'Framing Britney Spears' Filmmakers Planning to Cash in on Janet Jackson Super Bowl Incident
by EG
It's been 17 years since Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake participated in a stunt that shocked Super Bowl audiences, but the makers of the controversial documentary Framing Britney Spears think they can shake up that vintage incident, too. The filmmakers plan to make a documentary about the 2004, and it's likely to focus on TImberlake's role. Timberlake was cast as one of the villains in the Spears documentary, as well. Read on for details.
Via Page Six.
Janet Jackson is getting the Britney Spears treatment, Page Six has learned.
Left/Right TV, the production company behind the blockbuster “Framing Britney Spears” documentary, is working on a documentary about Jackson’s infamous 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, we’re told.
The Spears film shocked audiences when it premiered in February by retracing the steps that her ex Justin Timberlake took to spin a misogynistic narrative about their breakup — with the help of the media — and laying out the disturbing circumstances of the conservatorship that she has been under since 2008.
Timberlake may well find himself playing defense once more with the release of the Jackson doc, as the fallout from her NFL wardrobe malfunction is widely believed to have boosted his career while stunting hers.
A source said, “It’s going to be all about the fallout and the suits who f–ked over Janet [at] Viacom,” the company that owned MTV — which produced the halftime show — and CBS, which broadcast the game.
“They’re reaching out to everyone who was involved: dancers, stylists, directors. Everyone,” said the source.
It’s unclear whether Jackson, 54, or Timberlake, 40, who famously tore off part of the “Rhythm Nation” singer’s top and exposed her breast during the performance, will participate in the film. Insiders told us it’s unlikely that Jackson will support it since she’s working on her own two-part documentary premiering on Lifetime and A&E next year.
“They did the Britney doc without [Spears], and there’s been more interest in the Super Bowl since that documentary premiered and Justin apologized to [both Spears and Jackson recently],” the source said.
Timberlake took center stage in Spears’ doc, as it showed him crafting a story that suggested she had cheated on him and then fueling the rumor with his music video “Cry Me a River.”
After the “New York Times Presents” episode aired, he apologized to Spears, 39, and took the opportunity to apologize for his part in the Jackson debacle too.
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