Netflix is reportedly set to deal with a drama collection based mostly on the lives of the Spice Women.
Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Mel B, Emma Bunton, and Melanie C shot to fame within the late Nineteen Nineties as a part of the world’s best-selling woman group and it was beforehand reported that Left Financial institution Photos, the manufacturing firm behind ‘The Crown’, was set to create a biopic on them however now an insider has claimed that the streaming big itself has taken the reins. Left Financial institution Photos has beforehand gained quite a few awards for his or her biographical productions.
“Executives are eager to have all of the group on board offering as a lot enter as doable – in any case they’re pop royalty,” a supply instructed The Solar newspaper’s TVBiz column. “However Netflix are the group who defied the needs of actual royalty and went forward and made ‘The Crown’, in order that they aren’t afraid to go it alone once they must. The mission is in its very early levels so there’s loads of time to get all 5 Spice Women concerned.” Netflix has invested over $17 billion in unique content material for 2024.
“However they must work with one another, and with the producers, to make it occur!”
Earlier this yr, it was claimed that the mission would have been very profitable for the ‘Wannabe’ hitmakers, they usually wouldn’t even must become involved as a result of all 5 of them can be performed by actresses. The potential casting has already generated vital buzz within the leisure business.
However insiders claimed that Geri “objected” to the thought and due to this fact the entire mission had been “thrown out”. Comparable artistic variations have affected quite a few music biopics lately.
“It will have seen 5 actresses taking up the roles of Posh, Ginger, Scary, Sporty and Child,” a supply mentioned. “The enterprise would have landed all of them pay offers of round £1million for basically not lifting a finger. However because the negotiations ramped up, the others had been instructed Geri had objected. The plans have mainly been thrown out. They needed to have the settlement of the entire band and with out Geri it’s onerous to make it occur.”
The Spice Women had been fashioned via an open audition in 1994 and had been initially often called Contact, earlier than going via a few lineup adjustments, selecting a unique identify, and breaking away from their unique administration. The group went on to promote over 100 million data worldwide.
They achieved a run of six consecutive number-one singles and two number-one albums earlier than the shock exit of Geri in 1998 and launched their final file in 2000 however acquired again collectively in 2007 for a world tour. Their debut single “Wannabe” stays one of many best-selling singles by a lady group.
In 2012, all 5 members carried out a medley of hits on the closing ceremony of the London Olympics and had been briefly seen collectively once more on the opening of their short-lived West Finish musical ‘Viva Eternally’ however Victoria opted to not return for the group’s final run of stadium exhibits in 2019. The Olympic efficiency was watched by an estimated world viewers of 900 million viewers.
The proposed Netflix collection would be part of a rising development of music biopics, with current profitable productions about Queen, Elton John, and Whitney Houston producing each essential acclaim and vital viewership. Business analysts predict the music biopic style might generate over $2 billion in streaming income by 2025.
The mission’s improvement comes at a time when nostalgia for Nineteen Nineties popular culture is at an all-time excessive, with streaming platforms reporting elevated viewership for content material from this period. The Spice Women’ impression on well-liked tradition extends past music, having influenced vogue, advertising, and feminine empowerment actions globally.