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Jon Peters to Produce A Star Is Born Remake |
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Peters to Produce, Eastwood to Direct,
Beyoncé to Star
Will Jon Peters strike
gold once again with A Star
Is Born? |
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Beyoncé
Quits "A Star Is Born"
October 10, 2012
According to NBC News, Beyoncé has decided not to star in director Clint Eastwood's upcoming remake of "A Star Is Born." Reports cite the diva's busy schedule as the reason she pulled out of the production.
Just last year, Beyoncé told Reuters that " ... I realized every 20 to 30 years a new star is born and a new talent represents that generation and era..." She went on to say that her participation in the remake is "the biggest opportunity" of her life.
While Barbra Streisand's 1976 version of "A Star s Born" was a huge hit, the Clint Eastwood remake can now be officially classified as "troubled."
Eastwood's
"Star
Is
Born"
an
Homage
to
Kurt
Cobain
July 25, 2012
 The new Clint Eastwood version of "A Star Is Born" will apparently be an homage to Kurt Cobain.
At a press event this past April, screenwriter Will Fetters mentioned that the late rock star's life was the inspiration for his version of the Norman Maine:
"I think I've reinvented the Norman Maine character, the lead ... I wanted to do 'A Star is Born' because I'm a huge Kurt Cobain fan. When he died it was a huge horrible thing ... So I approached 'A Star is Born' if Kurt Cobain never got to go Unplugged and survived and it's 20 years later"
Kurt Cobain, legendary front man and lead singer of the grunge band Nirvana took his own life in 1994.
You can read Will Fetter's complete comments
here.
Jon Peters and Barbra Streisand co-produced their 1976 version of "A Star Is Born." Peters will produce the new reboot as well.
Beyoncé is set to tackle the female lead. Her co-star hasn't been officially announced. As of last October, Tim McGraw seemed to be the front runner. However, current speculation is that Tom Cruise is being courted to play Norman Maine.
Tom
Cruise
as
Norman
Maine?
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July 25, 2012 |
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It's unconfirmed, but it seems that Tom Cruise
is the latest entrant in the Norman Maine sweepstakes.
Back in May,
Variety
reported that Warner Bros. wanted Cruise to co-star with Beyoncé in the new Clint Eastwood version of "A Star Is Born."
Will this
really happen? Cruise's recent musical "Rock of Ages" failed
financially at the box office.
Cruise's performance
as rock star Stacee
Jaxx,, however, was
fairly well received
by critics. So it's
anyone's guess.
As of last October, Tim McGraw appeared likely to co-star opposite Beyoncé as Norman Maine.
We'll just have to stay tuned to find out who gets the plum role. |
Tom Cruise in "Rock
of Ages"
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Tim McGraw the Likely Lead
in A Star Is Born
October 3, 2011
 Tim
McGraw,
Grammy
winning
country
star
–
and
Oscar
nominee
for
The
Blind
Side
played
it
coy on The Today Show
this
morning (right)
when
asked
if
he
will
star
in
the
remake
of
A
Star
Is
Born.
McGraw
said,
"It's
certainly
something
that
would
be a
lot
of
fun
...
I'm
a
big
Beyoncé
fan
...
I'm
a
big
fan
of
the
second
remake
with
Kris
Kristofferson
and
Barbra
Streisand."
The
tone
of
the
interview
seems
to
indicate
that
McGraw
is
the
front
runner
for
the
male
lead
in
the
remake.
He
did
admit
that
he
hasn't
been
officially
offered
the
part
yet
and
didn't
want
to
speculate
further
saying,
"I
don't
want
to
jinx
myself."
Casting
two
of
the
hottest
contemporary
singers/actors
in a
musical
remake
makes
sense
on
so
many
levels.
Stay
tuned.
Watch Tim McGraw's Today Show interview
here.
Beyoncé Talks Barbra, Judy
& A Star Is Born
  
July
22,
2011
Beyoncé,
who
is
set
to
star
in
the
next
remake
of
A
Star
Is
Born
recently
spoke
with
Reuters
about
the
opportunity.
Specifically
mentioning
the
Barbra
Streisand
and
Judy
Garland
versions
of
the
film,
Beyoncé
said, "It's when I became a fan of Barbra Streisand's. And then I saw Judy Garland's version of A Star Is Born and I realized every 20 to 30 years a new star is born and a new talent represents that generation and era..."
Beyoncé
goes
on
to
say
that
her
upcoming
role
in
the
remake
is
"the biggest opportunity"
of
her
life.
Beyoncé Confirms A Star
Is Born
July
1, 2011
Speaking with Robin
Roberts on Good Morning
America today, Beyoncé
took a moment to confirm
that she will indeed be
starring in an upcoming
remake of A Star Is Born
directed by Clint
Eastwood.
"Clint Eastwood, can
you believe that? I
can't believe it still.
I know when I met with
him I was in awe. And
I'm so, so honored that
he believed in me. I
can't wait to do this
film. I represent this
generation's talent and
for me to be the chosen
person, as an African
American woman, is
incredible."
This is the fifth time A
Star Is Born will be
produced as a big time
Hollywood film. The most
recent version was in 1976
when Barbra Streisand and
Kris Kristofferson
shattered box office
records with their telling
of the classic Hollywood
story. Jon Peters, who
shared producer credits
with Barbra back in '76
will produce the Beyoncé
version as well.
The male lead has not been announced, but Leonardo DeCaprio appears to be the current frontrunner according to recent Hollywood scuttlebutt.
A Star Is Born - The Next
Generation
January
20,
2011
 In
a
surprising
development,
it's
been
announced
that
Jon
Peters
will
be
producing
an
upcoming
remake
of
A
Star Is Born.
The
Hollywood
Reporter,
L.A.
Times
and
others
are
reporting
that
Clint
Eastwood
will
direct
a
musical
remake
for
Warner
Bros.
this
fall
with
Beyoncé
Knowles
in
the
lead.
A
male
co-star
was
not
mentioned.
Between
1932
and
1976,
four
versions
of
the
film
were
made.
The
1932
picture
called
What
Price
Hollywood
starred
Constance Bennett and is
considered by many to have
been the first incarnation
of the franchise. Even
though the first film was
not titled A Star Is
Born, accusations of
plagiarism and threats of
lawsuits hung over the
production of Janet Gaynor's
A Star Is Born
in 1937, the second
version of the film to be
released.
Judy Garland's A Star Is
Born arrived in 1954. By
this time, old wounds had
healed. George Cukor, the
director of What Price
Hollywood was at the helm
for this, the third
telling of A Star Is
Born and the first to be
produced as a musical.
In 1976, producer Jon
Peters conceived a remake
of A Star Is Born as a
Barbra Streisand musical.
Barbra originally turned
down the idea. In 2003,
she told James Lipton (at
The Actors Studio) that
she ultimately decided to
do it because she needed
to deliver a film for her
own production company,
First Artists.
Barbra and Peters struck
pay dirt when their
enormously successful
version of A Star Is
Born shattered box-office
records. The picture took
home
the
Golden
Globe
for
Best
Musical/Comedy.
So, will this newest
version of A Star Is
Born be as important and
noteworthy as its
predecessors? As Barbra
once remarked, it's a
story that needs a
retelling every
generation. |
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