USA.- The biopic of Madonna which would be starred by julia garner It was shelved indefinitely as the singer prepares for a world tour. The 64-year-old singer planned to direct the film herself for Universal Pictures, but Variety has indicated that the film is no longer in development.
News of its cancellation comes a week after Madonna announced her massive world tour, casting doubt on the film’s future. Sources say that she still wants to do the movie in the future, but for now she is devoting her attention to her tour.
The singer spent years leaking the film, which she first announced in 2020 and has left several screenwriters speechless. Diablo Cody, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for Juno, and Erin Cressida Wilson, who wrote the movie Secretary, discussed Madonna’s script.
I have a very long script that I find it very difficult to shorten,” Madonna said last summer. “I’ve been cutting it down, but it’s like cutting off my limbs.”
I have had an extraordinary life, I must make an extraordinary film.” He added: “It was also a pre-emptive strike because a lot of people were trying to make films about me. Mostly misogynistic men. So I put my foot in the door and said, ‘Nobody’s going to tell my story, just me.
In June, news broke that Julia Garner, who played Anna Delvey in the Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna, had been offered the lead role. Julia reportedly bested a number of celebrities, including Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, Kingstown Mayor actress Emma Laird and Euphoria actress Alexa Demie, as well as singers like Bebe Rexha and Sky Ferreira.