A Star is Reborn
Filed under: Drama, Music & Musicals, Romance, Deals, Scripts
Forget getting updated to a new resolution, A Star is Born is getting reborn ... again. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Warner Bros. is getting serious about a remake of the 1954 classic. The project has been cooking for a while, and they've hired Will Fetters to pen a draft and get things moving. Fetters is pretty new to the industry, having only two projects to his name. He just penned the Robert Pattinson romantic drama Remember Me, and is busy with the upcoming Nicholas Sparks adaptation, The Lucky One.Just like the last remake in 1976, which starred Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, this take will focus on the record industry, and follow "a showbiz ingenue who falls for an established male star, only to see their careers move in opposite directions." There's no cast set right now, but rumor has it that Beyonce's name is being considered. THR says that studio observers think the timing is spot-on now, what with all of the obsession with celebrity these days.
Rewatching Babs belt out "Evergreen" while holding hands with Kris (you can watch it after the jump), I'm betting that we'll see Beyonce and Justin Timberlake in the new version. Sure, it hasn't been cast yet, but do you think Hollywood would go for anyone else? Timberlake's got the voice, the fanbase, and the ability to play a teen pop has-been. Then again, I doubt their chemistry would be the same without the leotards.
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9-25-2009 @ 3:42PM
Key Rick said...
Over 30 years ago, gosh, I remember seeing Striesand's version at the theater. High time for a remake; the plot's classic, but Timberlake as Norman Maine? Beyonce certainly looks even less like an Esther Blodgett. Wasn't Jamie Foxx planning to do this with Lauryn Hill at one time?
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9-25-2009 @ 4:07PM
HK said...
Technically, the 1954 version was a remake as well, not the original:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029606/
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9-25-2009 @ 4:15PM
Jen Yamato said...
George Cukor's 1954 version is my favorite. Judy Garland and James Mason are heartbreaking, plus it's got one of the best torch songs of all time: "The Man That Got Away." Of all of the great movies to remake (again), this is not one that needed it.
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9-25-2009 @ 6:31PM
David said...
As much as I LOVE Beyonce and think she's a great singer and dandy actress, I hope they do NOT go with such an obvious choice. Why not find an unknown who can do both ?
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9-26-2009 @ 10:31PM
eSVee said...
1954 just needs to be re-released. Forget about an update focusing on the record industry- booooring. lame.
Judy Garland got it right.
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