Madonna – biographical film canceled. A rather unusual reason

As reported by Variety, citing several independent sources, the film Madonna has been deleted. Work has been canceled and the project is no longer being developed at Universal Pictures. Sources of the prestigious portal claim that the reason is Madonna’s world tour, which sells out like hotcakes. The singer is 100% focused on her and hence the decision to abandon the film she was supposed to direct. However, these informants claim that she herself Madonna Ultimately, he wants to make a biographical film about himself someday.

Madonna – behind the scenes of the film

The project was announced in 2020 and work on it lasted until the end of 2022. Madonna herself had the status of producer, director and actively worked on the script with two different screenwriters. The first version of the text was written by the Oscar winner Diablo Cody (Juno), then took over the text Erin Cressida Wilson (Girl from the train).

In June 2022, it was announced that she had won the casting Julie Garnerknown from the series Ozark. In the fight for the role, she was supposed to beat such actresses as Florence Pugh, Alexa Demie, Odessa Young and Bebe Rexha. Auditions for the role also required singing and dancing skills, which were tested by Madonna herself at a special camp for candidates.

Spokesmen for Madonna, Garner and Universal Pictures declined to comment to Variety. Recall that Madonna as a director has two fairly average rated titles: WE Royal Romance and Wisdom and sex.