Madonna biopic scrapped after singer’s world tour announced - The Guardian

A much-anticipated Madonna biopic, directed by the vocalist herself and starring the Ozark histrion Julia Garner, has been scrapped.

The film, which had been successful improvement since 2020 with Universal Pictures and had the moving rubric Little Sparrow, was acceptable to chronicle Madonna’s four-decade vocation spanning music, cinema and fashion.

According to a Variety study connected Tuesday, Universal pulled retired aft Madonna’s announcement of a planetary circuit past week – 1 that encompasses her full catalogue and sold retired its dates successful New York, Paris and London wrong minutes.

But unnamed insiders told the Hollywood Reporter that the film’s cancellation had been decided precocious past year, agelong earlier the circuit was announced.

There has been nary remark from Universal, nor from representatives for Madonna oregon Garner.

The biopic had created overmuch online frenzy owed to its gruelling casting process, which came to beryllium known arsenic “Madonna bootcamp”: 11-hour days of choreography, arsenic good arsenic readings and singing auditions successful beforehand of Madonna and her casting director.

Before Garner clinched the role, young stars – including Florence Pugh, Euphoria breakout Alexa Demie and the popular musicians Bebe Rexha and Sky Ferreira – were considered. The Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody was erstwhile attached to pen the screenplay. Cody and Madonna appeared unneurotic successful an Instagram unrecorded successful precocious 2020, participating successful an unconventional unrecorded penning session.

Julia Garner had been formed successful the now-cancelled Madonna biopic. Photograph: Presley Ann/Getty Images/SeeHer

A 2nd draught of the publication was past completed by Madonna with Erin Cressida Wilson, champion known for her screenwriting enactment connected Secretary and The Girl connected the Train.

Sources told Variety that Madonna is inactive committed to making the film, contempt Universal pulling out.

“I privation to convey the unthinkable travel that beingness has taken maine connected arsenic an artist, a musician, a dancer – a quality being, trying to marque her mode successful this world,” the vocalist said successful 2020. “There are truthful galore untold and inspiring stories and who amended to archer it than me.

“It’s indispensable to stock the rollercoaster thrust of my beingness with my dependable and vision.”

Madonna has 2 directing credits to her name: the provocative comedy-drama Filth and Wisdom, and W.E., a time-hopping romance astir King Edward VIII.