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Rachel Zegler stars as Snow White in Disney’s live action reimagining. Here’s the official trailer for the film. We wouldn’t post an unofficial one.

Rachel Zegler burst onto the scene as the star of Steven Spielberg’s 2021 remake of West Side Story, for which she won a Golden Globe. After appearing in Shazam! Fury Of The Gods and The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, she now stars as the title character in Disney’s live action reimagining of Snow White. The original, made in 1937, is the first ever feature length animated film.

The synopsis for the new version now reads as follows:

Snow White is a live-action musical reimagining of the classic 1937 movie. The magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with beloved characters Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy.

Actor Peter Dinklage criticized Disney’s decision to remake the...

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Disney’s Snow White starring Rachel Zeglar in the titular role and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen’s official trailer has finally been dropped by Disney. They might be wishing that it was a terrible idea even to make this movie. No, it is not us, but the internet’s utterly negative reception of the trailer is saying that. It was released on December 3, and while writing this report, it received only 2.44 million views and 12K likes on YouTube. Scroll below for the netizen reactions.

Marc Webb directed the musical fantasy, which is based on a screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson. It is a live-action reimagining of Disney’s 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was based on the 1812 fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm. The film features Andrew Burnap as Jonathan, Ansu Kabia as the Hunstman,...

If you saw “Moana 2” or “Wicked” this weekend, you may have already seen the trailer for “Snow White,” Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of its first animated feature. But now, Disney has released the trailer online, so everyone can ponder it.

“Snow White” stars Rachel Zegler as the titular princess, who is cast out of her kingdom by her stepmother, the Evil Queen (Gal Gadot). In the woods, she meets seven dwarfs, who help her plan to save her kingdom from her wicked stepmother’s clutches. The trailer makes clear that in this remake, the question “Who’s the fairest one of all?” refers to justice, not beauty. The film is directed by Marc Webb and written by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson. Egot achievers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote new songs for the remake, and the film will feature songs from the 1937 original as well, including “Whistle While You Work.

The latest trailer for the upcoming live-action “Snow White” contains a special surprise for Disney fans: This new look features a brief glimpse at “Waiting on a Wish,” a new song that will be in the movie. “Snow White” will be released theatrically on March 21.

This new look shows off the familiar beats of this Disney classic. “This was my father’s kingdom, a place of fairness,” Zegler as Snow White says in the trailer. “But the queen changed everything.”

It then cuts to Snow White begging the Evil Queen (Gal Gadot) to grant her people kindness as the Queen schemes against Snow White in her quest to become the fairest of them all. You know the rest. Snow White flees into the woods and finds an impromptu family of sorts among seven dwarves.

But in the final minute of the trailer, this well known fairy tale changes. Instead of...

Disney has revealed a new trailer for its upcoming live-action remake of Snow White starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, which arrives in theaters on March 21st, 2025.

The trailer signals Snow White to be a faithful adaptation of the 1937 animated film, itself an adaptation of the 1812 Brothers Grimm fairytale. Zegler stars as Snow White, a princess living with her evil stepmother The Queen (Gal Gadot) who rules the kingdom with an iron fist. Once Snow White is urged to flee into the woods by the Huntsman (Ansu Kabia), she ends up in a cottage surrounded by doting animals and seven (CGI) dwarves. Now armed with the help of her friends, Snow White attempts to restore light back into the kingdom. Watch the trailer below.

Disney originally unveiled the first trailer for Snow White at their D23 event in August, and has been teasing the new reimagining for multiple years now.

The new trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of “Snow White” has officially released, showcasing more of Rachel Zegler’s vocals, the seven dwarfs and Gal Gadot’s villainous turn as the evil queen.

The film is directed by Marc Webb and is the latest Disney remake. Following the 1937 animated classic “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” this newest iteration of the story follows Snow White after the jealous wicked queen, who also happens to be her mother, orders her murder. Snow White runs away into a forest and discovers the magic of the seven dwarfs in a cottage.

