Bradley Cooper Exiting Lady Gaga-Led A STAR IS BORN Remake?

As BWW previously reported, award-winning music superstar Lady Gaga has been set to star opposite four-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper ("American Sniper," "American Hustle," "Silver Linings Playbook") in a remake of the iconic musical drama A STAR IS BORN. The film is also to be helmed by Cooper, who will be making his directorial debut.

Today however, Showbiz411 reports that Cooper has recently expressed interest in doing a sci-fi adventure film, now being set up for the coming winter months. According to the site's Roger Friedman, this would put the actor's appearance in A STAR IS BORN into jeopardy. Friedman shares that he questioned an insider about today's report and received the reply "rumors." He contends that this was not an all-out denial. Read the article in full here

Lady Gaga's role in "A Star is Born" will mark her first lead in a feature film. In addition, she will compose new songs for the film, which she will also perform.

"A Star is Born" is being produced by Billy Gerber and Jon Peters; together with Bradley Cooper and Todd Phillips, under their Joint Effort Productions banner. Basil Iwanyk is serving as executive producer.

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