The celebrity biopic is a well-worn format, but music megastar Madonna has managed to avoid getting her own Hollywood retrospective – until now.

It was revealed this week Universal Pictures had picked up Blond Ambition, a biopic set in early-1980s New York as a young Madonna works on her eponymous debut album.

But that doesn’t mean the 58-year-old pop icon is on board. In fact, she has already slammed the film and its producers as “fools” and “charlatans” for trying to make a movie about her life.

Madonna took to Instagram to air her grievances, writing on Wednesday: “Nobody knows what I know and what I have seen. Only I can tell my story. Anyone else who tries is a charlatan and a fool.

“Looking for instant gratification without doing the work. This is a disease in our society.”

She followed that up with another post comparing Universal Studios and the film’s producer Brett Ratner and writer Elyse Hollander to snakes.

“Lies have no legs,” she added.

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Madonna’s anti-biopic offensive didn’t end there – in a since-deleted post she accused Hollander of getting her facts wrong in the script.

The singer highlighted a particular scene in the script in which Madonna the character appears on an episode of American Bandstand and tells host Dick Clark: “I was born in Detroit. I’m a famed high school dropout.”

“Why would Universal Studios want to make a movie about me based on a script that is all lies?” Madonna wrote on Instagram.

“The writer Elyse Hollander should write for the tabloids.

“I was born in Bay City, not Detroit. And I did not drop out of high school. In fact, I went to University of Michigan.”

However, the star was soon fact-checked by fans who unearthed footage of the real interview in which she said exactly that, proving Hollander had copied the quote word for word.

Madonna responded by deleting the post.

It’s unclear why the singer is so up in arms about the film, which will be Hollander’s first full-length feature.

The script for the movie is expected to be top-notch, given it topped the 2016 Black List, a list of the best un-produced screenplays on the Hollywood market.

Previous films featured on the list include Oscar winners Spotlight and Manchester by the Sea.

While Madonna’s blessing isn’t essential for the film’s production, it would certainly help – for Universal to use her music in the film they need to acquire the rights, something Madonna could probably prevent.

That would mean classic hits like Holiday, Borderline and Lucky Star would be off the table.

While there’s no word yet on who will direct or star in the film, one scene from the screenplay is available online.

Students at Los Angeles Film School shot the scene – in which Madonna tells her then-boyfriend John Benitez she’s had an abortion – as part of a school project.

There will no doubt be a battle between the biggest names in the business once the film begins casting its lead role.

Names already being thrown into the ring include actresses Dakota Johnson and Kristen Stewart, singer Lady Gaga or Madonna’s own daughter, Lourdes Leon.

The 20-year-old does bear a striking resemblance to her mother, but it’s unlikely Madge will be letting her anywhere near the project.