After her film breakout in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” Zegler returns to sing her heart out on the big screen. Gadot stars as the evil queen alongside Andrew Burnap, Martin Klebba and Ansu Kabia. The screenplay is written by Greta Gerwig (“Barbie”) and Erin Cressida Wilson (“The Girl on the Train...

A mixed history in cinema seems to be counting against Madonna as she publicly discusses disagreements with studios over her biopic.

In a world where musical biopics seemed to get commissioned with greater ease than any other genre you’d think a Madonna movie would be an instant green light. After all, she’s an icon of pop with an incredibly interesting life story and a back catalogue of hits to rival any musical biopic that has come before.

The project did make it into some kind of development back in 2020, with Madonna and Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody working on an early version. Then Erin Cressida Wilson was drafted in to co-write alongside Madonna before the project was scrapped by Universal.

Before that happened the planned film had even found its Madonna: Julia Garner, an actor whose star continues to rise following a string of impressive performances was set to...

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Secretary is an erotic romantic drama film directed by Steven Shainberg from a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson. Based...

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Rachel Zegler stars in Disney’s live action reimagining of Snow White, and here’s the teaser trailer for the 2025 release.

Rachel Zegler burst onto the scene as the star of Steven Spielberg’s 2021 remake of West Side Story, for which she won a Golden Globe. After appearing in Shazam! Fury Of The Gods and The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, she now stars as the title character in Disney’s live action reimagining of Snow White. The original, made in 1937, is the first ever feature length animated film.

The synopsis for the new version now reads as follows:

Snow White is a live-action musical reimagining of the classic 1937 movie. The magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with beloved characters Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy.

Actor Peter Dinklage criticized Disney’s decision to remake the film back in 2022, calling it “backwards...

When Disney first got into the live-action adaptation game, remaking their classic animated IP with the use of ever-advancing visual effects, first with “The Jungle Book” in 1994, then officially with Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” in 2010, it felt odd they would not kick off the endeavor with their first animated film, made in 1937, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”

For the most part, many of these remakes, from Guy Ritchie’s Will Smith-led “Aladdin” to Jon Favreau’s photo-realistic “The Lion King,” failed to meet the magic of their source material. But they did rake in big bucks at the box office, and that’s all Disney needs to keep the factory churning them out. But after unveiling the first teaser for “Snow White” at D23 on Friday, August 9, the Mouse House may be whistling all the way to the bank.

In development since 2016, interest was piqued when...

We're still working our way through the hangover from Disney's big Friday night D23 Entertainment Showcase last night, when the Mouse House unleashed upon the internet everything they held back at Comic-Con last month. What we do have is a trailer for the latest of Disney's apparently endless efforts to...

Disney unveiled the first teaser trailer for its upcoming live-action Snow White movie at a recent fan event. Slated for a March 2025 release, the film stars Rachel Zegler as Snow White and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.

The teaser offers a glimpse of the reimagined fairy tale world. Zegler wears a dress resembling Snow White’s animated counterpart. Gadot takes on the role of the iconic Disney villain with “menacing charm.” Zegler previously showed her singing talents in other major films and is expected to perform classic numbers like “Whistle While You Work.”

Marc Webb directs the film, with a screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson. They aim to bring a fresh perspective while honoring beloved elements. Some changes have sparked debate, like the apparent use of visual effects for the dwarves. This challenge of updating classics for today’s audience sparked some criticism in early reactions.

Disney unveiled the first teaser trailer for the Snow White live-action remake at D23 on Friday evening. Watch it below.

Snow White stars Rachel Zegler as the eponymous character alongside CGI versions of the seven dwarfs: Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy. Gal Gadot plays the Evil Queen.

The production of the musical reimagining has been met with several controversies, ranging from the overblown backlash to the casting of a Latina actress as Snow White to Peter Dinklage criticizing Disney for “still making that fucking backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together.”

In response to Dinklage, Disney explained they were “taking a different approach with these seven characters.” A first-look image released in October 2023 confirmed that they took an animated route.

Snow White was directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson. It was originally slated for release...

Someday her prince will come, but in the meantime, the first trailer for Disney’s live-action “Snow White” finally has come, revealing Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot in all their glory.

