Madonna’s Life Story Coming To Netflix As Limited Series
Netflix, the bomb-plagued streaming service where total crap that’s not good enough for movie theaters or even HBO goes to die. This will unfortunately suck, but hopefully she’s taking home a nice check. Not that she needs the money. It’s always about ego and relevance for Madonna, whom I love regardless. Of course, now that this is happening, expect Lady Fadga to launch her own biographical limited series on Tubi in 2027. Via Deadline:
Global music superstar Madonna has partnered with global streamer Netflix to tell her story. A limited series about her life and music is in early development at Netflix, with Madonna and Shawn Levy, whose 21 Laps has an exclusive TV overall deal at the platform, executive producing, Deadline has learned. A rep for Netflix declined comment.
The duo, who had been discussing the project for awhile, are starting from scratch: the biographical limited series is not related to the Madonna feature biopic which was previously in development at Universal with three-time Emmy winner Julia Garner as the choice to play the Queen of Pop.
It is early days of development on the TV series, so it is unclear yet which period in Madonna’s decades-spanning career it will focus on. Still, Garner has remained engaged — she famously appeared alongside Madonna on stage at the singer’s Celebration Tour in December 2023 — and I hear the Ozark star would most likely play Madonna, subject of availability as she doesn’t have a deal.
[Deadline]
