“Inventing Anna” actress Julia Garner has been offered the role of Madonna in a forthcoming biopic about the pop icon, sources familiar with the project told Variety.

Garner has emerged the favorite from over a dozen candidates, one insider added, and has for months been speculated as a frontrunner for the part — a performance Madonna will shepherd herself as director. Garner’s team is considering and expected to accept the offer, said another source.

The film is set up at Universal Pictures, and will follow the early days of the oft-controversial artist and queen of perpetual reinvention. Universal Filmed Entertainment Group chairman Donna Langley won the script in a multi-studio bidding war, and Amy Pascal is attached as a producer.

A production timeline and other principal cast is still unknown. Actors in contention for the role include the previously reported Florence Pugh, “Euphoria” star Alexa Demie, and Odessa Young. Singers including Bebe Rexha and Sky Ferreira have also been floated. The audition process was reportedly grueling, as the music-heavy production requires a skilled singer and dancer.

Upon announcement, Madonna said she hoped to “convey the incredible journey that life has taken me on as an artist, a musician, a dancer — a human being, trying to make her way in this world. The focus of this film will always be music. Music has kept me going and art has kept me alive. There are so many untold and inspiring stories and who better to tell it than me. It’s essential to share the roller coaster ride of my life with my voice and vision.”

Langley praised Madonna as “the ultimate icon, humanitarian, artist and rebel.” [Source]

The end justifies the means. Ozark Season 4 Part 2 – the final episodes – premieres April 29, 2022.

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Julia Garner is going into business with Tomorrow Studios. The Ozark star — who formed Alma Margo with producing partner Rowan Riley — has signed a first-look deal with the company founded by CEO Marty Adelstein.

Garner is a two-time Emmy winner for her performance as Ruth Langmore in Netflix’s Ozark. She also headlines Netflix’s Inventing Anna, and is set to star In Paramount Players’ psychological thriller Apartment 7A that will be directed by co-writer Natalie Erika James.

Tomorrow Studios, which CEO Adelstein runs with President Becky Clements, is behind series including TNT’s Snowpiercer, Netflix’s Cowboy Bepop, HBO Max’s 10-Year Old Tom and Showtime’s Let The Right One In.

“Above all else, Alma Margo is looking for bold and original content, so we thought it only natural to partner with a studio that also fits that description,” said Garner and Riley. “We are incredibly proud to be working with Tomorrow Studios who exhibit every quality that we’re looking for in a partner: intelligence, drive, experience and passion.”

“As we continue to grow Tomorrow Studios, we’re thrilled to partner with Julia, Rowan and their team at Alma Margo to create compelling scripted series with a global reach,” added Adelstein and Clements. “We share their enthusiasm for meaningful programming and love their focus on elevating emerging talent.” [Source]

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Inventing Anna and Ozark star Julia Garner isn’t looking to slow down, as she is set to star in The Royal Hotel, sources tell Deadline. The film reteams Garner with Kitty Green, who helmed The Assistant, which earned Garner an Independent Spirit Award nomination.

Green is directing Royal Hotel and co-writing the script with Oscar Redding. The pic will be produced by See-Saw Films, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Liz Watts, Kath Shelper. Simon Gillis will exec produce.

The story follows American backpackers Hannah and her friend Sydney, who resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel, a bar in a tiny, male-dominated mining town deep in the Australian Outback. The hotel is notorious for cycling through young female employees every few months, and it isn’t long before they are subjected to mind games and manipulation, trapped in the middle of nowhere, unsure who to trust. Production starts thisin the summer.

Garner’s 2022 is off to quite the start with roles in Netflix’s final season of Ozark and in the Shonda Rhimes-Anna Delvey limited series Inventing Anna. Both already have earned critical praise, with Part 2 of the final season of Ozark bowing in April. On the film side, Garner recently signed on to the Paramount thriller Apartment 7A. [Source]