Debuting at this year’s D23 Expo on Friday night, the footage gives a glimpse into how Disney has updated its 1937 animation for new audiences. You can watch it in the video below.

Marc Webb, the filmmaker behind “(500) Days of Summer” and “The Amazing Spider-Man,” directed the film from a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson and Greta Gerwig.

The cast also includes Ansu Kabia as the Huntsman and Andrew Burnap as Jonathan. The film is produced by Marc Platt and Jared LeBoff, with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer, and features all-new original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

Last year, Zegler drew criticism for poking fun at the original storyline, calling the circumstances of the central love story “weird.

Disney on Friday at D23 showed off the first clip from its live-action take of the 1937 animated classic Snow White, which hits theaters on March 21, 2025.

Said Gal Gadot about her onscreen antagonist, “She’s evil, she’s magical, she’s delicious.”

Rachel Zegler introduced the clip, which she told the crowd at the Honda Center was a classic. Indeed, it was her and the dwarves as she sang “Whistle While You Work.” Snow White is in the dwarves’ house, dancing and cleaning with a crystal falsetto.

They then showed off the trailer, with images of Gadot putting on the crown, doing the mirror mirorr, Zegler picking apples, and the transformation of Gadot into an evil witch. It’s a prefect, lively replication of the original movie.

Watch the trailer above.

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Music icon Madonna is no stranger to the film side of entertainment. The singer would crossover into movies on many occasions, including starring in a variety of projects like Body of Evidence, A League of Their Own and Dick Tracy. For a time, she would even be married to director Guy Ritchie, who she made a film with called Swept Away. In the past few years, Madonna had been reportedly developing a biopic about herself in which she would be in the rare position to both write and direct. Early last year, the project would not come together and she scrapped the project just ahead of her world tour.

Deadline is now reporting that the 80s pop icon teased on her Instagram that the project is once again in development. Madonna posted a slideshow that featured a series of pictures of her working on a typewriter and her table is littered with screenplay pages.

Madonna is working on her biopic once again.The 65-year-old Queen of Pop's plans for a movie about her life were placed on hold last year but she's now revealed she is currently writing a new draft script for the project, which will be titled ‘Who’s That Girl’ in a nod to the singer’s 1987 movie and song of the same name.Madonna took to Instagram and posted a collection of photos of herself working on the script with the caption: “I Need A-lot of Bandz to make this ……….. Okay. (Story of my life) (sic).”The flick - which will be penned and directed by Madonna - was announced in 2020, and had actress Julia Garner in the starring role, with Deadline reporting the 'Ozark' star is still on board for the project.Writers Diablo Cody and Erin Cressida Wilson were also brought on to help the ‘Like...

Julia Garner is still set to play the Queen of Pop, with Madonna herself directing the film of her life. More here.

It’s been a year and a half since we learned that Universal’s planned Madonna had been scrapped. The original plan saw Juno writer Diablo Cody pen a script that would be directed by Madonna herself. Although the music legend has directed in her time, this was still a pretty unconventional arrangement.

One aspect of the production that looked very promising was the appointment of Julia Garner in the lead role. Garner was chosen by Madonna herself, reportedly picked out of a song and dance bootcamp and anointed by the Queen of Pop.

Who’s That Girl was of course the title of the 1987 song (and accompanying film) that helped push Madonna’s fame levels into the stratosphere during that era. It looks like it might also be...

Madonna is teasing she is back working on her biopic and is titling it Who’s That Girl.

The singer shared a social media post where she is seen with a typewriter and making edits to a movie script.

“I Need A-lot of Bandz to make this………..Okay. (Story of my life),” she captioned the post on Instagram.

In one of the pictures from the slideshow Madonna teased, you see a line drawn across the title M Untitled. The new title of the biopic is Who’s That Girl, a nod to Madonna’s 1987 film and song of the same name.

The script is noted as being “Rewritten by Madonna and Ecw.”

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News of Madonna working on her biopic comes almost a year and a half after the project was paused indefinitely. In January 2023, it was reported that the film at Universal Pictures had been scrapped.

Madonna’s biopic is back in the works, nearly a year and a half after news broke that it wasn’t moving forward.

