Diablo Cody; Madonna.Photo:Daniel Zuchnik/Getty; Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for A+E
Daniel Zuchnik/Getty; Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for A+E
Diablo Codyhad more than one pinch-me moment working withMadonna.
Back in 2020, Madonna confirmed that she was working onco-writing a movie about her life with Cody, the Oscar- and Tony-winning writer behindJunoandJennifer’s Body. AfterOzarkstarJulia Garner was attached to play the pop singerin the film, it was reported in January 2023 that theproject was put on an indefinite hold.
Cody, 45, tells PEOPLE she “can’t talk about” the script, and she doesn’t know much about where it currently stands in the development process.
“I don’t. And I feel bad because people keep asking me. They’re like, ‘Is it going to come out?’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t know, but I want it to,’ " says Cody.
Still, the writer is thrilled to have spent time intimately working with Madonna, 65.
Diablo Cody.Andrew Morales/Getty
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Did anything surprise Cody about the “Crazy for You” singer? She says no: “That’s the thing, because Madonna, unlike a lot of celebrities where you see behind the mask and you’re like, ‘Oh, okay. They’re just whatever.’ Madonna is Madonna. She’s a superstar. You want to talk about superhumans? That’s one.”
Back in 2020 when the biopic was first announced, Madonna said in astatement, “I want 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,” she added at the time.
“It’s essential to share the roller coaster ride of my life with my voice and vision,” she added at the time.
With thenew teen comedyLisa Frankenstein, Cody blasts back to 1989 for the setting, complete with costumes and props from the era — some of which she’d like to see have a comeback.
“I was definitely able to pull from my teen years and my ’80s childhood,” she tells PEOPLE. “I vividly remember the hair, the colors, the vibe, the music. I have an emotional connection to that time.”
Kathryn Newton in “Lisa Frankenstein”.Michele K. Short / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
Michele K. Short / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC
Cody teases that there is “some rare ’80s aesthetics in this movie,” adding, “The ’80s were great. Everything was bigger. It was just a really ridiculous, outsized, exaggerated time that I remember well.”
“Here’s what needs to come back: If you watch movies from the ’80s, there are so many gorgeous bombshell women with big curly hair. It’s like, where has this gone? I feel like everybody is keratin-straightened now. I want to see somebig, curly, early-Nicole-Kidman-type hairback in the zeitgeist.”
Lisa Frankensteinis in theaters Friday.
source: people.com
