Madonna Considers Making Her Movie Biopic Into a Series Instead, Asks Fans to Weigh In: ‘Think Before You Answer’

Mar. 15, 2025

Madonna performing in 2023.Photo:Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Madonna: the Movie may become Madonna: the Series.

“After struggling for days in LA, listening to producers and agents Tell me why I couldn’t make my film… I realized that everything in my life is going to be challenged,” she wrote underneath a carousel of photos featuring her and friends including designer Willy Chavarria, multimedia artist Jess Cuevas and artist Nadia Lee Cohen. The post was set to her 2003 song “Hollywood.”

“No easy rides for me. I guess I should be grateful.. It forces me to think outside the box. I did not have a normal life,” the “Like a Prayer” singer continued.

Madonna at the Grammys in 2023.Francis Specker/CBS via Getty

Francis Specker/CBS via Getty

“I cannot make this in the normal way. Spending time with my creative friends was just the fuel I needed to keep going! We all agreed that we need to be even more fearless!!!”

“We cannot shrink and make ourselves smaller. If you want something badly enough in life — the whole universe will conspire to [help] you get it,” she added.

Madonna then threw out a question to her 19.8 million followers: “Should I make the story of my life into a series or a feature Film[?] Think before you answer.”

The responses seem to be divided, with many calling for a film, while others were eager to see a longer version of her life story in a series.

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In 2020, Universal announced it was developing the film with the megastar andmother of sixset to direct as well as co-write with Oscar winner Diablo Cody.

“I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a musician, a dancer — a human being, trying to make her way in this world,” Madonna said in a statement at the time.

The next year, Cody departed the project and in 2023,Varietyreported the film would no longer be movingforward at Universal, despite the fact thatJulia Garnerwas attached to star.

Julia Garner (left) and Madonna.Frazer Harrison/Getty, Mondadori via Getty

Madonna then embarked on herrecord-breaking Celebration tour, before turning her attention back to the film earlier this year.

In a July 16 Instagram post,Madonna indicated the movie was back onwhen she posed with a typewriter and the movie’s previously untitled screenplay. A new title appeared to beWho’s That Girl— a reference to her 1987 film and No. 1 hit.

source: people.com