Spice Girls push ahead with Netflix series as Geri Horner holds out

The Spice Girls are set to be the subject of a biopic produced by Netflix. Photo / Fred Duval, FilmMagic

A Spice Girls series could soon be in the works as the band have reportedly decided to press on without Geri Horner.

The four other members of the 90s girl group have agreed to overrule Horner as they plan to go ahead with a Netflix biopic, the Sun reports.

“Geri has been dragging her heels for almost a year now and the rest of the band are keen to plough ahead as next year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of their debut single Wannabe,” an insider said.

“A drama doesn’t actually involve the girls taking as much time out of their lives to be a part of it,” they said, explaining the fivesome would “just need to endorse the project and provide what input and insight they can”.

Production hoped to secure all five of the “pop royalty”, a source told the Daily Mail, but Horner has held out on committing to the project.

Ginger Spice’s reluctance to participate was reportedly putting the other members – Posh, Mel B, Mel C and Baby – in a position where they risked losing control over the series.

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

The group previously used the rule of four in 2019 when Victoria Beckham was too busy with her fashion commitments to join their reunion tour.

They stand to receive about £1 million ($2.3m) for the series.

Rumours of tensions in the band have circulated since Horner left in 1998, remarking in the documentary Giving You Everything she “felt she didn’t belong any more”.

More recently there were rumours of a feud in 2019 after Melanie Brown, otherwise known as Scary Spice, told Piers Morgan she and Ginger had once slept together.

Horner, formerly known as Geri Halliwell, is married to Christian Horner, the former team principal of Formula 1 team Red Bull.

He was embroiled in a sexting scandal last year when it was revealed he was being investigated for misconduct towards a female colleague.

After Red Bull cleared Christian Horner of the allegations, inappropriate messages between himself and the woman were leaked.