India, March 23 -- The highly anticipated biopic about Britney Spears is finally moving forward, with Universal Pictures securing the rights to her bestselling memoir 'The Woman in Me'. Jon M. Chu, director of 'Wicked,' has been confirmed to lead the project.

"Britney is someone that a lot of Gen Z girls look up to, they've been hearing her music all their lives, to them she really is an icon," a source told Life & Style. "Plus, with John M. Chu writing and directing and all the heat already on the project, it's being seen as a career making movie, there's a lot of discussion about who will get it and a definite competitive vibe."

Amid the excitement over who will portray the pop icon, Life & Style reports that three young stars are cur...