4-time Emmy nominee Liz Meriwether is about to pen the screenplay based mostly on Britney Spears memoir The Lady in Me which Depraved producer Marc Platt is producing and director Jon M. Chu is helming at Common. The studio took rights to the novel with Platt and Chu again in August 2024.
Chu beforehand was penning a draft which tells the story of the rise, and, and rise once more of the McComb, Mississippi native who would change into a multi-platinum promoting pop artist behind such hits as “…Child One Extra Time,” “Poisonous” and “Ooops…I Did It Once more!”
The Lady in Me was the fastest-selling memoir in Simon & Schuster historical past, with greater than 6M copies offered worldwide. Spears initially signed a $15M e-book deal again in 2022. Her myriad profession benchmarks counts a Grammy Award, near 150 million data worldwide with 70M albums, singles and songs offered stateside alone per Nielsen Music.
Meriwether created Fox hit collection New Woman starring Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris and Hannah Simon. She additionally co-created FX’s restricted collection Dying for Intercourse, which acquired 2025 Emmy noms for Restricted collection and writing. Meriwether additionally created Hulu restricted collection The Dropout which was nominated for 2022 Excellent Restricted/Anthology collection in addition to its respective writing class.
Common had no remark when reached on Meriwether boarding The Lady in Me.
