Netflix ‘give feuding Spice Girls ‘stark ultimatum’ over TV biopic and are ‘not afraid to go ahead without the band’s input’ – after streaming service ‘defied the wishes of royals with The Crown’

Netflix have reportedly given the feuding Spice Girls a ‘stark ultimatum’ over a much publicised TV biopic, which could net all five members £1million each.

According to The Sun the streaming service has stepped in after Geri Horner decided to back out of her involvement in the project, after she Mel B, Mel C, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham were all approached. 

The publication reports that Netflix has told the band to make up otherwise, much like controversial drama The Crown, will make the show without any input from the people featured in it.

A source said: ‘Executives are keen to have all the group on board providing as much input as possible – after all they are pop royalty.

‘But Netflix are the organisation who defied the wishes of real royalty and went ahead and made The Crown, so they aren’t afraid to go it alone when they have to.

‘The project is in its very early stages so there’s plenty of time to get all five Spice Girls involved.

Netflix have reportedly given the feuding Spice Girls a ‘stark ultimatum’ over a much publicised TV biopic, which could net all five members £1million each (pictured 2023)

According to reports Netflix has told the band to make up otherwise, much like controversial drama The Crown , will make the show without any input from the people featured in it (Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana in The Crown) 

According to reports the streaming service has stepped in after Geri Horner decided to back out of her involvement in the project (Spoice Girls pictured 1996)

MailOnline have contacted reps for all five of the Spice Girls and Netflix. 

Viewers and public figures alike have openly criticised The Crown for rewriting history, with Dame Judi, 89, accusing it of ‘crude sensationalism’, and former Prime Minister John Major, 81, calling the show ‘nonsense’. 

Fans also have hit out at the final series for scenes depicting Princess Diana’s ghost (Elizabeth Debicki) talking to King Charles (Dominic West) and the late Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton).

Meanwhile King Charles is shown lobbying Prime Minister John Major (Johnny Lee Miller) in a bizarre attempt to force his mother’s abdication. 

Last month Geri’s husband Christian Horner was forced to deny claims he was to blame for ‘derailing’ the band’s TV project. 

It came after Ginger Spice  reportedly turned down the lucrativeTV drama deal for the nineties pop group amid rumours she and Christian have been approached to make a ‘really personal’ fly-on-the-wall TV series.

Dismissing reports of a documentary earlier this year, Christian told the PA news agency: ‘There is a lot being written about different things, but there are absolutely no plans to do a family documentary.

‘Netflix do enough, and you see enough of the behind-the-scenes on that. So where that report has come from, I have absolutely no idea.’