Madonna's biopic was scrapped due to her wanting 'near-total' control over project

Poker Face has proven to be a major hit for NBC’s Peacock, with the murder mystery series already renewed for a second season on the streaming service.Created by Rian Johnson, the series stars Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a casino worker on the run who entangles herself into the mysterious deaths of strangers along the way.A synopsis reads: “Charlie has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but investigate and solve.”Alongside Lyonne, the cast of the first season also includes Benjamin Bratt, Ron Perlman, and Adrian Brody, along with a host of guest stars.While the series sees its protagonist travel to a different location in each episode, filming was primarily based Newburgh, New York, running from April through October, 2022, in locations throughout the mid-Hudson Valley.At least one episode of the series was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Madonna showed off her youthful visage once again on Thursday as she posed for a gothic snap to promote her upcoming The Celebration Tour.The pop icon, 64, who will kick off her world tour on July 15th in Vancouver - displayed her line-free complexion with a heavy coating of make-up, including metallic shadow, rosy blush and pink lipstick.The Like A Prayer hitmaker flaunted her ample cleavage in a monochrome lace corset, which revealed a hint of her toned midriff, paired with an elegant black jacket.She teamed this with chic black trousers and chunky diamond necklaces.Her tresses were styled in soft waves and she struck a sultry pose on the bed, in the post captioned: 'What songs should I play on the Celebration Tour?' Vampiric: Madonna showed off her youthful visage once again on Thursday as she posed for a gothic snap to promote her upcoming The Celebration TourShe also posted snaps of her writing out a set list with hits including Crazy For You, Like A Prayer and Papa Don't Preach making the cut.It comes amid an 'overwhelming' demand for tickets to see the bonafide Queen Of Pop, with a reported 600,000 sold. Over the past two weeks, Madonna has added more dates in major cities like Los Angeles, New York and London which will extend the tour into 2024. This is an ambitious feat for the legendary songstress, whose last tour came to an abrupt end following 'multiple injuries' as well as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.In total, 14 of 79 dates were canceled, including the final shows in Paris, France, which she described as 'a kind of punishment for me' due to her love of touring.This go around, Madonna isn't letting anything stand in her way as she prepares to make stop-offs in the English capital and more than 30

Madonna sent fans into a frenzy on Tuesday after she teased that she may be making more stops on her upcoming 40th anniversary world tour.Taking to Instagram, the singer, 64, shared three back-to-back portraits of herself posing in a fishnet top with the caption: 'Add More SHOWS?'It comes amid an 'overwhelming' demand for tickets to see the bonafide Queen Of Pop, with a reported 600,000 sold. More? Madonna sent fans into a frenzy on Tuesday after she teased that she may be making more stops on her upcoming 40th anniversary world tourOver the past two weeks, Madonna has added more dates in major cities like Los Angeles, New York and London which will extend the tour into 2024. This is an ambitious feat for the legendary songstress, whose last tour came to an abrupt end following 'multiple injuries' as well as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Madonna delighted fans on Thursday by announcing that five more dates have been added to her highly-anticipated 40th anniversary tour.The bonafide 'Queen Of Pop,' 64, will make return stops in London, Los Angeles and New York despite the three major cities already boasting four shows each.According to Madonna's Instagram Story, she will hit the stage in London on December 5 then venture to NYC for two concerts on December 13 and 14.Los Angeles will get another glimpse at the Material Girl hitmaker when she dominates the Crypto.com Arena in 2024 on January 7 and January 8. New additions: Madonna delighted fans on Thursday by announcing that five more dates have been added to her highly-anticipated 40th anniversary tour After sharing the news, Madonna posed in diamond chains and a black lace bustier for a seductive selfie.'See you soon,' she teased in the caption.  The new dates come amid 'overwhelming' demand after tickets for the Celebration tour went on sale last Friday. And Madonna has been frantically adding to her already extensive tour schedule as a result.

The Material Girl’s biopic will no longer be materializing. Despite a long casting process to hire someone to play the Queen of Pop, Madonna has scrapped the biopic film she was going to direct herself and is instead going to go out on tour (via Variety and THR).

The Madonna biopic starring Julia Garner has been shelved indefinitely as the Queen Of Pop prepares to go on a world tour.Madonna, 64, was planning to direct the motion picture herself for Universal Pictures, but Variety reports the film is not in development any longer.News that the biopic is off comes a week after the 'Queen Of Pop' announced a massive world tour, casting doubt on the future of the movie. Off: The upcoming Madonna (left) biopic starring Julia Garner (right) has been indefinitely shelved as the Queen Of Pop prepares to go on a world tourMadonna spent years percolating the movie, which was first announced in 2020 and has blown through multiple screenwriters.Diablo Cody, who won an Academy Award for scripting Juno, and Erin Cressida Wilson, who wrote the film Secretary, both took passes at the screenplay. 'I have a very long script that is really hard for me to make shorter,' Madonna said last summer.