Cate Blanchett is set to star as Martha Stewart in the upcoming biopic “Good Thing” about the career of the lifestyle media mogul, Variety has confirmed. “Zola” director Janicza Bravo will helm the project.
When asked about her thoughts on receiving the biopic treatment during a red carpet interview, Stewart told Variety 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.” The title refers to Stewart’s 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 found herself 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. She 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 seems like a natural fit 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.”
Bravo landed on Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch list in 2020 for “Zola.” The film earned Bravo a best film and best director Independent Spirit Film award nomination. Since then, she has directed episodes of “Poker Face,” “In Treatment” and “Mrs. America.”
Bravo could also find herself in the Emmys conversation this season for directing the “Worms” episode of “The Bear.”
Blanchett is repped by CAA.