The film about the singer’s life, which was set to chronicle her decades-long career, was originally set at Universal Pictures, but plans for it fell through in January 2023.

In a new Instagram post, Madonna shared a compilation of photos of her working on a typewriter, with an array of papers around her. In one of the shots, a potential title — Who’s That Girl, a nod to her 1987 song and film of the same name — is seen on the first page of what looks like a script.

Another glimpse at the script reads “rewrites by Madonna and Ecw,” seemingly referring to Secretary writer Erin Cressida Wilson, who was brought onto the project after Diablo Cody had to step away from it. Amy Pascal was set to produce the movie originally.

Madonna is back at work on her biopic, as the iconic singer confirmed on social media.

Madonna shared on Instagram that she is back writing the film’s screenplay, with the feature now titled “Who’s That Girl,” a classic reference in the annals of Madonna lore. “Who’s That Girl” is also the title of James Foley’s 1987 comedy feature (which marked one of Madonna’s first movie roles and co-starred Griffin Dunne), a soundtrack single for the film, and Madonna’s world tour that same year.

“I Need A-lot of Bandz to make this………..Okay,” Madonna captioned, adding, “Story of my life.”

It literally is: The songwriter has been in development on her biopic for years, with Diablo Cody first co-writing the screenplay, then titled “Little Sparrow.” In 2021, Madonna collaborated with Erin Cressida Wilson, who is now credited on the rewritten version. Armed with a fresh script and a new title,...

Disney’s live-action remake of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” has finally completed filming, marking a significant milestone for a project that has faced numerous challenges since its inception. Rachel Zegler, who stars as the titular character, shared the news via her Instagram story, expressing both pride and emotion as she wrapped up the production.

“That’s a wrap on Snow White, and I’m so freaking proud and emotional. Love these people so much,” Zegler wrote, offering a glimpse into the camaraderie developed on set. The announcement comes after an extended production period that included initial filming from March to July 2022, followed by reshoots that began in June 2024.

Directed by Marc Webb, known for “The Amazing Spider-Man,” the film boasts a star-studded cast including Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, alongside Andrew Burnap and Ansu Kabia. The screenplay, co-written by “Barbie” scribe Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson,...

Last October, we learned that Disney had delayed the Snow White remake by a year following a seemingly endless stream of negative headlines from mainstream media outlets.

However, in a bid to ease the minds of those angry about rumoured changes to the beloved story, the studio shared a cartoon-accurate shot of Rachel Zegler's Disney Princess alongside the Seven Dwarfs. Unfortunately, it backfired because the rough state of the visual effects was ridiculed and led many to accuse the studio of throwing the image together in a hurry.

Why? Well, we'd previously heard that there were no plans for the Seven Dwarfs to feature in Snow White, with the plan instead being to focus on a group of politically correct "Bandits." Following the massive release date delay, Disney seemingly acted fast to throw them into the mix with extensive reshoots which, according to lead star Rachel Zegler, have now wrapped.

For those of you who were anticipating seeing :a[West Side Story]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/west-side-story-2021/' }'s Rachel Zegler as Disney's Snow White in the new, live-action version of the 1937 animated classic, here's a good news-bad-news situation. The first image, featuring Zegler as Snow alongside the Seven Dwarfs, has now arrived. Yet it comes on the heels of news that the studio, because of the ongoing actors' strike, will delay the release of the movie from next year to 2025.

Marc Webb is directing this new take on the fairytale, which via a script from Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson, will eschew the usual romantic subplot in favour of Snow White becoming the leader her father encouraged her to be.

Alongside Zegler, the cast includes Gal Gadot as The Evil Queen, Ansu Kabia as the Huntsman and Andrew Burnap plays a new character named Jonathan.

In more bad news for theater owners, Disney announced on Friday that two of its biggest planned 2024 releases – the live-action reboot of “Snow White” and the Pixar film “Elio” – will now debut in 2025.

On the bright side, the studio did release a new photo from “Snow White,” which stars Rachel Zegler as the title character and also features Gal Gadot. The film is directed by Marc Webb and written by “Barbie” co-writer and director Greta Gerwig and “Secretary” writer Erin Cressida Wilson. Check out the photo above.

