Britney, too? Audiences are sick and tired of formulaic musician biopics
nypost.coma Britney Spears film were revealed last week. Huzzah…Directed by Jon M. Chu of “Wicked” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” the untitled Universal project will be based on her bestselling memoir “The Woman in Me.” You can close your eyes and picture the whole two hours without having to spend a cent.Start with the Louisiana childhood and cut to her big break on “The Mickey Mouse Club.” Ooh, there’s Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and Christina Aguilera!
Then whooshes in her music career with the teen breakout hit “…Baby One More Time.”But the tone darkens as the drama creeps in: Her scandal-plagued twenties and, of course, the formation of her father’s much maligned conservatorship.
Free Britney! There will be messy marriages and rocky relationships with her kids. Or that will be all glossed over because she’s involved.Will Brit be a hit?
Or will Hollywood cry “Oops! We did it again!”So many music biographies that sound like 100% sure things prove disastrous flops.
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