Julia Garner has a new icon to embody. ET has learned that the actress is the top choice to play Madonna in her new biopic.The project is in active development at Universal Pictures with garner pegged as the film's leading lady.
The news of Garner as the «top choice» for the biopic comes after speculation that Florence Pugh, 's Alexa Demie, Odessa Young and singers Bebe Rexha and Sky Ferreira were reportedly in the running to play the music legend.Per , the film will follow the early days of the controversial artist and the aptly crowned queen of pop.
Amy Pascal will be producing the project, with Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley nabbing the script after a multi-studio bidding war.
Madonna is set to be a co-writer on the script and will also be directing the film.Of the upcoming film, the singer said she hoped 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.
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