“Snow White” was originally set to premiere on March 22, 2024. It will now open on March 21, 2025.

“Elio” is the latest Pixar movie following the studio’s leggy success with “Elemental.” It was set to debut on March 1, 2024, but will now open on June 13, 2025.

In addition to these scheduling tweaks, Disney announced that the Searchlight Pictures release “Magazine Dreams” had been removed from the calendar.

Disney has unveiled a first look photo for its live-action Snow White movie, which this afternoon pushed back its release date from March 22, 2024 to March 21, 2025, amidst the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.

Rachel Zegler plays the title character in the new take on Disney’s 1937 animated classic, a work foundational to the studio’s empire that was itself based on a 19th century fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. The story, of course, follows a princess who is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make Snow White part of their household after she’s exiled into a dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother.

Check out the new still from Disney’s Snow White, featuring Zegler’s princess opposite dwarves Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy, below.

Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) directed from a script by Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson, with Marc Platt producing.

Disney has revealed a first look at its Snow White live-action remake starring Rachel Zegler alongside news that the movie has been pushed back to 2025.

In the new image, Zegler’s Snow White is surrounded by animated versions of Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy. Check it out below.

Early on in the production of the film — officially titled Disney’s Snow White — Peter Dinklage criticized Disney for “still making that fucking backwards story about seven dwarfs living in a cave together.” Disney responded by saying the movie would take “a different approach with these seven characters” and later announced that they would be reimagined as “magical creatures.”

Later on, photos from the set leaked online and fueled rumors that Snow White’s companions would be portrayed as more human-like with differing sizes, ethnicities, and genders. Now, we know that Disney has decided to go the animated route.

Disney has unveiled a first look at the upcoming live-action remake of “Snow White.”

In a new image, Rachel Zegler is transformed into the iconic Disney Princess, surrounded by her Seven Dwarfs. As of today, the film, which was originally set to open on March 22, 2024, has been delayed to March 21, 2025.

Zegler stars as Snow White and Gal Gadot plays The Evil Queen. Ansu Kabia co-stars as the Huntsman and Andrew Burnap plays a new character named Jonathan. The Seven Dwarfs have been reimagined for the remake, and Zegler has said that this new iteration will not be as focused on the romantic subplot but instead will show Snow White become the leader her father encouraged her to be. The reimagined storyline and Zegler’s casting — she will be the first Latina to play Snow White — have generated some online criticism for veering from the source material.

The original film, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,...

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"...jealous of the beauty of her stepdaughter 'Snow White', a wicked queen orders her death, but later discovers she is alive and hiding in a cottage with seven little miners. Disguising herself as a hag, the queen brings a poisoned apple to Snow White, who falls into a death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince..."

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Julia Garner is still hung up on the Madonna biopic.

After being cast as the Material Girl pop icon in June 2022, the film was shelved by Universal in January 2023. Madonna, who co-wrote, produced, and is set to direct her own life story for the big screen, recently announced a world tour.

However, “Inventing Anna” alum Garner teased that’s not the end of Madonna’s biopic.

“I don’t want to tell too much,” Garner said to Entertainment Tonight. “I’m going to keep things…fingers crossed.”

Garner reportedly endured an intense audition process to land the role of Madonna. The so-called boot camp was also attended by Florence Pugh, Alexa Demie, Odessa Young, and Emma Laird, with singers Bebe Rexha and Sky Ferreira also having previously been considered for the lead part. Julia Fox was rumored to be cast as Madonna’s longtime friend and fellow actress Debi Mazar.

The University of Southern California Libraries revealed the winners for the 35th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award on Saturday. The awards, which honor the year’s best film and television adaptations (along with the works on which they are based), returned live to USC’s elegant Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library for the annual black tie awards fete.

This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race, presaging 14 eventual Oscar winners, including in the last decade “Argo” (2013), “12 Years a Slave” (2014), “The Imitation Game” (2015), “The Big Short” (2016), “Moonlight” (2017), and “Call Me By Your Name” (2018).

