Universal lands rights to Madonna biopic, 'Blond Ambition'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            The Black List is a list of unproduced screenplays that industry officials rank in order of preference and last year’s list was topped by a Madonna biopic titled Blond Ambition. Now, according to THR, it seems that the movie is in fact getting made thanks to producers Michael De Luca (The Social Network, Captain Phillips), who is also attached to Michael Mann’s television series that we just talked about yesterday, Hue 1968 but also Brett Ratner (The Revenant, Horrible Bosses).

            After hearing of this news yesterday, Madonna reportedly shunned the film which is unfortunate and could lead to a snag in getting the rights to her music. If that were to happen, I would imagine the movie being shut down completely because who does a Madonna biopic without the music? Anyway, the movie is set in the early 80s and tracks the pop icon’s work on her first album and struggling with the business, love and fame. The self-titled debut album of Madonna featured hits like “Borderline”, “Holiday” and “Lucky Star” catapulted her into superstardom for all-time.

            The biggest key now, other than getting Madonna to sign off on song rights would be to find an actress to play the lead role. Many have already said that Margot Robbie would be perfect and while I agree she’d be great, I’d be excited to see someone else get a shot at the role. Lily Collins comes to mind as a casting choice if I was choosing to pick an actress to play the music star. She has a musical lineage (Phil Collins is her father), plus she has the acting chops to pull it off and is young enough to play Madonna in the 80s when she was in her 20s.

            What do you guys think about the news of Blond Ambition? Who would you want to see play Madonna in the flick? Sound off in the comments and let us know!