Liz Meriwether Is Writing the Britney Spears Biopic — and Says No to a New Girl Reunion
Liz Meriwether is writing the Britney Spears biopic and has no plans for a New Girl reunion — two facts she confirmed in the same conversation. In an interview published by The Hollywood Reporter on 24 August 2026, the creator of New Girl and Hulu's Furious spoke about both projects, plus the reunion chatter that will not seem to die.
The Spears biopic is directed by Jon M. Chu, with Meriwether penning the script based on the singer's 2023 memoir The Woman in Me Variety. Meriwether told The Hollywood Reporter she listened to Michelle Williams' audiobook recitation of the memoir while working on the screenplay, and that she listens to Britney Spears songs while writing The Hollywood Reporter.
Meanwhile, the New Girl reunion that fans keep asking about is not happening — at least not now. Meriwether described the reunion talk as "a running joke" and said she has no immediate plans to revisit the comedy, which ran for seven seasons on Fox. She was 29 when the show launched and says she slept in her office during the early seasons. She discussed the reunion question at length on The Hollywood Reporter's podcast I'm Having an Episode The Hollywood Reporter.
The reunion rumour has had help staying alive. Max Greenfield, who played Schmidt on New Girl, said on the Today show that there were "amazing" scripts for a potential reunion. Meriwether addressed the rumours playfully on Instagram in early August 2026 Yahoo Entertainment. The creator's own word, though, is that nothing is in motion.
Meriwether's current focus is Furious, a dark thriller she created with Emmy Rossum. The series premiered on 27 July 2026 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ simultaneously Hulu Press. It stars Rossum, Lola Petticrew and Scoot McNairy, and follows an FBI agent. A crime drama dealing with themes of child exploitation and sexual assault, it is a long way from the loft-set comedy that made Meriwether's name Mashable. Meriwether serves as executive producer and has said she conducted serial killer research while developing the show.
Her television résumé now spans New Girl, The Dropout, Dying for Sex — which she co-created — and Furious The Hollywood Reporter. That range, from network sitcom to true-crime limited series to a Spears biopic for one of Hollywood's most commercially driven directors, puts Meriwether in a small group of writers moving freely between tones and formats.
For New Girl fans, the takeaway is straightforward: the creator says no, the cast says maybe, and neither position has produced a script that a network or streaming platform has ordered. The Spears biopic and Furious season two are where Meriwether's writing time is actually going.
