Britney as Britney in a Biopic?

Nov. 14, 2008— -- Britney on the big screen?

When news circulated recently about the possibility of Britney Spears starring in a big-screen version of her life, pop culture watchers started salivating.

"All of Britney's fans and haters would love to see a Britney biopic," said Emil Wilbekin, editor in chief of the new Giant magazine. "She's had more ups and downs in the last 10 years than the stock market. Even when she was going through all this drama and receiving all this negative press, her popularity was still high. She's the star we loved to hate. She's like a reality star. We want to see every turn in her life, every up and down, and every detail. I think a Britney film would do well."

But according to her representative, audiences will have to wait for Brit's biopic. Gina Orr, a publicist from Spears' label, Jive Records, told ABCNews.com no such film is in the works.

Orr's denial came after British tabloids reported Spears would play herself -- following in the footsteps of other stars, such as Howard Stern and Eminem -- in a film about her rollercoaster life that includes a public breakdown and a traumatic custody battle for her two boys.

Los Angeles casting director Sarah Halley Finn said it's probably a good thing reports of a Britney biopic are being met with a denial.

"[Britney's] such a heated topic," she said. "You have to give it a little time and space to give it perspective. I think there's no way not to have those images and stories so fresh in your mind. I think the temptation would be to sensationalize things. But sure, in the hands of the right director and writer, anything could be realized."

For now, the closest audiences will get to seeing Spears' life on screen will be in the upcoming MTV documentary tentatively entitled, "For the Record," which is set to air on Nov. 30, two days before Spears new album "Circus" is released. In it, Spears promised to show what it's like living in her shoes.

"So much has gone on over the last couple of years and there's a lot that people don't know about me that I want them to know," Spears told MTV News in a statement about the special. "I wanted to make this film because I started to feel like I wasn't being seen in the light that I wanted to be seen in. This is an opportunity to set the record straight and talk about what I've been through and where I'm headed."