OK, so that’s not how the saying goes, but it’s fairly accurate in modern-day Hollywood. That said, the 1937 classic A Star Is Born will soon be remade for the third time, and the filmmakers have secured a high-profile lead actress.
Lady Gaga has signed on to star opposite Bradley Cooper in the latest version of A Star Is Born after Warner Bros. execs fell in love with the pair’s chemistry during a screen test, reports Deadline. The film, which will also mark Cooper’s directorial debut, has been green-lit and will begin production in early 2017.
For the uninitiated, the original is the story of a jaded Hollywood has-been who meets a naive Hollywood starlet and overcomes his personal foibles to help her achieve her dreams. Apparently, this film will look to stick pretty close to that formula, and Lady Gaga’s old Hollywood-style glam may well be the right choice for a production looking to stir up some classic Tinseltown nostalgia.
This film has had a pretty wacky history, with Clint Eastwood once attached as a director and Beyonce set to star. Early this year, however, Queen Bey exited stage to the left, to the left, paving the way for Lady Gaga to step into the vacant role.
“For those of us lucky enough to watch him work as an actor and producer, it has been clear that Bradley would make this transition to director,” said Greg Silverman, Warner Bros. president of creative development and worldwide production, according to Deadline. “We are honored that he is doing it, here, at his home–Warner Bros.–and with Lady Gaga as a collaborator and co-star. The world is in for a treat as these great artists craft an all new vision of A Star is Born.”
Updated 8-17-16 by Stephanie Topacio Long: This post has been updated with confirmation of Lady Gaga’s casting.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
https://twitter.com/imagine/status/2113712964419063911
YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?