Monday 25 October 1999
By eBroadcast Staff and agencies.

Today's top video gals have ditched their humble MTV beginnings and are both lined up for a bigscreen debut in two movie remakes.

Pop princess Britney Spears is considering starring in a modern day version of Alice In Wonderland. Says Entertainment Weekly, "While Lewis Carroll's Alice first experiences Wonderland by following a white rabbit, in this version Britney would start by being hit by a white Rabbit — as in Volkswagon."

"After that, it's chaos," screenwriter Sarah Thorpe tells EW. "She's in the midst of a rock and roll, hip-hop music that's far from anything Lewis Carroll imagined." In the updated version, the Mad Hatter is a talent scout, the Queen of Hearts is the Queen of Pop, and the caterpillar is, unsurprisingly, a pothead".

Meanwhile, teenage country music star LeAnne Rimes is to star in a forthcoming film in the same vein as A Star Is Born (which has been remade 3 times already). Daily Variety reports that Rimes will star in 'Emily's Song' for Warner Brothers, as a singer who is seperated from her father - only to be reunited via the power of music.