'Gypsy' remake will not be directed by Matthew Warchus but by Babs herself? — Page 2

I've never liked the idea of this movie, at this late stage of her career, but with every passing year this truly does get more ridiculous. I actually thought perhaps this wasn't happening afterall. When she was 69 it was silly, but when she is actually shooting the film in her early to mid-seventies, it's just vanity and delusion.

And yes, she will be far older than Lucy was for MAME.

Is John Travolta available?...

"Why doesn't she just direct it herself?"

Babs might be directing it herself after all.




GYPSY Movie Finds New Scribe; Barbra Streisand to Star AND Direct?

Updated On: 7/31/14 at 08:56 PM

If you look at Streisand in the dreary "Guilt Trip," her most recent footage, she certainly is lit and shot with a looser, less controlling aesthetic. She looks 52ish in that film to my eyes. I don't think anything special needs to be done, just not build the film's first third on close-ups -- which wouldn't be a good idea anyway. Will she seem too old? Probably. Frankly, so did Russell. And Midler. Will she seem so old it doesn't work? Maybe not. By the time the adult actors appear, we will cease thinking about her age, if the film as a whole works. The mistake would be to shoot her through gauze (Lucy, "Mame," enough said), or to pull back "... to Cleveland.." to quote "Tootsie." Just film her well enough, let her carry strong scenes in medium shot, and make it cinematic. It's doable. Other issues -- all about turning a stage show into a film -- are still gnarly, no matter who plays Rose. I actually think casting a younger Herbie will help make the case about Rose's desperation. The last thing we need is, say, Richard Dreyfus. A white-headed Herbie to make Rose look more youthful; it won't. (How about Kevin Kline?) Cast well around Streisand, and build the film's sense of ensemble.

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Updated On: 8/1/14 at 09:49 AM

Even Entertainment Weekly is writing an article about it.


The 'Gypsy' film with Barbra Streisand might still be happening after all

Well, she played Dolly when she was too young. Maybe a too-old Madame Rose is her bookend film.

Cast one of her old co-stars as Herbie. Redford, Segal, O'Neal....maybe not.

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The woman is 72 (seventy-two). Why and how is this still happening? Again, she's 72. Seventy *freaking* two. Why?

A kind message to most everyone posting in this thread - Get the hell over it.

She wants to do it. Sondheim gave his ok. She appears to have the money behind her to do it. That's it. That's why it's happening. You're all acting like some untalented hack wants to do this. It's Barbra Streisand, one of the most popular artists of all time. So give it a break already. If it happens it happens and you all will be first in line to see it, with your minds already made up about how much you hate it since in these internet days we live in, admitting you're wrong if you actually DO like it, is completely unacceptable.

I don't remember exactly but he did give his ok to it. But honestly, I dont know why he would have to. Does he hold the rights to it?

I don't care what anyone says, I'll be ecstatic if this ends up happening!

"As we all know the film was a critical dud and Ball has never made another film in her career."

Has? You say that like there's a chance she might.

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"But hey, studio recordings, and all the technology nowadays could make Babs sound just like she did twenty years ago."

I don't think she's going to sing any of the score. She has so much recorded material out there that they will just stitch together all the notes from other sources.

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