issues. I mean look she has mental health struggles
02:02They have not gotten better certainly since the conservatorship ended whether the free Britney people want to admit that or not
02:09but that's just fact and
02:11On top of that, you know
02:12You've seen what has been going on where she has no relationship with her mom her dad her sister
02:18Has a relationship with her brother as fired managers multiple times has
02:23Basically torpedoed friendships and relationships and whatnot and I'm not saying she's right or wrong and all of that
02:29I'm just saying it's the way she rolls and
02:32Maybe it will be made and I'll be proven wrong. But if I were a betting man, and I am
02:39Placing your bet right now. I am placing my bet right now. Well for Britney fans
02:44We are really really hoping that this does come to fruition and Harvey Alex if it did end up being a thing you guys
02:52This would be an Oscar worthy movie. I mean think about this. So Universal
02:56Yes, they got the rights to her book the woman in me like yours mentioned
02:59But they also apparently got the rights to her music catalog. So think about this think of like Bohemian Rhapsody
03:06Rocketman those movies were
03:08massive
03:09Massive so this could really be great
03:10I know we think of Britney kind of like in a laughing matter now because of her Instagram and her tik-tok and that kind
03:16of stuff but her career is
03:18undoubtedly
03:20Insane and just has so many layers of you know, interesting things that have happened to her
03:25But here's the thing though in her book. Do you guys remember she revealed some bombshells about other people?
03:30So if you are one of the people that were mentioned in her book not in a positive light
03:35you might be shaking in your boots right now and I'm talking to you Justin Timberlake because
03:41No, she didn't trash Justin Timberlake
03:45He would have preferred that probably he wasn't meant yeah, no, I agree with that but she did not I mean everybody's got that wrong
03:52Harvey she said he had a black scent
03:54He she also said that he was like cheating with a backup dancer
03:58But it was the it was the abortion thing and everybody said he forced her. He didn't force her
04:04They had a talk and they agreed and she even said that in the book
04:08She said if he didn't tell me to have a talk we would have a kid, right?
04:13He didn't say tell me he said we talked about it and we're 19 years old and she ultimately agreed
04:19So he she never said in the book that he forced her. She never said that
04:24Brittany the Brittany fans are
04:27Interpreting it that way. I'm who do you think could play a Britney Spears? The answer is me
04:39I'm gonna throw my name in the ring. I don't know how many different versions of Brittany
04:43They're gonna have in in the movie, you know a young Brittany middle break
04:46I don't know what Brittany I would be hopefully not shaved head Brittany, but I can do a pretty good Britney Spears thing an impression
04:52Okay, hold on. Hold on. Are we getting one Charlie?
04:55Yes, they said we want you in the movie, but you have to be the shaved hair, but I would still do it
05:00Yes iconic and that bothers me Charlie Sydney Sweeney Sydney Sweeney is your pick
05:06I think that she's she's super hot right now. Other people are talking about potentially Sophie Turner
05:12Sabrina Carpenter's name has been mentioned as well, but I think Charlie is the one yeah
05:17I think Charlie is the one to the reason I think Charlie is the one is she's not gonna be leaving work because the movie
05:22ain't gonna happen
05:28Thanks for having me on the show, I'm him I'm from the Boston area
05:32I absolutely think it's gonna happen who is more motivated than Brittany is to share her story
05:36I think we should shy away from who's blonde. Who's a singer?
05:39How does she look because CGI and makeup exists?
05:42We have to pick actresses like Tate McRae or Sophie Turner who have similar life
05:46Experiences to Brittany because a woman's character is much more beyond her appearance. Hey Charlie, that's a good point
05:52Yeah, you're still in the running because you're really not blonde
06:02So, I've got it I've got it I think she would I think she would do great Oh God