Jon M. Chu Aims to Tell Britney Spears’ Story Authentically

If there’s going to be a Britney Spears biopic, all we can ask for is that the Princess of Pop’s story is told in a well-rounded and proper way. All those years of media misrepresentation has got to stop so that fans can see the true icon in all her personal glory.

The director to get us there is Jon M. Chu, who promises to give it the dedication and the time it needs to come out the best representation of Spears onscreen fans have seen so far.

Jon M. Chu Says Britney Spears Influence Raised A Generation

It’s a happy thing to have someone who appreciates a subject matter take on a project about that subject. And one of the biggest things that the ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ director has on the whole Britney Spears biopic making process is that he’s been a dedicated fan for years.

“I cannot talk much about the Britney story other than I have been a Britney fan for many years. I saw her when she was one of 12 acts at the Shrine Auditorium,” Chu told The Hollywood Reporter.

“I’ve gone to many of her shows, and she’s always been someone I’ve looked up to. She represents a generation of people growing up in the 2000s and late ’90s, and she has a story that deserves to be told properly.”

Speaking on the progress of the intended biopic, he said: “There’s a lot about us in it. We haven’t written the script yet, we haven’t hired a writer yet. But in this initial conception, I think it’s a lot about how we treat people, young people, stars that we think we own, women, mothers. There’s a lot of things in there that I would love to explore.”

He also teased Britney Spears’ possible involvement in the upcoming movie adaptation of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’ Britney’s Instagram post initially raised some eyebrows as to whether the project is the next thing that the retired musician means to sink her teeth into.

“You’ll have to ask Britney what she meant by all of that, but she wrote my name in one of her Instagrams or tweets. That’s an honor. I love that. I think she likes to tease the audience in different ways. So I’ll let it be a mystery on her part, but I’m excited to work with her.”

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