Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper to headline A Star is Born remake
Project marks actor's directorial debut, singer's first lead role in a film
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are starring in a remake of A Star is Born.
Warner Bros announced Tuesday that the film will mark the singer-actress' first leading role in a movie and the directorial debut of the American Sniper actor-producer. Gaga will compose and perform new songs for the musical drama.
The Bad Romance and Applause singer recently appeared in the fifth season of the FX series American Horror Story. Her other acting credits include filmmaker Robert Rodriguez's movies Machete Kills and Sin City: A Dame to Die For.
Cooper is best known for starring roles in such films as American Hustle, Aloha and The Hangover. He served as a producer on his movies Silver Linings Playbook, Limitless and War Dogs.
The original A Star Is Born was released in 1937 and featured Janet Gaynor as a budding actress entangled in a relationship with an established Hollywood star played by Fredric March.
A Star is Born was remade as a musical drama in 1954 with Judy Garland and James Mason and again in 1976 with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.