Clint Eastwood considering Jersey Boys movie

Clint Eastwood is reported to be eyeing the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys for a big screen treatment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eastwood would be putting his much-publicised A Star Is Born remake on the backburner to focus on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons for Warner Bros. The […]

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Beyoncé exits Clint Eastwood’s A Star is Born

Beyoncé Knowles will no longer play the female lead in Clint Eastwood’s troubled remake of A Star is Born, Variety reports. Knowles had been onboard with the film prior to Eastwood’s involvement in early 2011, for what would be the fourth incarnation of the story following features in 1937, 1954 and 1976. The singer looked set […]

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Bradley Cooper might star opposite Beyonce in A Star is Born

Bradley Cooper is the latest actor supposedly considering starring in Clint Eastwood‘s remake of A Star is Born. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cooper is mulling over the opportunity to appear opposite Beyoncé Knowles in the flick. Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Eminem, Russell Crowe and even Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z have all been rumoured at one time or another to be in consideration […]

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R.I.P. Frank Pierson

Frank Pierson, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Dog Day Afternoon and a consultant on Mad Men, has died of natural causes following a short illness. He was 87 years old. Pierson originally wrote for the TV series Naked City and Route 66 before penning the classic films Cat Ballou and Cool Hand Luke, for which he […]

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Tom Cruise in talks for A Star is Born

Tom Cruise might play an ageing superstar opposite Beyoncé Knowles‘ up-and-comer in Clint Eastwood‘s remake (of a remake of a remake) of A Star is Born. According to Deadline, Cruise is in talks with Eastwood and Warner Bros about taking on the part. Will Smith, Christian Bale, Eminem, Russell Crowe, and even Beyoncé’s husband Jay-Z have all been rumoured at one time […]

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Play It Again: A Star is Born

Play It Again: A Star is Born. By Jess Lomas. Play It Again is a weekly feature in which classic-film connoisseur Jess Lomas revisits a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up … or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a […]

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Beyoncé’s baby delays A Star Is Born

Beyoncé is taking her role in Clint Eastwood’s  upcoming A Star is Born remake a little too seriously as she announced at yesterday’s MTV Video Music Awards that she is expecting her first child with Jay-Z. According to Deadline, her pregnancy will cause a delay to the production which was believed to begin in February 2012. […]

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Christian Bale considers Oldboy, A Star is Born after Dark Knight

Christian Bale’s biggest role of the last decade is about to come to an end. With filming nearing conclusion on The Dark Knight Rises, Batman will be looking for new employment. Bale will have plenty of roles to choose from according to Variety, who list the Spike Lee remake of Oldboy at the top of […]

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Leonardo DiCaprio joining Beyoncé in A Star Is Born?

According to Deadline, Clint Eastwood is still eager to remake A Star Is Born for Warner Bros. He’s even trying to recruit his J. Edgar star Leonardo DiCaprio to appear opposite Beyoncé Knowles in the musical. It was revealed back in January that Eastwood and Beyoncé would team up for the fourth screen version of the […]

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Eastwood and Beyoncé remaking A Star Is Born

What is going on?! We knew that Hollywood was remake happy, but in 24 hours we’ve learnt of six of the strangest reboots ever pondered! Here’s another one… According to Deadline, Clint Eastwood will direct and Beyoncé Knowles will star in a modern adaptation of the timeless tale A Star Is Born. Their take will […]

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