CLINT EASTWOOD Directing BEYONCE in A STAR IS BORN

What a crazy pair! Clint Eastwood is producing, as well as directing a remake of A STAR IS BORN (which was made famous by Barbra Streisand) and Beyonce is cast as the lead role.

DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD is reporting:

“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 Beyoncé and Will Smith. But how about P Diddy (who’s turning into a surprisingly fine actor along with Beyoncé’s husband Jayz), Eddie Murphy (reteaming with Beyoncé 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 Avademy Award nomination for one of them. Then again, I’m one of those huge fans who thinks Clint can do anything. And Beyoncé scored at the box office for Screen Gems (one of its biggest) in Obsessed. The idea is to start shooting in the Fall.”

Source: DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD