Madonna has launched a major charm offensive to get David Tennant and Cate Blanchett to star in her new movie project, Wallis.

It’s all about Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American socialite for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry.

Madge sees a lot of herself in Wallis – as a fellow American who married a posh British bloke.

And she has made the movie her No1 work priority.

It is going to be another musical like 1996 flick Evita, in which Madge played Eva Peron. But this time Madonna is directing and producing, not acting in it (thankfully).

She has already taken Dr Who star David out for dinner to persuade him to play Edward.

And she is determined to get Cate to play the young Wallis after deciding against Keira Knightley.

I can see her point – Cate and David would fit the bill well as the pair, as you can see from my mock-up.

A source said: “The final script is now written and the locations have been scouted. Madonna is now trying to assemble the cast and put the finances in place.

“The first scene of the film is an old woman in her nineties living on her own in a Parisian flat. She starts to tell her life story to her housekeeper. It turns out the old woman is Wallis Simpson.

“There will be a song for each decade of her life.”

Source: The Sun