Madonna is working on the soundtrack with William Orbit, who has been credited with helping her recent career resurgence. That ambitious blonde Madonna is back in the studio working on a new record, her label confirmed Friday. If all goes as planned, Madonna will star as the owner of a frontier saloon in Kingdom Come, a drama set during the 1849 Gold Rush. Kingdom Come, a joint venture between Britain's Revolution Films and Pathe International, would also star Winnona Ryder as Madonna's daughter and Gary Oldman as the tough owner of the mining town. Michael Winterbottom, the director of Welcome to Sarajevo, Jude and Butterfly Kiss, spent three days last week scouting the Calgary area with location's manager Warner Einer who was instrumental in bringing the Disney film Mystery Alaska to Canmore last year.
Nothing is firm yet.
Michael looked at areas of the foothills around Longview, Fortress Mountain and the Kananaskis. He was very impressed. Kingdom Come covers three seasons. If the picture could get the green light in the next month, Winterbottom would shoot the summer scenes in August, the spring scenes in September and the winter scenes in October. If the film is delayed, the plan would be to shoot the winter scenes and then return in the late spring of next year.