Leisure phenomenon Barbra Streisand will likely be looking out the corners of her thoughts for recollections – misty, watercolor or in any other case – for a multi-part documentary directed by EGOT-winner Frank Marshall and produced by Oscar winner Alex Gibney.
Manufacturing is underway on the untitled challenge from Sony Music Vision, in partnership with Columbia Data, Jigsaw Productions, and The Kennedy/Marshall Company.
“The manufacturing has been granted unprecedented entry to Streisand’s private archives, together with tons of of hours of non-public, never-before-seen video, pictures, audio recordings, and private keepsakes from all through her acclaimed profession,” in accordance with a launch. “Using this treasure trove of archival supplies alongside up to date verité, the documentary will present an in depth look of Streisand’s star studded previous and her present inventive endeavors.”
In a press release, Streisand mentioned, “For years I’ve been occupied with one of the simplest ways to share the huge quantity of content material I’ve been safely storing in my vault. These movies, photographs and music masters — many by no means seen or heard by the general public — maintain a few of my most cherished recollections. I’m so happy that producer Alex Gibney and director Frank Marshall have agreed to take this journey with me. My appreciation to Tom Mackay, head of Sony Music’s Premium Content material workforce, for his perception within the challenge. And particularly to Sony Music Chairman Rob Stringer who has unwaveringly supported so a lot of my inventive endeavors.”
Streisand, an EGOT winner herself (she gained a non-competitive Tony Particular Award in 1970, together with a number of Emmys, Grammys, and two Academy Awards), has achieved success on an virtually unfathomable scale starting along with her first look on Broadway earlier than branching into tv, the films, and naturally, the recording trade. The discharge says the documentary challenge “will provide an intimate and complete exploration of each aspect of the enduring multi-hyphenate who, in a profession spanning six many years, has excelled in each space of leisure.”
The documentary is a co-production of Jigsaw Productions and The Kennedy/Marshall Firm. Producers embrace Alex Gibney, Frank Marshall, Aly Parker, Michele Farinola, Tom Mackay, and Jay Landers. The movie is introduced and distributed by Sony Music Imaginative and prescient in partnership with Columbia Data. “Ms. Streisand signed with Columbia Data in 1962, represented by Marty Erlichman who continues in that capability,” the discharge notes.
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“I’m thrilled to be working with Alex once more and to have the chance to deliver Barbra’s unimaginable life story to the display,” mentioned Frank Marshall, a five-time Oscar nominee for Greatest Image and winner of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. He gained a Grammy Award for Greatest Music Movie for Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story and earned a number of Emmy nominations for The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Damaged Coronary heart (which included footage of Streisand’s duet with Barry Gibb on the tune “Responsible.”). Marshall added of the Streisand challenge, “Now we have been given unprecedented entry to archival footage from many years of her groundbreaking profession and intimate visibility to the trailblazing she continues to do in life right now. Uncovering these outstanding moments illustrate why she has turn out to be an everlasting icon to a world viewers of all generations.”
Gibney, whose directing credit embrace documentaries on Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon, and the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Darkish Aspect, commented, “Folks have been speaking concerning the want for the definitive documentary on Barbra Streisand for years. After a collection of great conversations and rigorous analysis, we’re shifting ahead with Frank Marshall on the helm. I’m delighted to supply this movie on Barbra, a legendary singer, extraordinary actor, director, and political activist who conjures up us all. Did I neglect to say that she’s an awesome storyteller who’s humorous as hell?”
Krista Wegener of Sony Music Imaginative and prescient will lead world gross sales for the documentary.
Sony Music Imaginative and prescient is among the many corporations behind the newly announced documentary on Earth, Wind & Fireplace documentary to be directed by Oscar winner Questlove (Summer time of Soul). Sony Music Imaginative and prescient’s I Am: Celine Dion, launched in June on Prime Video, quickly turned the platform’s hottest documentary ever.
No anticipated launch date has been introduced for the Streisand documentary.
