Material girls, assemble: Madonna is set to direct an upcoming musical biopic about her life story – and she’s very much in control of the narrative.
as the enterprising, potty-mouthed Ruth Langmore, will now play the “oft-controversial artist and queen of perpetual reinvention”.screenwriter Diablo Cody, and produced by Amy Pascal.Although details of the production timeline and wider cast are still under wraps at this point, we do know that Madonna has been“I have a very long script that is really hard for me to make shorter,” she told“I’ve been whittling away at it, but it’s like hacking off my limbs.
Madonna went on to explain that she felt strongly about taking the directorial reins on the movie after facing competition from male directors who wanted to control her narrative. “It was also a preemptive strike because a lot of people were trying to make movies about me,” she continued. “Mostly misogynistic men. So I put my foot in the door and said, ‘No one’s going to tell my story, but me.’”It’s not the first time the star has spoken out about wanting to take her biopic into her own hands. During an appearance onin October 2021, Madonna said she felt strongly about involved in the creative process after reading a script that misinterpreted her 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 told Fallon. “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.”tour. Watch this space for more details to come.
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