Screenwriter Sarah Polley and novelist Miriam Toews won the film award for “Women Talking,” which is nominated for Best Picture and Adapted Screenplay Oscars, while the television prize went to English stand-up comedian and screenwriter Will Smith for the episode “Failure’s Contagious,” from “Slow Horses,” based...

Los Angeles, Jan 25 (Ians) The anticipated biopic of music legend Madonna is taking an indefinite holiday. The project, which the icon was going to direct herself, is no longer in development at Universal Pictures.

Speculation over the fate of the movie began instantly after Madonna announced a career-spanning world tour last week — one that sold out shows in New York, London, Paris and other cities in minutes, reports ‘Variety’.

Insiders familiar with Madonna said her sole focus is the tour, but she remains committed to making a film about her life one day.

While announced in 2020, development on the film lingered on through the end of 2022.

Madonna worked on two script drafts encompassing large periods of her creative and personal life. An earlier version was written with Oscar winner Diablo Cody (their writing sessions were widely disseminated on social media).

Erin Cressida Wilson took a second pass.

Last June, Variety...

The anticipated biopic of music legend Madonna is taking an indefinite holiday. The project, which the icon was going to direct herself, is no longer in development at Universal Pictures.

Speculation over the fate of the movie began instantly after Madonna announced a career-spanning world tour last week — one that sold out shows in New York, London, Paris and other cities in minutes, reports ‘Variety’.

Insiders familiar with Madonna said her sole focus is the tour, but she remains committed to making a film about her life one day.

While announced in 2020, development on the film lingered on through the end of 2022.

Madonna worked on two script drafts encompassing large periods of her creative and personal life. An earlier version was written with Oscar winner Diablo Cody (their writing sessions were widely disseminated on social media).

Erin Cressida Wilson took a second pass.

Last June, Variety broke the news that...

Looks like Madonna's plans to direct her own biopic are taking a holiday. Or at least its status appears to be a lot more on the borderline — because the music star is off on a world tour.

Though Madonna had been hinting for a couple of years about working on a biopic project – Diablo Cody and Erin Cressida Wilson have both done passes on the script – and it seemed to be all coming together last year with Universal backing the movie and Julia Garner winning the lead role, Variety reports that the film is no longer in development.

There were questions raised when Madonna announced last week that she had sold out several cities on her new world tour, and concerns that she might not be able to divert the time to focus on the film.

While she's apparently still interested in making the film, it's on hold for now.

After Madonna announced a brand-new world tour last week, fans began speculating about the fate of her upcoming biopic. It seems that they were right to worry as Variety has reported that the Madonna biopic has been scrapped at Universal Pictures.

THR added that the Madonna biopic was actually scrapped late last year before the iconic musician announced her world tour. The outlet added that the development has been a struggle, with none of the drafts for the movie making it under 180 pages. There were reportedly conversations about turning it into two movies or maybe even transforming it into a mini-series, which would certainly have made it easier to include more of Madonna’s storied career. Although the project has been shelved at this point, Madonna may revisit it once her tour is complete.

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The Madonna biopic was actually set to be directed by Madonna herself.

The Madonna biopic that was to be directed by Madonna is no longer in development at Universal Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The news comes after the singer announced a massive world tour, though multiple sources say the movie actually was put in turnaround late last year, before the announcement of the tour.

Universal had no comment.

The project, which was first announced in 2020, was going to chronicle the singer’s career, which spans almost four decades and has gone far beyond music as she has made forays into art, movies, fashion and charity. She burst onto the 1980s music scene and established herself as the Queen of Pop with best-selling albums such as Like a Virgin, True Blue and Like a Prayer. She eventually segued into a career in Hollywood, including directing and starring in feature films.

As of last year, Julia Garner was the frontrunner to play...

The Madonna biopic set at Universal Pictures has been scrapped, Deadline has confirmed.

The studio had no comment on the matter. But the news comes following Madonna’s announcement that she’ll be setting off on a 35-city global tour, referred to as The Celebration Tour, on July 15. She’ll launch it at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena with stops in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Boston, Cleveland, Denver and other North American cities to follow, ahead of an 11-city European leg beginning October 14.

