Cate Blanchett to Play Martha Stewart in Biopic

Cate Blanchett is scheduled to take on the role of Martha Stewart in the upcoming biopic “Good Thing”.

The project focused on the career of the lifestyle media mogul has Janicza Bravo (Zola) attached to direct.

When asked about her thoughts on receiving the biopic treatment during a red carpet interview at the New York gala screening of “Brunello: The Gracious Visionary,” Stewart said that she was “hearing rumors” that something was already in the works with Blanchett in the starring role.

She revealed the working title as “Good Thing," in reference to her famous catch phrase, “It’s a good thing.”

During the 90s and early 2000s, Stewart operated at the pinnacle of lifestyle media, writing muliple best selling books and hosting her own Emmy-winning show “Martha Stewart Living.”

The half-hour DIY and cooking program shared a title with her popular magazine, which reached peak circulation in 2002 with more than 2 million copies per issue.

After her Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia conglomerate went public in 1999, she became the first self-made female billionaire in the United States.

In late 2001, Stewart came under legal scrutiny after she sold off her stake in ImClone Systems and avoided a loss of about $45,000.

The day after her sale, ImClone’s stock value fell 16%. Stewart’s stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, tipped her off to nonpublic material about the health of the stock, a fact she denied to federal investigators.

In 2004, Stewart was entrenched in a highly publicized trial over the sale. She was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction, and two counts of lying to federal investigators.

Stewart served five months in jail and two years of supervised release.

Blanchett was last seen starring in Jim Jarmusch’s family drama “Father Mother Sister Brother,” which won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the 2025 Venice Film Festival.

The two-time Oscar winner is a perfect match for Stewart, often bringing a maternal yet cutthroat fire to her roles.

Blanchett can be seen next in David Zellner’s sci-fi comedy “Alpha Gang” and Alice Birch’s psychological drama “Sweetsick.”

The project is written by Ricky Tollman and produced by Blanchett and Coco Francini of Dirty Films, and Randy Manis, and Neil Dodson.

Bravo landed on Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch List in 2020 for “Zola.”

The A24 film earned the filmmaker nominations for Best Director and Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Bravo is also known for directing episodes of “Poker Face,” “In Treatment” and “Mrs. America.”

She also directed all the episodes for the BBC limited “The Listeners,” starring Rebecca Hall, that is coming out later this year from Starz.

Bravo could also find herself in the Emmys conversation this season for directing the “Worms” episode of “The Bear.”