Documentary on Celine Dion underway

Celine Dion

The latest celebrity whose life has caught the fancy of a filmmaker is musician Celine Dion. The five-time Grammy-winning artiste's story will be given a cinematic adaptation for Sony Music Entertainment. Dion, who has sold over 250 million records, enjoys a 40-year career.

The film is being directed by Irene Taylor, whose first feature documentary, Hear and Now, won a Peabody and the Audience Award at Sundance in 2007, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. Her short, The Final Inch (2009), was nominated for an Oscar.

"I've always been an open book with my fans," Dion reportedly said in a statement. It further read, "With [Taylor's] sensitivity and thoughtful creativity, I think that Irene will be able to show everyone a part of me that they haven't seen before. I know she'll tell my story in the most honest and heartfelt way."

The French Canadian singer, who began recording in her early teens, has been called The Queen of Adult Contemporary, and is best known for singing the Oscar-winning ballad from Titanic, My heart will go on.

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