{
  "id": 9180951,
  "title": "Jon M. Chu Will Not Cast Britney Spears Actor Until the Story for Movie Biopic Is Locked: ‘Not Even Thinking About Casting’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/jon-m-chu-will-not-cast-britney-spears-actor-until-the-story-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T18:52:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/columns/jon-m-chu-casting-britney-spears-actor-movie-biopic-1236871260/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It may be some time before cameras begin to roll on Jon M. Chu’s Britney Spears movie biopic, but the “Wicked” filmmaker has read some of the script from writer Liz Meriwether. “She’s doing many beautiful things and I may or may have not gotten glimpses of what she’s been doing and it’s incredible,” Chu […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}