Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:50 pm
Well, if we're talking "Oscar history", it should probably be mentioned that anytime Barbra was "acting" in the film rather than singing, it was bordering on atrocious. I don't see how anyone could've even considered that performance worthy of an Oscar nomination. Razzie perhaps, but not an Oscar.
It looks like Russell Crowe was being considered for the Norman Maine role. Maybe Jon Hamm?
A Star Is Born... again: Clint Eastwood in talks to direct Beyonce in yet another remake of Hollywood classic
They are hardly two names you would expect to hear in the same sentence.
But pop princess Beyonce and Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood are currently in negotiations to team up on a third remake of A Star Is Born.
Warner Bros have confirmed that the pair are in talks for a green-lit fourth version of the classic film, slated for release in 2012.
Odd couple: Beyonce and Clint Eastwood are set to team up on a third remake of classic film A Star Is Born
Beyonce signed on to the project back in 2008, but was rumoured to have dropped out after lengthy delays.
The Single Ladies hitmaker will take on the role previously held by Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland in the 1976 and 1954 adaptations, and Janet Gaynor in the 1937 original. She will play up and coming starlet Esther Blodgett, later Vicki Lester, who falls for a has-been rockstar.
Russell Crowe was originally signed on to star opposite Beyonce as Norman Maine/John Norman Howard.
The Gladiator star spoke about the film last April, when he said he believed Beyonce, 29, had dropped out.
'I think she’s pulled out of it. I’m still chatting about it,' he told Extra at the time.
'It’s one of those stories that’s been made a lot, but I think it’s still quite a big focus – you can see that in terms of the popularity of things like American Idol.'
The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes was also connected with the project last year but also pulled out.
Now that Eastwood, who helmed Million Dollar Baby, Changeling and Invictus, is in talks to lend his Oscar-winning touch to the film, the rumour mill is buzzing over who will take over the male lead.
Movie website Deadline reports that Warner Bros are hoping to sign Will Smith, while P Diddy and Beyonce's husband Jay-Z are also rumoured to be in consideration.
Robert Downey Jr and Mad Men star Jon Hamm's names have also been suggested.
Billy Gerber, Basil Iwanyk and Jon Peters, who worked on the 1976 version starring Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, are producing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb....ke.html
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It looks like Russell Crowe was being considered for the Norman Maine role. Maybe Jon Hamm?
A Star Is Born... again: Clint Eastwood in talks to direct Beyonce in yet another remake of Hollywood classic
They are hardly two names you would expect to hear in the same sentence.
But pop princess Beyonce and Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood are currently in negotiations to team up on a third remake of A Star Is Born.
Warner Bros have confirmed that the pair are in talks for a green-lit fourth version of the classic film, slated for release in 2012.
Odd couple: Beyonce and Clint Eastwood are set to team up on a third remake of classic film A Star Is Born
Beyonce signed on to the project back in 2008, but was rumoured to have dropped out after lengthy delays.
The Single Ladies hitmaker will take on the role previously held by Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland in the 1976 and 1954 adaptations, and Janet Gaynor in the 1937 original. She will play up and coming starlet Esther Blodgett, later Vicki Lester, who falls for a has-been rockstar.
Russell Crowe was originally signed on to star opposite Beyonce as Norman Maine/John Norman Howard.
The Gladiator star spoke about the film last April, when he said he believed Beyonce, 29, had dropped out.
'I think she’s pulled out of it. I’m still chatting about it,' he told Extra at the time.
'It’s one of those stories that’s been made a lot, but I think it’s still quite a big focus – you can see that in terms of the popularity of things like American Idol.'
The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes was also connected with the project last year but also pulled out.
Now that Eastwood, who helmed Million Dollar Baby, Changeling and Invictus, is in talks to lend his Oscar-winning touch to the film, the rumour mill is buzzing over who will take over the male lead.
Movie website Deadline reports that Warner Bros are hoping to sign Will Smith, while P Diddy and Beyonce's husband Jay-Z are also rumoured to be in consideration.
Robert Downey Jr and Mad Men star Jon Hamm's names have also been suggested.
Billy Gerber, Basil Iwanyk and Jon Peters, who worked on the 1976 version starring Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, are producing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb....ke.html
Edited By flipp525 on 1297710754