Little Sparrow (film) director Madonna
Little Sparrow was the working title for a planned American biographical drama film based on the life and career of American entertainer Madonna, who was set to direct and co-write the film with Erin Cressida Wilson from a previous draft by Diablo Cody. However, the film production was postponed in January 2023.Development
Madonna teased collaboration on a screenplay with screenwriter Diablo Cody via Instagram video in August 2020. The following month, she formally announced that she would direct the biopic for Universal and would co-write the screenplay with Cody, with Amy Pascal set to produce. In an Instagram Live, the singer revealed several plot details and confirmed that while the film would not be a movie musical, the actress portraying Madonna would sing her songs in a diegetic fashion. Cody later departed from the project after turning in a final draft, with Erin Cressida Wilson stepping in as co-writer.In an October 2021 interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Madonna claimed to have rejected several male-led attempts to create a movie about her life, and that her project would allow her to tell her own story with a woman's perspective.Madonna revealed the film's working title, Little Sparrow, on Instagram in February 2022. That July, she described the script as "very long" to Variety, noting she was currently in the process of "whittling down" the material. On January 24, 2023, it was reported that development has been a struggle, as none of the many drafts of the scripts was under 180 pages. This led conversations among insiders about perhaps splitting the movie in two parts or making it into miniseries.
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