Everything’s coming up Babs

The long-gestating big-screen remake of Gypsy starring Barbra Streisand is back on.  The project, which was stalled at Universal, has resurfaced at STX Entertainment.  Babs brought with her the script by Downton Abbey scribe Richard LaGravenese (based on Arthur Laurents‘ original book).  Barry Levinson is slated to direct, and we hear rumors that the film could star Lady Gaga as Gypsy and John Travolta as Herbie…or Mazeppa!  Of course, by the time they actually start shooting, Streisand could be playing Grandma Rose and using a walker.  But, eh, if we could suspend our disbelief that Rosalind Russell could sing the score, anything’s possible.  In making the announcement, producer Joel Silver kinda referred to Barbra’s age.  “It’s Barbra Streisand doing one more, if not the last, movie musical of her career.”  Something tells me nobody ran that quote by Babs!

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