Madonna says her planned biopic, written by her and originally intended to be directed by her, was shelved after she “fell out” with Universal. She describes a period of uncertainty in which the project appeared to be stalled, saying she was “in limbo.” Multiple outlets report that actress Julia Garner had been attached to star as the Queen of Pop.
One outlet attributes the shelving to disagreements connected to budget and the scale of production that Madonna wanted. It also reports that after the film project stalled, attempts to reshape it for streaming did not progress, including a proposed Netflix series that reportedly ran into issues surrounding script rights and the absence of a suitable showrunner.
Across the coverage, Madonna is presented as confirming that the project did not move forward with Universal and that subsequent adaptation efforts also failed to take off. Sources describe the series idea as unsuccessful rather than finalized, with the reasons varying between deal and development constraints.
