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Madonna Set to Co-Write, Direct Her Own Biopic | THR News
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Madonna has teamed with screenwriter Diablo Cody, producer Amy Pascal and Universal for a biopic on herself.
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I hear you call my name, and it feels like hope, just like a prayer.
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Our prayers have been answered. Madonna is set to express herself on the big screen.
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The material girl is teaming up with screenwriter Diablo Cody,
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producer Amy Pascal, and Universal for a biopic on herself.
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In this case, it's better to call the project an auto-biopic since the music and pop culture icon
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is not only co-writing the script with Cody, who won an Oscar for writing Juno,
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but directing the project as well. Madonna shared the exciting news, saying,
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I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist,
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a musician, a dancer, a human being, trying to make her way in this world.
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The focus of this film will always be music. Music has kept me going, and art has kept me alive.
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There are so many untold and inspiring stories, and who better to tell it than me?
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It's essential to share the rollercoaster ride of my life with my voice and vision.
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Madonna and Cody have been teasing the news on Instagram, and while the project is currently
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untitled, the singer-songwriter does call it live to tell at one point.
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Madonna's career spans almost four decades and has gone far beyond music, making waves into art,
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movies, fashion, and charity. She burst into the 1980s music scene and established herself as the
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queen of pop with best-selling albums such as Like a Virgin, True Blue, and Like a Prayer,
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pushing the envelope of topics such as sex and religion and race, and establishing herself as a
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feminist icon.
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Madonna's continued relevance has been due to her fearlessness in reinventing herself,
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something she did with her music in the 1990s and when she moved into directing. Along the way,
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she was certified the best-selling female music artist in history, selling 335 million records
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worldwide and remaining the highest-grossing solo touring artist of all time. Universal Filmed
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Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley gushed about the pop star in a statement saying,
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Madonna is the ultimate icon, humanitarian artist, and rebel. With her singular gift of creating art
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that is as accessible as it is boundary-pushing, she has shaped our culture in a way very few others have.
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Madonna being front and center to guide her own biopic should not be a surprise from anyone who has
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followed her career, but it is noteworthy since most biopics, when based on people or musical acts,
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tend to have their subjects as consultants and executive producers. For more on this story,
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head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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