Sony Pictures Developing Shania Twain Biopic Directed by Leah McKendrick
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Sony Pictures is developing a Shania Twain biopic titled "Shania," to be directed by Leah McKendrick from her own original script. McKendrick, who has a Netflix rom-com "Voicemails for Isabelle" upcoming, landed the project partly due to her background as a pop singer-songwriter. Twain will produce alongside Amie Karp. Plot details remain undisclosed.
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· 3 pulledAhead of the release of her Netflix rom-com Voicemails for Isabelle, produced by Sony Pictures, Leah McKendrick has landed a major new project with the studio: a biopic on global country-pop star Shania Twain
Plot details for the film, titled Shania, are being kept under wraps.
We hear that McKendrick's past work as a pop singer-songwriter was instrumental in landing her gig.
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