Madonna was to have directed the biopic on her own life and career, having penned drafts of the script with both Academy Award winner Diablo Cody (Juno) and Independent Spirit Award winner Erin Cressida Wilson (The Girl on the Train). Three-time Emmy-winning Ozark star Julia Garner emerged as Madonna’s choice to play her after proving a standout in a singing and dancing bootcamp.

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Madonna’s biopic about her own life, which the pop icon was expected to co-write and direct at Universal, is not moving forward at the studio and is no longer in development, IndieWire has learned.

Julia Garner was attached to star in the film as the “Like a Virgin” singer, but speculation that the film was on hold began when Madonna announced a world tour that will kick off in July. Madonna and Universal announced the project back in 2020, but development stalled last year. Diablo Cody was writing the script, with a revision by Erin Cressida Wilson. Madonna even shared images of her writing sessions alongside Cody after the project was announced.

Garner, known for “Inventing Anna” and “Ozark,” won the role after reports that a group of young starlets all participated in a boot camp of singing and dancing. Other stars such as Bebe Rexha, Florence Pugh, and Alexa Demie...

The anticipated biopic of music legend Madonna is taking an indefinite holiday. The project, which the icon was going to direct herself, is no longer in development at Universal Pictures, multiple sources told Variety.

Speculation over the fate of the movie began instantly after Madonna announced a career-spanning world tour last week — one that sold out shows in New York, London, Paris and other cities in minutes. Insiders familiar with Madonna said her sole focus Is the tour, but she remains committed to making a film about her life one day.

Representatives for Madonna, Garner and Universal Pictures declined to comment on the matter.

While announced in 2020, development on the film lingered on through the end of 2022. Madonna worked on two script drafts encompassing large periods of her creative and personal life. An earlier version was written with Oscar winner Diablo Cody (their writing sessions were disseminated wide on social...

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Living,” “She Said,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Women Talking are among the film nominees for this year’s USC Libraries Scripter Awards. In addition, television episodes of “The Crown,” “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” “Slow Horses,” “Tokyo Vice” and “Under the Banner of Heaven” were also recognized.

A strong bellwether for the Oscars’ best adapted screenplay category, previous Scripter winners that have matched the Academy in the last decade include “Argo” (2012), “12 Years a Slave” (2013), “The Imitation Game” (2014), “The Big Short” (2015), “Moonlight” (2016), “Call Me by Your Name” (2017) and “Nomadland” (2020). Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” (2019) is the only Scripter-eligible film to win the Academy Award without being nominated by the organization.

The inclusion of “Pinocchio” is particularly noteworthy since it’s been picking up awards steam over the last few weeks. It’s a dark horse for one of the five coveted adapted screenplay spots, which could point...

The USC Libraries on Wednesday unveiled nominees for its 35th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the screenwriters of the year’s best film and episodic series adaptations, along with the writers of the works on which they are based.

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This year’s film nominees are the screenwriters and original authors from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Living, She Said, Top Gun: Maverick and Women Talking. In TV, screenwriters were nominated for penning episodes of The Crown, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Slow Horses, Tokyo Vice and Under the Banner of Heaven.

Winners will be announced March 4 at a ceremony at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library,...

"Snow White" is the upcoming musical fantasy feature, directed by Marc Webb, from a screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Erin Cressida Wilson in a live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film, based on the 1812 fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, starring Rachel Zegler as 'Snow White' and Gal Gadot as the 'Evil Queen', opening March 22, 2024:

"...jealous of the beauty of her stepdaughter 'Snow White', a wicked queen orders her death, but later discovers she is alive and hiding in a cottage with seven little miners. Disguising herself as a hag, the queen brings a poisoned apple to Snow White, who falls into a death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince..."

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Hollywood has never had a healthy relationship with sex. Torn between leering salaciousness and code-mandated puritanism, the end results on-screen have often been messy, thematically conflicted, and deeply unsexy. Much has been made about the state of on-screen sensuality in 2022 and the blockbuster age, where ultra-muscular and fit bodies are fetishized yet entirely divorced from sex itself. As one viral article published last year in Blood Knife out it, "everyone is beautiful and no one is horny."

