Los Angeles, Nov 26 (IANS): Singer Mariah Carey is making a television show with 'Empire' showrunner Lee Daniels, who produced her 2009 movie 'Precious'.

The ‘All I Want For Christmas is You' hitmaker is planning to bring her life story to television through an eight-part series, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The singer, who released 'The Meaning of Mariah Carey' last year, shared an update with Z100 with host Garrett Vogel, who asked if she would ever consider doing a musical.

Carey said: "We did the book, And we are getting it together. I'm working with my friend Lee Daniels. And we are talking about the adaptation of my book. I would rather do that that's why we wrote the book first. Broadway is a great thing, I just want to do something."

However, she said a musical was less likely, noting the project was "probably" going to be a television show.

She added: "Lee is probably going to hear this and kill me but it's probably going to be an eight-part series.

The 'Without You' singer emphasised the importance of the show being "gritty, grimy, beautiful, specular and real".

She said: "I need it to be gritty, grimy and beautiful, spectacular and real!"

In the book, the ‘We Belong Together' singer was incredibly frank about her life, including detailing the abuse she witnessed as a child.

Her memoir read: "By the time I was a toddler, I had developed the instincts to sense when violence was coming. As though I was smelling rain, I could tell when adult screaming had reached a certain pitch and velocity that meant I should take cover."

Carey said the pending project was so "difficult now" because of the on-going pandemic - and the ensuing problems - but that the paperback was due to hit shelves soon.

She said: "It's so difficult now because of COVID and we don't know what's going on. First things first I wrote my memoir last year and now it's coming out in paperback."