Céline doc tagged as her ‘definitive’ life story
Céline Dion is giving her blessing to a new documentary on her life and career.
Producers say the Québécois pop superstar has agreed to participate in what’s described as the “definitive feature” on her rise to fame, bestselling albums, world tours and Las Vegas residencies.
Production of the as-yet untitled film is underway with the singer’s “full participation.” Sony Music Entertainment, Dion’s record label, is financing and will distribute the film.
The project is being directed by Irene Taylor, who was Oscar nominated for her 2009 documentary short, “The Final Inch,” which explored regions of the world where the polio vaccine hadn’t been administered. Taylor also won a Peabody Award for “Hear and Now,” a 2007 documentary about deaf parents, and drew attention for “Beware the Slenderman,” a 2016 HBO documentary about the damaging spread of a particular internet legend.
Dion has opened her life to a documentary crew in the past.
The 2010 film “Celine: Through the Eyes of the World” was directed by Quebec filmmaker Stéphane Laporte. It offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse of her gruelling 200809 Taking Chances World Tour.
Dion returns to Vegas in November before she resumes her delayed Courage World Tour next year.