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UPDATE: Beyonce’s camp says that she isn’t attached to One Hit Wonders, so perhaps this was a bit of over-exuberance on the part of the filmmakers. Still a crazy good cast if you ask me.
EXCLUSIVE: In a seven-figure preemptive deal, Sony Pictures is collaborating with Ryan Murphy on One Hit Wonders, a musical comedy pitch that will be written as a star vehicle for Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Beyonce and Andy Samberg.
Murphy is attached to direct, and he will write the script with his Glee cohorts Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Murphy will produce with Paltrow (who has practically become a Glee cast member) and the latter makes her debut as a producer on this film. Murphy hopes to direct it after he completes The Normal Heart.
Paltrow, Witherspoon and Diaz will play three singers who each scored a top hit song in the 1990s before watching their careers go down the drain. They decide to form a super group. Samberg and his Lonely Island cohorts will be involved in generating music for the film, I’m told. The project came out of a dinner Murphy had at the Soho House with Paltrow, Diaz and Witherspoon. They wanted to do something fun together and kicked around ideas until they settled on One Hit Wonders. Murphy, who made Eat Pray Love with Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal, took the pitch to her. Pascal bought it 10 minutes in. They are working the deals right now. Murphy previously made a big deal with Sony for a follow-up picture he’ll direct with Julia Roberts starring. Sony’s Elizabeth Cantillon and Hannah Minghella will steer the project.
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Well, let’s see . . .
Gwyneth “Paltry” Paltrow
Cameron Diaz
Ryan Murphy
Three strikes . . . you’re out!
I’m not usually a Ryan Murphy fan, but this sounds really fun.
The only way I can see this working is if they turn this into a super-campy, no-holds-barred bitchfest the likes of which have not been attempted since “Death Becomes Her.” Think about it: Bad Teacher, Tracy Flick and Goop with dialogue from the creator of Sue Sylvester. It will make “Valley of the Dolls” look like the The Waltons.
If they try and make the characters likable, I’ll pass.
Sounds interesting… I always thought, “That Thing You Do” should be remade with all girls and one guy. Looking forward to it.
And what exactly is Beyonce’s involvement?
Beyonce plays the “backup singer” who was really the lead singer on all 3 hits by these gals.
What, when she was 10?
I guess it’s only a matter of time before he makes a watchable movie, right?
This ain’t gonna be it.
You’d think she’d at least want to hear the end of the pitch before buying it. I mean, it’s not like he can take it to another buyer before the end of the pitch, can he?
LOL
She should have bought it after just one minute all she needs to know is who’s starring in it and what it’s about. Two minutes should be the maximum anyone needs to buy something like this.
Apparently Amy Pascal didn’t look closely at the losses on Country Strong not to mention Hot Rods or Duets and This Means War. Good luck, Sony!
Puke, more Witherspoon. I was hoping her latest flop had finished her off.
Paltrow is going to do everything to make herself a viable recording artist. I guess one rock star in the family is not enough.
It sounds like it could be a lot of fun – especially with samberg working on the music!
The Sweetest Thing goes singing? Pass
This sounds really fun actually
Gwyneth Paltrow? Check.
Reese Witherspoon? Check.
Beyoncé? Check.
Kate Hudson? What, she’s not in there?
Ryan Murphy is a God. It’s as if he had taken the most irritating/vainest actresses not named “Jennifer Lopez”, put them in the same picture, so instead of each one having her separate project, they would combine to form a diamond of suckitude, so they won’t tarnish other movies for a few months.
Any sane person will just have to shut its TV set and don’t browse the Internet during the week this movie is released or else they will lose their mind.
I would have added Murphy to the list of very irritating people that we would get rid of for a while, then I remembered he will have anyway three different shows airing next season, and I don’t think that him having an even shorter attention span will benefit either of them.
Amen…!
Well, looks like it took no time for Murphy to hand off his TV shows.
I admire risk takers, but is Ryan Murphy sure he wants to risk his career on a vehicle for two actresses that the public hates?
Which two are YOU thnking of?
This will be funny in that I will be hysterically laughing as it fails miserably both critically and at the box office. Come on girls, you’re all on your way down and this is the project you attach yourselves to? Perhaps not best to make hasty career decisions while under the influence of alcohol and follow through-challenged friends.
I smell a big stinker. Paltrow and Witherspoon starred recently in bombs, Diaz resurrected her career as a top A-list actress with “Bad Teacher” so this is not a good step for her. Hope to see her getting top billed because she’s the biggest star from these three.
So is this the most insider-y deal of all time, or merely tied for first?
Lonely Island takes it up to a whole new level. Could be genius. This would be sink or swim time for Murphy as a feature film director though. In my opinion. If it bombs – hello “Singing to the Converted Choir” – the series.
I mean – don’t let “I’ll Do Anything” keep you up at night or anything.
I really am looking forward to seeing Beyonce in A Star Is Born…. I really want her to be in a movie and she plays the main character. The last time she was featured in a movie as the main character was her very first movie, “Carmen”. And that was a LONG time ago. :’(
Beyonce was a main character in Goldmember, The Fighting Temptations, Dreamgirls, Cadillac Records (last third of that movie) and Obsessed. She basically carried Obsessed and it’s box office, with no other major co-star. I’m looking forward to her doing A Star Is Born, too and being directed by Clint Eastwood. I think that’s going to be a dynamite combination. This idea does sound cute, and it’ll be nice for her to work with her friend, Gwyneth Paltrow. Ryan Murphy loves to use her music on Glee, so I think it’ll be a great project for all involved. I like Reese Witherspoon and Cameron Diaz as well.
The above comment secretly written by Ryan Murphy…
Gwyneth is a prim and haughty bore.
“Being married to Chris is like being married to Picasso.” Huh? “I couldn’t believably portray someone who makes less than fifty grand.” Wha? “Blue Ivy will be a star, she just has that special glow.” OOF. She’s like the Donald Trump of the arts. Hupper Crust personified.
“Paltrow, Witherspoon and Diaz will play three singers who each scored a top hit song in the 1990s before watching their careers go down the drain”
so basically, they’re playing themselves?
Ha, I was thinking the same thing, just switch “singers” to “actresses.”
why so many negative comments. christ.
probably because the whole thing is so fucking cynical.
Ain’t that the truth…