While Madonna doesn’t have plans to appear in her biopic, she has acted in movies since the 1980s, including in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Shanghai Surprise (1986), Dick Tracy (1990), Body of Evidence (1993), Evita (1996) and Swept Away (2002).

“Madonna is a perfectionist, and she gets one opportunity to tell her story, and she is not going to have it told any other way than how she wants it to be told,” the source added. They said Madonna was still intent on raising the rumored amount.

Madonna took to Instagram Monday to ask her followers if her biopic should be a feature film or a TV series after sharing that she’s struggled to get a project based on her life made in Hollywood.

The biopic was first announced in 2020 and seems to be back in development. In July, Madonna posted a series of photos with a typewriter in which she appeared to be writing a screenplay titled Who’s That Girl, a reference to her 1987 film and song of the same name.

In 2023, the biopic was reportedly put on hold at Universal Pictures for Madonna to focus on her global Celebration Tour.

Madonna shared an impassioned post alleging that producers and agents attempted to force her to "down-scale" and "think smaller" for a planned film about her life.

The star took to Instagram to complain about the Hollywood moguls who want her to have lesser ambitions around her upcoming biopic. "After struggling for days in LA , listening to producers and agents Tell me why I couldn't make my film -I (been working on it for 4 years!

Madonna is not happy with producers who advised her to cancel the creation of her upcoming biopic. The "Material Girl" star voiced her opinion in a lengthy post shared to Instagram on Monday (November 18),