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Leah McKendrick to Direct Shania Twain Biopic for Sony

6/4/2026

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Filmmaker Leah McKendrick has secured a Sony Pictures deal to direct a Shania Twain biopic from her own script, Twain co-producing alongside Amie Karp.
Sony Pictures released Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022) and is preparing Sam Mendes’ The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event.
McKendrick directed the dramedy Scrambled, which premiered at SXSW and opened theatrically in 2024, and the Netflix rom-com Voicemails for Isabelle, due June 19.

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Filmmaker Leah McKendrick has secured a Sony Pictures deal to direct a Shania Twain biopic from her own script, Twain co-producing alongside Amie Karp.
Sony Pictures released Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022) and is preparing Sam Mendes’ The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event.
McKendrick directed the dramedy Scrambled, which premiered at SXSW and opened theatrically in 2024, and the Netflix rom-com Voicemails for Isabelle, due June 19.