Britney Spears Book Being Turned Into Biopic, She Has Final Call on Casting

Britney Spears‘ life is ready for the big screen — her bestselling memoir is on track to be turned into a biopic … and we now know who’s got the final say on who plays Brit.

Universal Pictures made the announcement Thursday — saying they’ve secured the rights to the singer’s book, “The Woman In Me,” with filmmaker Jon M. Chu set to direct and Marc Platt set to produce/develop.

Sources familiar with the project tell us there’ve been no conversations yet about who would be cast to play Britney … there isn’t a casting director attached to the movie at this point, but we’re told Britney will have casting approval. So, what she says goes on the lead star.

As for BS … Brit says she’s looking forward to the film — posting on social media Thursday … “Excited to share with my fans that I’ve been working on a secret project with #MarcPlatt. He’s always made my favorite movies … stay tuned.”

Chu and Platt recently worked together on the upcoming movie version of the “Wicked” musical, which stars another pop star in Ariana Grande.

That background is interesting because when asked if the Britney biopic will be a musical like Elton John‘s “Rocketman,” our sources pointed to Chu and Platt being fresh off “Wicked” … and it being a musical. So, you can draw your own conclusions, we suppose.