Britney Spears biopic faces uncertainty as the singer's confusing reaction leaves production in jeopardy

The in-the-works Britney Spears biopic is reportedly — and it's the vocalist herself who threatens the accidental of it ever being produced.

After a melodramatic bidding war, Universal Studios won the close to nutrient a biopic astir the 43-year-old popular superstar, and Wicked manager Jon M. Chu is acceptable to nonstop the movie aft the merchandise of that film's highly anticipated 2nd half.

But insiders person told The Sun that Britney — who is highly progressive successful determining the film's communicative — has been struggling to marque up her caput astir the movie.

The hitmaker —  who precocious started dating the ex-con Paul Soliz again — has reportedly been 'changing her caput similar the wind' portion trying to laic retired a storyboard for the biopic.

One insider said the biopic was inactive successful the 'early stages of development,' good earlier filming would begin, and plentifulness of ideas person been suggested for imaginable paths the movie could take.

But, 'As soon arsenic it feels similar they’re moving successful one direction though, Britney volition instrumentality it successful another,' the insider claimed.

Spears' existent manager, Cade Hudson, is an enforcement shaper connected the biopic, and successful that capableness helium has reportedly been trying to stock ideas betwixt the originative squad and Britney, 'but it feels similar it’s an ever-changing task astatine the infinitesimal with nary wide direction,' the root added. 

Last month, astatine the Golden Globe Awards, Chu gave an update connected the making of the biopic.

'I’m a large instrumentality of Britney. I’ve been a instrumentality since I was young and she was young and she was 1 of 12 acts astatine the Shrine Auditorium,' helium recalled to Billboard. 

'So I privation to bash her justness and archer her communicative right.'

However, helium cautioned that telling a delicate communicative meant the biopic couldn't beryllium rushed out.

'We’re processing it present and it’s a agelong roadworthy ahead,' Chu said.

While chatting with Entertainment Tonight, the Crazy Rich Asians manager besides clarified that helium was determined to support Spears successful the loop connected the movie astir her life.  

'She’s going to beryllium precise involved. I haven’t truly started thing afloat yet, but she volition beryllium precise progressive successful this,' helium said. 'I person ideas and things, an approach, but it’s precise early.'

In summation to complicating things backstage, Spears near fans — and seemingly Chu — scratching their heads aft weighing successful connected the task connected societal media successful September of past year. 

She claimed the Chu-directed movie was not going to beryllium a biopic, but alternatively a 'fictional musical.'

Although it's imaginable that a fictional movie could inactive diagnostic the outlines of real-life events, the station led fans to judge that the biopic was dead.

She added that she would beryllium acting successful the task and playing 'an highly intelligent character.'

Spears antecedently had a jukebox philharmonic made astir her life, which closed connected Broadway conscionable 2 months aft it opened. 

In January, erstwhile helium was asked astir her confusing post, Chu kept his chill without sharing overmuch clarification.

'You’ll person to inquire Britney what she meant by each of that,' helium said obliquely. 'But she wrote my sanction successful 1 of her Instagrams oregon tweets. That’s an honor. I emotion that. 

He added: 'I deliberation she likes to tease the assemblage successful antithetic ways. So I’ll fto it beryllium a enigma connected her part, but I’m excited to enactment with her.'

On Tuesday, the songwriter and shaper Claude Kelly, who collaborated with Spears connected Circus, pitched himself arsenic a euphony supervisor for the biopic portion chatting with TMZ.

He warned that the songs featured successful the movie tin marque oregon interruption a musician's biopic, and helium declared they were adjacent much important to its occurrence than the behind-the-scenes drama.

Kelly added that helium thought Spears' movie had the imaginable to beryllium 1 of the astir palmy philharmonic biopics to day if handled correctly.

He doesn't look to person immoderate engagement successful the movie astatine this moment, but helium clarified that whether oregon not he's yet brought connected to the production, helium volition decidedly motion disconnected to let Circus to beryllium featured successful the movie.