Toronto Star

Céline doc tagged as her ‘definitive’ life story

- DAVID FRIEND

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.

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