Plans for Madonna biopic have been scrapped

A feature film on Madonna and her life is no longer being carried forward at Universal Pictures, Variety magazine has reported. Plans for the biopic were first announced in 2020. Drafts on potential scripts were worked on by Madonna with both Diablo Cody and Erin Cressida Wilson.

Inventing Anna star Julia Garner was set to play the role of the 80’s pop icon. However plans were scrapped when Madonna announced her Celebration Tour last week, set to start July 15th at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena. The tour is meant to feature tracks from her back catalogue, dating back to her five-time certified platinum self-titled debut album.

Madonna has just announced ‘The Celebration Tour’: 4 decades of music and her greatest hits!!

⭐ Watch the tour announcement video: https://t.co/e5BKBi8lvj
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— Madonna (@Madonna) January 17, 2023

Madonna’s last studio album, Madame X was released in 2019. Last year she shared the retrospective remix collection, Finally Enough Love as well as dueting with Beyoncé for a remix of her hit, ‘Break My Soul’ that featured an interpolation of her 1990 hit ‘Vogue’.