Cher Celebrates 75th Birthday With Universal Biopic

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Cher at the "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" film premiere in 2018. Photo by Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock (9762874eh)

Just a day before her 75th birthday, Cher announced that an official biopic of her life is in the works with Universal Pictures.

Mama Mia producers Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman will be working on the project with Eric Roth penning the script. Cher will also serve as a producer.

Cher tweeted the news writing, “Ok Universal is Doing Biopic With My Friends JUDY CRAYMER,GARY GOETZMAN PRODUCING. THEYY PRODUCED BOTH MAMMA MIA’S,& MY DEAR DEAR Friend 4 YRS, & OSCAR WINNER..ERIC ROTH IS GOING 2 WRITE IT.”

The singer previously worked with Craymer and Goetzman on 2018’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and with Roth on 1987’s Suspect.

During her six-decade-long career, Cher’s has dominated music, film, television, and theater. She almost has EGOT status, she’s just missing a Tony. She won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Music Special, a Grammy for Best Dance Recording, and an Oscar for Best Actress in Moonstruck.