Cher and Cher alike: pop icon confirms there’s a new album, memoir and biopic on the way

Reading of news of a memoir from any big celebrity is kind of exciting, especially when you’re an avid reader of biographies and autobiographies as I am. But news of a memoir coming from Cher is like discovering an important ancient relic that must be studied and treasured for posterity. Imagine what astonishing stories the woman would have to tell?

Cher has just announced that she is in the midst of making some new music, a memoir and a biopic of her life thus far – and that’s a lot to take in!

The pop icon is gearing up to release her first album in five years, which will be her first-ever Christmas LP, but she insists it is “not your mother’s Christmas album… There’s no Silent Night.”

With regards to the memoir, Cher says it’s very close to being ready, but fans will have to wait a while to see the biopic, with work believed to be on hold amid the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. h

The pic is being funded by Cher and co-producers Judy Craymer and Gary Goetzman, who produced the film adaptations of Mamma Mia! – the second of which, 2018’s Here We Go Again, starred Cher.

Cher said that her “dear dear friend” Eric Roth – of Forrest Gump and the most recent A Star Is Born adaptation – will write the screenplay. He worked with Cher on the 1987 legal thriller Suspect.

Says Goetzman: “One cannot help but be drawn to and inspired by Cher’s larger than life talent, fortitude, unique wit, warmth and vision. Her unparalleled success in music, film and TV has inspired generations. We could not be happier to tell her story to cinema audiences.”

Eric Roth – who wrote the screenplays for Forrest Gump and the most recent A Star Is Born adaptation – will write the screenplay for this big wig’s biopic, and Universal Pictures will distribute the film.

Antonino Tati