Madonna to direct and co-wrote own biopic

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival has appointed Nadia Dresti as interim artistic director following the recent resignation of Lili Hinstin.Dresti, who has been with the prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema intermittently for roughly 30 years, is taking the reins after the abrupt departure of Hinstin late last month after two years due to differences with the event’s top management.Dresti started out in the fest’s press office, and in 2000 was

business, tapping and director Barry Jenkins to helm a follow-up to Jon Favreau's 2019 photorealistic remake, ET can confirm.The 1994 animated classic spawned its own franchise, including sequels and, while the «live-action» version has already birthed its own follow-up, of sorts, in Beyoncé's .«Helping my sister raise two young boys during the '90s, I grew up with these characters,» Jenkins said in a statement.

Anne Winters did more than just “strike a pose” in a series of new images she posted to her Instagram account over the weekend. The 13 Reasons Why star, 26, completely transformed into Madonna as the search continues for the starlet who will take on the role of the pop legend in the “Like A Virgin” singer’s self-directed biopic. In an attempt to secure the role, Anne shared a slew of photos of herself as the OG ‘Material Girl’ at various points in her career.

13 Reasons Why star Anne Winters has launched her own campaign to play Madonna in her upcoming biopic.The actress took to Instagram to recreate a number of the musician’s iconic looks, writing to her followers: “BLOW UP @madonna Instagram guys – I wanna play her in her new biopic. I’ve been told I look like young Madonna forever, I act I sing I look like her….

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticMore than two and a half years after Gary Oldman took home the Oscar for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the Joe Wright-directed and Anthony McCarten-penned Darkest Hour, a History Channel writer is suing the actor, NBCUniversal and others connect to the movie for allegedly ripping off parts of his script.“[Ben Kaplan] spent years developing, writing and refining Churchill,” says the complaint, seeking a jury trial, filed last week in Los

Christina Aguilera is looking back on one of the most iconic VMA moments. The Reflection singer opened up with Zane Lowe for her At Home With playlist for Apple Music on Thursday (September 17).

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Christina Aguilera is looking back.

Madonna style, the lucky star is all set to direct her own biopic about her professional career and personal life in a new film produced by Universal, trending on social media for the iconic choice of director, and working alongside Diablo Cody, the brilliant Oscar-winning director of popular cult films, such as Juno, starring Ellen Page and Jennifer’s Body, starring Megan Fox.The pop superstar has been reportedly working on script sessions, co-writing the motion picture with Cody.

Madonna has teamed up with Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody to pen the story of her life for a big-screen biopic.Madonna will direct and produce the film, and also lead the search for a young unknown who will portray her.The movie, which Madonna has teased may be called Live to Tell, will chronicle the pop superstar’s rise from unknown New York dancer to chart-topper.“I want to convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a musician, a dancer – a human being,

Pop icon Madonna is taking to the silver screen again this time to direct a movie about her own life.And never one to shy away from the spotlight the Material Girl singer will both direct and co-write the new flick.Universal Pictures revealed the 62-year-old will join forces with Oscar-winning “Juno” screenwriter Diablo Cody on the script.Madonna is the best-selling female music artist of all time with global sales of 335 million records.Over her five-decade career, she also acted in movies

Madonna has today revealed that she’ll be directing and co-writing the forthcoming feature film based on her life.Universal Pictures will be developing the forthcoming biopic, with Diablo Cody – who won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2007 for Juno – set to write it alongside Madonna.“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 press statement.“The

Madonna is set to direct a biopic telling the story of her life and career as one of the biggest pop stars in the world.

Madonna is concentrating on director and screenwriter for the time being.On Tuesday, Universal Pictures announced that Madonna is set to direct an auto-biopic of her untold life's story, from her early days in New York City to becoming an icon of the music biz.

Often, when you see reviews of film biopics, there’s the criticism that the filmmaker took liberties with personal events and situations to make for better plotting. Most recently, you can see a lot of artistic license in the Oscar-winning film, “Bohemian Rhapsody.” However, one way to get around that criticism is to make sure the subject of the biopic writes and directs the film, which is what Universal is doing with the studio’s upcoming Madonna biopic.