Madonna Biopic Scrapped By Universal After Grueling Audition Process

A Hollywood biopic about the life of Robert Redford. Madonna Officially, the event has been cancelled.

The project Universal Pictures developed the project, according to VarietyBut all activity has ceased after Madonna announced a tour in North America and Europe. The singer stated that she will make the movie in future, but for now is focusing on The Celebration Tour which begins in Vancouver, Canada in July.

The unnamed biopic movie was announced in 2020 and intended to cover the 64-year-old pop star’s four decades-long career, which involved music, movies, and a whole lot of controversy.

Madonna Louise Ciccone is her full name. “Queen of Pop” Over the years, he became a cultural icon for good or bad.

She said In 2020, while announcing that the movie was coming out. “I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a musician, a dancer — a human being, trying to make her way in this world.”

According to the publication, Julia Garner was the most likely actress to play Madonna. An extensive audition process dubbed “Madonna bootcamp” preceded that casting, with leading lady hopefuls auditioning for up to 11 hours per day and working with Madonna’s choreographer and Madonna herself on dance sequences.

Sources claim that Madonna will sing in front any actress who has passed the first round.

Amy Pascal would be the producer. Madonna and Erin Cressida Wilson wrote the script. Due to the script’s length, there were discussions about making the project a miniseries, or two separate movies. 

Variety reported that the pop singer said it was “really hard for me to make shorter.” Madonna spoke. “I’ve been whittling away at it but it’s like hacking off my limbs.”

Madonna stated that she was the only one who could tell her life story.

“The reason I’m doing it is because a bunch of people have tried to write movies about me, but they’re always men,” She reportedly In October 2021, Jimmy Fallon told me.

“I read that Universal was doing a script… they wanted my blessing, and I read it. It was the most hideous, superficial crap I’ve ever read. This [has] happened a couple of times. So, finally, I just threw down the gauntlet.”

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