Madonna biopic scrapped as she focusses on world tour

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Madonna sent fans into a frenzy on Tuesday after she teased that she may be making more stops on her upcoming 40th anniversary world tour.Taking to Instagram, the singer, 64, shared three back-to-back portraits of herself posing in a fishnet top with the caption: 'Add More SHOWS?'It comes amid an 'overwhelming' demand for tickets to see the bonafide Queen Of Pop, with a reported 600,000 sold. More? Madonna sent fans into a frenzy on Tuesday after she teased that she may be making more stops on her upcoming 40th anniversary world tourOver the past two weeks, Madonna has added more dates in major cities like Los Angeles, New York and London which will extend the tour into 2024. This is an ambitious feat for the legendary songstress, whose last tour came to an abrupt end following 'multiple injuries' as well as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A much-anticipated Madonna biopic, that the singer wanted to co-write and direct starring Ozark star Julia Garner, was unexpectedly scrapped earlier this week. Universal Pictures announced the decision after the Queen Of Pop revealed she would be embarking on a 40th anniversary world tour.Now, The U.S. Sun is reporting that the biopic, which was green-lit in 2020, was shelved due in part to her insistence on having 'near-total' control of the process on top of her bizarre 'circus antics' on social media.

MADONNA’S biopic was canned after studio execs were left baffled by her “circus antics” on social media, a Hollywood insider has told The U.S. Sun.  The project was scrapped this week by Universal Pictures after the Queen of Pop, 64, announced a major world tour, although the decision is believed to have been made before that.  First green-lit in 2020, it was set to be directed and co-written by the Like a Virgin star herself.

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The Material Girl’s biopic will no longer be materializing. Despite a long casting process to hire someone to play the Queen of Pop, Madonna has scrapped the biopic film she was going to direct herself and is instead going to go out on tour (via Variety and THR).

The Madonna biopic starring Julia Garner has been shelved indefinitely as the Queen Of Pop prepares to go on a world tour.Madonna, 64, was planning to direct the motion picture herself for Universal Pictures, but Variety reports the film is not in development any longer.News that the biopic is off comes a week after the 'Queen Of Pop' announced a massive world tour, casting doubt on the future of the movie. Off: The upcoming Madonna (left) biopic starring Julia Garner (right) has been indefinitely shelved as the Queen Of Pop prepares to go on a world tourMadonna spent years percolating the movie, which was first announced in 2020 and has blown through multiple screenwriters.Diablo Cody, who won an Academy Award for scripting Juno, and Erin Cressida Wilson, who wrote the film Secretary, both took passes at the screenplay. 'I have a very long script that is really hard for me to make shorter,' Madonna said last summer.

The Madonna biopic set at Universal Pictures has been scrapped, Deadline has confirmed.

Madonna will play four London shows on her global tour due to 'overwhelming' demand for tickets.The Queen of Pop, 64, initially announced she was adding a second date at London's O2 Arena when seats went on sale on Friday, with fans complaining they were fighting to secure a ticket, and one saying it was like an 'Olympic sport.'She has now said a third and fourth show will be performed at the 20,000 capacity venue, where she is set to appear on October 14, 15, 17 and 18. Thanks, Madge: Madonna will play four London shows on her global tour due to 'overwhelming' demand for tickets.

Madonna will play four London shows on her global tour due to 'overwhelming' demand for tickets.The Queen of Pop, 64, initially announced she was adding a second date at London's O2 Arena when seats went on sale on Friday, with fans complaining they were fighting to secure a ticket, and one saying it was like an 'Olympic sport.'She has now said a third and fourth show will be performed at the 20,000 capacity venue, where she is set to appear on October 14, 15, 17 and 18. Thanks, Madge: Madonna will play four London shows on her global tour due to 'overwhelming' demand for tickets.

Madonna will play four London shows on her global tour due to 'overwhelming' demand for tickets.The Queen of Pop, 64, initially announced she was adding a second date at London's O2 Arena when seats went on sale on Friday, with fans complaining they were fighting to secure a ticket, and one saying it was like an 'Olympic sport.'She has now said a third and fourth show will be performed at the 20,000 capacity venue, where she is set to appear on October 14, 15, 17 and 18. Thanks, Madge: Madonna will play four London shows on her global tour due to 'overwhelming' demand for tickets.

Last week, news broke that “Industry” star Marisa Abela would play Amy Winehouse in Samuel Taylor-Johnson‘s upcoming biopic “Back To Black.” And now there’s the first bit of additional casting news. Deadline reports that Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, and Lesley Manville join the cast of the upcoming film, with production currently underway in London.