Netflix reportedly making documentary based on the life of Britney Spears

According to recent reports, Netflix is making its own documentary about the life of pop icon Britney Spears.

The news arrives following the huge success of Hulu’s documentary Framing Britney Spears, which saw the New York Times investigating the singer's conservatorship battle with her father, Jamie Spears.

The project has yet to be officially confirmed, but Bloomberg reports that production was already underway before Framing Britney Spears was made available to the public.

Emmy-nominated filmmaker Erin Lee Carr is allegedly attached to direct the project, which has no official title or release date yet.

Carr has previously made documentary films including Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop and Mommy Dead and Dearest.

Carr worked with Netflix on an episode of the hit docuseries Dirty Money, as well as the April 2020 show How to Fix a Drug Scandal.

On February 12, singer Justin Timberlake formerly apologised to Spears and fellow singer-songwriter Janet Jackson after facing criticism for his behaviour following his breakup with Spears in 2002.

He also faced online pressure for the way he treated Jackson after the Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction which saw her banned from MTV and numerous radio stations in 2004. Timberlake tore off a part of Jackson’s outfit in a planned stunt at the event, exposing her barely-concealed breast in the process, but was largely spared in the public fallout.

“I am deeply sorry for the times in my life where my actions contributed to the problem, where I spoke out of turn, or did not speak up for what was right,” he wrote in an Instagram post on Friday.

“The industry is flawed,” he wrote. “It sets men, especially white men, up for success. It’s designed this way. As a man in a privileged position I have to be vocal about this. Because of my ignorance, I didn’t recognise it for all that it was while it was happening in my own life but I do not want to ever benefit from others being pulled down again.”

While Jackson did not refer to Timberlake’s apology in a video message published to her social media on Saturday, she expressed her gratitude to her fans.

“I was at home just the other day by myself and I began to cry,” she explained, while wearing a face mask.

“I was crying because I was so thankful for all that God has blessed me with, all that he has given me and I’m so thankful for him being in my life, and I’m so thankful for all of you being in my life.”

Jackson also acknowledged the renewed success of her landmark 1986 album Control, which is currently sitting at number one in the Apple Top 40 US Pop Album Chart.

Framing Britney Spears is available to watch now on Hulu in the US.

Her phenomenal rise to superstardom. A downfall that shocked the world. And now, an ensuing conservatorship battle. #NYTPresents: Framing Britney Spears. Premiering Feb. 5 on @FXNetworks and @Hulu. pic.twitter.com/BZBkec7mMt

— FX Documentaries (@FXDocs) January 21, 2021