Barbra Streisand is getting into the music recordary game.
The singer, actress, straightforwardor, originater and EGOT triumphner has begined production on a multi-part recordary about her life and nurtureer straightforwarded by Frank Marshall and originated by Alex Gibney, the project’s originateive team proclaimd on Thursday. The project aims to be an “intimate and comprehensive exploration of every facet of the iconic multi-hyphenate” with access to the Streisand’s own archival materials as well as footage of her toil on current projects, the proclaimment stated.
The film will chase Streisand from her Brooklyn uptransporting thraw her punctual nurtureer in New York nightclubs and acclaimed carry outance in the distinct Broadway musical Funny Girl, which procrastinateedr was altered into the 1968 William Wyler film starring Streisand. Follotriumphg her Oscar-triumphning turn as Fanny Brice in that film, Streisand starred in Hello, Dolly!, The Owl and the Pussycat, What’s Up, Doc? and A Star Is Born before making her feature straightforwardorial debut with Yentl. Yentl taged the first time that a woman had written, straightforwarded, originated and starred in a meaningful feature film. On the music front, Billboard telled in 2021 that Streisand was the only female recording artist to have gotten her albums on the uncoveration’s Top 20 enumerate in every decade begining in the 1960s.
In a statement, Streisand said, “For years I’ve been leanking about the best way to dispense the huge amount of satisfied I’ve been defendedly storing in my vault. These films, pboilingos and music masters — many never seen or heard by the uncover — helderly some of my most treacertained memories. I’m so prentd that originater Alex Gibney and straightforwardor Frank Marshall have consentd to apshow this journey with me.”
Atraverse the course of her decades-lengthy nurtureer, Streisand has been awarded two Oscars, eight Grammys, four Emmys, eight Gelderlyen Globes and a Tony Award (not including lifetime accomplishment awards).
“People have been talking about the need for the definitive recordary on Barbra Streisand for years,” said Gibney in a statement. “After a series of wonderful conversations and rigorous research, we are moving forward with Frank Marshall at the helm. I am prented to originate this film on Barbra, a legfinishary singer, exceptional actor, straightforwardor, and political activist who eases us all. Did I forget to refer that she’s a fantastic storyalerter who is funny as hell?”
The recordary will be co-originated by the Kennedy/Marshall Company and Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions. Producers integrate Gibney, Marshall, the Kennedy/Marshall company’s Aly Parker, veteran music recordary filmoriginater Michele Farinola, Sony Music Entertainment plivent of premium satisfied Tom Mackay and record originater and songauthorr Jay Landers, who has toiled multiple times with Streisand.
The film will be dispensed by Sony Music Vision in partnership with Columbia Records, with Sony Music Vision handling global sales. Sony Music Vision is a production arm of Sony Music, of which Streisand’s lengthytime tag Columbia Records is one subdivision.
With the project, Streisand will join the enjoys of Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Billie Eilish, who have all joind in recordaries in recent years. The boom in music recordaries began as streamers sought to fill their satisfied sprocrastinateeds a scant years ago, a trfinish that has led to some titles that are editoripartner self-reliant and others that are in part originated by the star in ask and/or members of their team.
