Clint Eastwood To Direct Beyonce In Musical Of 'A Star Is Born'

[romantico]

Posted: 1/20/11 at 7:16pm

This is a real shocker, and not just Hollywood but the rest of America should love it. What a coup for Warner Bros getting The Man. Of course, Clint Eastwood wiIl produce as well as direct the script by Will Fetters along with producers Billy Gerber and and Basil Iwanyk and Jon Peters (who made the infamous 3rd version of A Star Is Born with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson). No male lead is cast yet, but the possibilities are endless. The project, which has been at WB for several years, had hoped to pair Beyonce and Will Smith. But how about P Diddy (who's turning into a surprisingly fine actor along with Beyonce's husband Jayz), Eddie Murphy (reteaming with Beyonce after Dreamgirls), or any white guy imaginable though Robert Downey Jr and Jon Hamm are names that have been floating? Of course, Clint has had a huge interest in music on screen (remember him as a jazz DJ in Play Misty For Me?), directing Bird, doing all his own scores for his movies and even received an Academy Award nomination for one of them. Then again, I'm one of thise huge fans who thinks Clint can do anything. And Beyonce scored big at the box office in Sony/Screen Gems' Obsession. The idea is to start shooting in the Fall.

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http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/exclusive-clint-eastwood-to-direct-beyonce-in-musical-version-of-a-star-is-born/

Updated On: 1/20/11 at 07:16 PM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 1/20/11 at 9:51pm

An outrageously old-fashioned and hopelessly dated story for one of the least interesting directors still functioning to turn into another of his minimally cinematic TV movies of the week. Pathetic.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 11:29am

Well, now that Roscoe's stock answer is out of the way, I'm actually quite interested in this. More interested than I was in the Garland and Streisand versions.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 11:44am

Of course, Matt. How can I have been so blind? This can only be the summation of Eastwood's distinguished career. The fourth version of this classic tale. Starring the distinghed actress Beyonce! Move over CITIZEN KANE, there's a new GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME coming!

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 11:54am

It is just possible that the final result may lie somewhere between "pathetic" and "greatest film of all time."

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 12:07pm

Of course not, Reg. One cannot address any film without the use of hyperbolic superlatives. Funny thing was, I was speaking about my interest in the film. Roscoe already posted his opinion, so I'm not sure what that response was all about.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 12:12pm

My statement of derision for the upcoming project was dismissed as being "stock" so I decided to go the other way and see if that would be more appropriate. A hyperbolic knee-jerk reaction, of course.

Reg is, as usual, correct about the possibility of the film falling somewhere in the middle. But with the minimally competent Eastwood at the helm, it will certainly fall nearer the TOTAL CRAP end of the specturm.

Assuming it happens at all, of course. These things have a way of not happening.

Updated On: 1/21/11 at 12:12 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 12:26pm

I say it's spinach and to hell with it.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 1:33pm

My statement of derision for the upcoming project was dismissed as being "stock" so I decided to go the other way and see if that would be more appropriate.

Derision IS your stock answer for 95% of all films mentioned. You wear it like a badge of honor. It's just sort of...weird. As much as you hate nearly everything, I'm surprised you watch any films at all.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 2:08pm

Judi Dench, in a TV interview last week, said that she was going to be in a film directed by Eastwood soon. Can this be it?

[strummergirl]

Posted: 1/21/11 at 2:15pm

Dench is playing J. Edgar Hoover's mother in a biopic Clint Eastwood is doing. DiCaprio plays J. Edgar (with Armie Hammer playing his protege/alter ego/lover Clyde Tolson).