After selling over 100 million albums and becoming the “Queen of Country Pop,” Shania Twain is getting the Hollywood treatment with a new biopic in development. In recent years, there has been a major push by Hollywood to immortalize singers with their own biopic. There was a biopic about Elton John, Queen, Michael Jackson, and Bruce Springsteen. Now, Twain will join that growing list, with the country music icon not only inspiring the project but also landing a producer credit.
According to Deadline, the new biopic was optioned by Sony Pictures with Leah McKendrick attached as the director. Discussing her excitement about the project, the director insisted, “Long before I was making movies, I was shooting Shania music videos in my bedroom. This wild-hearted force of a woman means so much to me – and the world.”
Still processing the excitement, McKendrick was ready to get to work. “It is a surreal dream come true to get to bring her trailblazing, gut-punching, awe-inspiring story to the screen (and ride horses and eat pasta in the process!) I am honored. I am humbled. Let’s go, girls.”
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Saph and I have been running around meeting and talking with lots of lovely people ☺️🐾 Fred’s been keeping up with us capturing photos along the way! I’m loving being back in London and preparing for both a “Little Miss Twain” show in a bar and then a “Shania Twain” stadium show too!