It is not surprising that the main role in the planned female musician biopic “Madonna” was highly coveted in Hollywood. After a lengthy casting process, in which the candidates were put to the test by Madonna herself, Netflix star Julia Garner (“Inventing Anna”) emerged as the favorite in early 2022. But now the biopic has been canceled, possibly by Madonna herself, who was also set to direct the film.
how reports that “Madonna” is no longer in the works at Universal Pictures after the singer announced a new world tour last week. Tickets for the “Celebration” tour sold out in minutes for many cities. While Madonna has yet to comment on the movie’s cancellation, insiders know out loud to report that the Queen of Pop now only wants to focus on her tour. At a later date, however, she definitely wants to shoot a biopic about her life.
Planning problems or rather script problems?
however, has slightly different information – Insiders there say the movie project was put on hold at Universal late last year, even before Madonna announced her tour. During the film’s development, there were concerns about the length of the script, none of the drafts being shorter than 180 pages, after which a two-part film or even a mini-series was considered.
The artist first wrote a screenplay for the now canceled film “Madonna” with Oscar-winning author Diablo Cody for “Juno”, later a script was created by Madonna in collaboration with Erin Cressida Wilson (“Girl on the Train”). .
Madonna wants to tell her own story
Whether and by which studio the biopic will ever be made again is now an open question. However, it seems likely that Madonna will continue to be interested in making a movie about her life. The superstar justified the rather unusual decision to write and direct the script herself by saying previous approaches had not done her justice: “The reason I’m doing this is because different people have tried to write movies about me, but it’s always been men.”
Musician biopics are all the rage in Hollywood right now, Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman have been huge hits, and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis is back on everyone’s lips after the movie was recently nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Austin Butler for Best Actor . The Academy Awards will be presented on the night of March 12-13, 2023.