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The anticipated biopic of euphony fable Madonna is taking an indefinite holiday. The project, which the icon was going to nonstop herself, is nary longer successful improvement astatine Universal Pictures, aggregate sources told Variety.
Speculation implicit the destiny of the movie began instantly aft Madonna announced a career-spanning satellite circuit past week — 1 that sold retired shows successful New York, London, Paris and different cities successful minutes. Insiders acquainted with Madonna said her sole absorption Is the tour, but she remains committed to making a movie astir her beingness 1 day.
Representatives for Madonna, Garner and Universal Pictures declined to remark connected the matter.
While announced successful 2020, improvement connected the movie lingered connected done the extremity of 2022. Madonna worked connected 2 publication drafts encompassing ample periods of her originative and idiosyncratic life. An earlier mentation was written with Oscar victor Diablo Cody (their penning sessions were disseminated wide connected societal media). Erin Cressida Wilson (“Secretary,” “The Girl connected the Train”) took a 2nd pass. Last June, Variety broke the news that Emmy and Golden Globe victor Garner had won the relation of the popular icon. It followed a grueling weekslong bake-off among a radical of young actors (including Florence Pugh, “Euphoria” prima Alexa Demie, Odessa Young and Bebe Rexha) who attended singing and dancing bootcamp.
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairman Donna Langley brought the task to the workplace with shaper Amy Pascal, whose eponymous accumulation institution is acceptable up connected the Uni lot. Sara Zambreno and longtime Madonna manager Guy Oseary were acceptable to enforcement produce. The task would person marked a reunion for Madonna and Pascal, who worked unneurotic connected the 1982 shot classical “A League of Their Own.”
Madonna has 2 diagnostic films to her sanction arsenic a director: “Filth and Wisdom,” a 2008 dramedy acceptable successful the U.K., and 2011’s “W.E.”, a humanities romance astir King Edward VIII’s abdication of the British throne to wed American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
Marc Malkin contributed to this report.
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