{"id":362341,"date":"2026-06-22T15:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/madonna-says-her-biopic-was-scrapped-by-universal-over-big-budget"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:23:57","slug":"madonna-says-her-biopic-was-scrapped-by-universal-over-big-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/madonna-says-her-biopic-was-scrapped-by-universal-over-big-budget","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Says Her Biopic Was Scrapped By Common Over Massive Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Madonna<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>is finally pulling back the curtain on her long-scrapped biopic … and according to her, money was the biggest reason it never made it to the big screen.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The pop icon reveals she spent two years developing the film and even cast Julia Garner<\/strong><\/a> as the lead after an intense boot camp in 2022, but despite all that work, the studio just couldn’t get on board with the scale — and price tag — she felt her life story deserved.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Madonna told Interview mag she even pitched a cheaper version filmed in Serbia … but that didn’t win executives over either, explaining … “Their first reaction was, ‘We don’t believe you’d stay in Serbia more than four days.'”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Her response … “Did you read the script? My whole life has been survival. I’m not going there for a holiday.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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In the end, Madonna chalked it up to the realities of Hollywood.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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After struggling to find the right showrunner and watching a later Netflix series idea fizzle out, she decided to return her focus to music.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The way Madonna sees it … music is what she was put on Earth to do … not movies.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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