EXCLUSIVE: Jon Hartmere, writer of the Broadway-bound Britney Spears musical Once Upon a One More Time and the 2017 film The Upside, has signed with Verve.The Spears jukebox musical, with a Hartmere-penned book, sets hit songs including “Oops!
I Did It Again”, “Stronger,” “Toxic” and “Lucky” to an irreverent take on classic fairy tale princess stories. A production was was set to begin previews in Chicago last April before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.Prior to Once Upon a One More Time, Hartmere wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book of the Off Broadway musical Bare.
More recently, he wrote the screenplay for The Upside, the 2017 film starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman, and directed by Neil Burger.Hartmere has also
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