Things are improving in small ways, mostly on streaming thanks to shows like "Bridgerton" that undeniably f***, but everything remains pretty limited in terms of what goes on between the sheets. Kink of any kind is still a no-go topic for screens big and small. While the highly profitable adaptation of the much-derided "Fifty Shades" trilogy was sold as a journey into the dark pleasure of Bdsm, the end results were decidedly vanilla and not all that erotic.

Movie musical biopics are a beloved Hollywood tradition and one that — unlike erotic thrillers — shows no signs of slowing down.

Over the years we’ve seen Sissy Spacek win an Oscar as Loretta Lynn in “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Jessica Lange earn a nomination as Patsy Cline in “Sweet Dreams,” and Reese Witherspoon win Best Supporting Actress as June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line.” And that’s just the country music biopics.

Portraying a musical icon is just the next step in an evolving way to showcase triple-threat talent. Jamie Foxx took home the Best Actor Oscar for his transformation into Ray Charles for the 2004 film “Ray.” Joaquin Phoenix showed a new facet to his talent as Johnny Cash in “Walk the Line.” Marion Cotillard burst onto the international scene (and won a Best Actress Oscar) as Edith Piaf in “La Vie En Rose,” and more recently Rami Malek and...

Julia Garner is officially a three-time Emmy winner.

The “Ozark” actress took home her third Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the Netflix show, co-starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. Garner is also nominated in the Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for Netflix’s “Inventing Anna.”

“Ozark” has been nominated for 45 awards across its four seasons. Since debuting in 2018, the family crime drama landed three wins: two for Garner for her role as Ruth Langmore, and one for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in 2019. The series, which concluded earlier this year, is nominated in 13 categories for the 2022 Emmy Awards on September 12.

“First of all, I want to thank the Television Academy. I want to thank everybody at Netflix and MRC,” Garner shared during her acceptance speech. “I would say, our showrunner Chris Mundy and all the writers in the writers room.

Disney has offered fans a first look at its live-action Snow White remake, starring Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) and Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman). The first images from the film directed by Marc Webb were unveiled as part of the studio’s D23 presentation, highlighting its upcoming slate of live-action and animated features, which also spotlighted the work of its subsidiary, Pixar.

Snow White is based on Walt Disney’s 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was itself based on the 19th century fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm. It was Disney’s inaugural animated feature and foundational to the Disney empire.

Zegler said it was “an honor” to bring the classic back to life “for modern age.” She said that, for her character, the film is about “Finding a sense of agency so she can be a just ruler and wonderful queen.”

Gadot observed that playing the...

“Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?”

Fans were treated to the first look at Disney’s live-action “Snow White” remake at the D23 Expo on Friday, revealing Rachel Zegler in the role of the first-ever Disney princess.

The 30-second teaser, which was shown exclusively to attendees in the room and was not released online, opened with the Evil Queen’s iconic question to her magic mirror. Snow White dons her signature costume in the footage, which ends with her dropping the poisoned apple.

Stars Zegler and Gal Gadot were on hand to tease the film.

“I didn’t even see it! I didn’t see what you guys saw!” Zegler said in tears.

“There’s such an emphasis on what it meant to be the fairest of them all,” she later said, referring to the movie’s opening line.

“It was very different from...

Madonna is “Hung Up” on perfecting the script to her life story.

The multi-hyphenate pop icon is writing and directing her own musical biopic from a script co-written with Erin Cressida Wilson. Yet the screenplay editing process has been no “Holiday.”

“I have a very long script that is really hard for me to make shorter,” Madonna told Variety. “I’ve been whittling away at it, but it’s like hacking off my limbs.”

Julia Garner was offered the role of playing the “Like a Virgin” singer, with Julia Fox being rumored to portray Madonna’s longtime friend and fellow actress Debi Mazar.

Madonna continued, “I’ve had an extraordinary life, I must make an extraordinary film. It was also a preemptive strike because a lot of people were trying to make movies about me. Mostly misogynistic men. So I put my foot in the door and said, ‘No one...