Madonna, 64, has never turned down a challenge.
And the recent video release of her “Celebration Tour” is a raunchy wink to the 1991 documentary “Truth or Dare.” With Diplo, Eric Andre and Jack Black watching, Amy Schumer dares Madonna to go on a world tour and “play your greatest mother’s hits.”
“So the answer is: yes yes!” says the singer.
But that means her long-planned biopic, reportedly starring “Ozark” actress Julia Garner, is no longer in the works at Universal Pictures.
“Madonna will make a movie about her life one day,” a friend of the singer confirmed to Page Six. “But this tour is currently a creative and professional focus for M.”
The “Vogue” icon was set to direct the film himself, but an insider revealed there was a fallout with Universal over the script. Insider said about his studio. “They want it to be pop and light. Madonna wanted something more gritty, but got stuck.
“She’d rather go to another studio than change the script. She still wants to make the movie, but she’ll see it again when the tour is over,” the insider said. While keeping the same writers, we recognize that she may need to be recast if the actors are unavailable.
Madonna revealed during an Instagram Live session in September 2020 that the film would cover “my struggle as an artist to survive as a woman in a world of men.”
She first teamed up with Oscar-winner Diablo Cody of “Juno” fame before being replaced by Erin Wilson, who wrote the scripts for “Secretary” and “Girl on the Train.”
Last June, “Ozark” star Garner stepped out of the pop icon after a grueling 16-week song-and-dance boot camp reportedly attended by Florence Pugh, Alexa Demy, Odessa Young, and Bebe. Reported to have won the role. Lexa.
The delay doesn’t slow Garner’s trajectory, who recently won both a Golden Globe and an Emmy for “Ozark.” She is currently signed on to shoot the thriller ‘The Royal Hotel’, which follows her two young women backpacking in Australia, and the thriller ‘Apartment 7A’.
Representatives for Universal, Madonna, Cody and Garner declined to comment.
Kevin Steer, 53, is one of the select few who knows what it takes to work with Madonna. I explained.
The choreographer, who worked with Madonna on the ‘Blonde Ambition’ tour, has joined fellow tour dancers Gabriel Turpin and Oliver Crumbs in a lawsuit over their portrayal of Madonna in ‘Truth or Dare’ 20 years later. I haven’t seen Madonna in years. claimed to contain behind-the-scenes footage that the film is said not to use. The lawsuit she settled in September 1994.
“There were times when I heard her sing or saw her, and it reminded me of the difficulties we had,” admitted Stea. “But I specifically meditated on it and switched it up for myself.
“Meeting her now…it’s comforting to see the absolute positive impact the tour has had on an entire generation of the queer community.
“But life is pretty complicated. She made some mistakes. She’s not perfect, she’s hurt people, not everything she does is right — and that’s human.” I am the same, as I get older I find her unwavering beliefs unwavering, what she was trying to achieve truly changed the world and created a space. And you can’t create that space by being kind.
He recounted how he went to see the ‘Madame X’ tour with fellow ‘Blonde Ambition’ dancers Carlton Willborn and Luis Camacho, revealing: We can see each other later, even though we wanted to.
Madonna’s 35-city global tour kicks off July 15 in Vancouver, with dates spaced out two to three nights per city to keep Madonna as healthy as possible, sources say. said. She canceled several dates on her 2020 ‘Madame X’ tour due to injury, but all had to be called off due to COVID.
Still, the eternally young pop star may be starting to feel her age. In November 2021, Madonna admitted to having her hip replacement surgery on “Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A special for Paramount+.”
“To be honest, I used to be a fitness/workout maniac.” [2019 Madame X] Touring — I don’t know if you’ve noticed, I’m limping — it was the most painful thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. I am a bionic woman. I had a hip replacement,” she said.
“So how do you stay in shape? It’s all in your head…it’s called willpower and it’s called ‘no one’s going to stop me.'” And the way I stay in shape is that no one stops me. The way I stay in shape is not to believe in limits. ”
“A choreographer and director who are up to the standard have the dancer do most of the work around her and still make it look like she’s doing everything,” Stair said. [but] It can also physically tear you apart. Madonna is smart and she knows when to create breaks for herself. ”
Madonna’s 26-year-old daughter, Lourdes, who released her debut single “Lock & Key” last August, is ready to help her mother find dancers, insiders said.
The singer’s other children include Rocco, 22, who is a rising star in the world of visual arts. She also adopted her son David, 17, her daughter Mercy, 16, and 10-year-old twins Estelle and Stella.
Rhodes confided in Interview magazine to her mother’s best friend, Debi Mazar, that Madonna was “a control freak and has been in control of my life my whole life.”
Earlier this month, Madonna admitted to Vanity Fair: It was the hardest, hardest fight. Today I still struggle to figure out how to be a mother and how to work. ”
Madonna, who lost her mother to cancer at the age of 30 when she was 5 years old, said that “a lot of my happiness comes from my children,” adding that “each of them has their own creativity.” I love discovering and having it come to life,” he added. from a real place.
“I have never encouraged my daughter Laura to make music or my son Rocco to paint. But I have always exposed them to art and music. I am happy to have found a way to express my respect and admiration for them and what they do.”
She is currently dating 23-year-old male model Andrew Darnell.
Steer, on the other hand, would love to see the tour, stating:
“She has built a mountain to climb on, and I hope she enjoys the scenery and truly embraces the impact she has had on music and culture for 40 years without end.”
