Julia Garner Shares Madonna Biopic Update: “Every Hour It Changes”

Julia Garner was personally selected by Madonna to play her in a biopic, which has been in the works for several years.

In a new interview, the Weapons star was asked if the film or series was still moving forward.

“I don’t know,” Garner told CBS Sunday Morning, adding, “Every hour it changes, in a way.”

The Madonna biopic was first announced in 2020. In January 2023, it was reported that Universal Pictures had scrapped the film. Madonna was set to direct the film about her life and career, penning the script with Diablo Cody and Erin Cressida Wilson.

After the film was put on hold, Madonna teased in July 2024 that she was back working on a script for her biopic. In 2025, Deadline exclusively reported that Madonna had partnered with Netflix to tell her story in a TV series being developed alongside Shawn Levy.

“It’s not up to me,” Garner told the weekend morning show. “I would love for the movie to get made, obviously. But I also feel whatever happens, like, I made a great friend. I love Madonna. I think she’s incredible.”

Garner was featured in Madonna’s Confessions II — The Film and also joined her on stage at the 2026 VMAs.

Of working with Madonna, Garner said, “She works. She taught me properly how to work. That’s what I mean by work.”

In September 2025, Garner shared with W Magazine that the Madonna biopic was still “a work in progress.”