Latest / Fresh Intelligence / EXCLUSIVE: Justin Timberlake's Britney Spears Biopic Jitters - Singer Fears He'll Be Painted as Big-Screen Bad Guy in Movie About Car-Crash Ex
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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Jittery Justin Timberlake, already humiliated by the release of his DWI arrest footage, is reported the furious about the upcoming Britney Spears Biopic, which seeks to portray him unfavorably, radar on line.com has learned.
- 0:31[SPEAKER_00]: The film is based on Spears 2023 Memoir, woman in.
- 0:35[SPEAKER_00]: where she reveals Timberlake's infidelity during their three-year relationship and discusses having an abortion while expecting his child before they split in 2002.
- 0:43[SPEAKER_00]: Justin continues to be annoyed with being painted as the villain in Brittany's book and, she, plans to paint in that way in the musical biopic, a source revealed.
- 0:52[SPEAKER_00]: Brittany told the truth in her book, so Justin can't sue, but that doesn't mean he wants his name dragged through the mud in every multiplex on the planet.
- 1:00[SPEAKER_00]: The source further noted, he's using soft power to let people know he's displeased and thinks any project covering Brittany's love life is a low-class product.
- 1:08[SPEAKER_00]: The problem is that people do want to see this story and hear Brittany's music in the context of a biopic.
- 1:13[SPEAKER_00]: Universal Pictures acquired the film rights to Spears memoir in August 2024 following an auction.
- 1:19[SPEAKER_00]: Although still in early production stages with director John M. Chu at the helm, the project is continuing despite the surrounding drama.
- 1:27[SPEAKER_00]: Sources indicate that Timberlake, 45, could not prevent the release of his arrest footage and that Spears, who faces legal issues of her own after a March DUI incident, is moving forward with her film.
- 1:37[SPEAKER_00]: The bosses at Universal are long-term thinkers and can weather Britney's latest problems, set a source.
- 1:43[SPEAKER_00]: They're willing to spend millions to tell her story, and Britney's love life goes hand in hand with a story of her music and her fame.
- 1:50[SPEAKER_00]: There's no getting around that.
- 1:52[SPEAKER_00]: Justin is seeding over this, but despite what Britney is going through right now, her movie is progressing patiently and methodically, similar to her book.
- 2:00[SPEAKER_00]: Justin can throw a million tantrums, but he can't stop Britney
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