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Sony Developing 'Shania' Biopic With Shania Twain as Co‑Producer

Twain's producer credit and Leah McKendrick's original script point to an artist-led film timed to her current comeback.

Scrambled filmmaker Leah McKendrick, left, has been tapped to direct and write a new movie on the life story of Canadian country-pop icon Shania Twain.

Overview

  • The project was announced on June 4, 2026, with Sony Pictures officially developing a feature film titled Shania and Shania Twain listed as a co-producer.
  • Leah McKendrick is attached to write and direct the movie from an original script, and she posted on social media expressing enthusiasm for the opportunity.
  • Key production details remain undisclosed: the studio has not announced casting, a release date, or which period of Twain's life the film will dramatize.
  • Twain's involvement and McKendrick's background as a pop singer-songwriter were reported as factors in the creative pairing, suggesting the film may center on musical and personal themes.
  • The announcement arrives during Twain's comeback cycle ahead of her July 24 album Little Miss Twain and follows substantial source material, including the 2022 Netflix documentary Not Just a Girl, that the film could draw on.