Beyonce To Direct, Star In A New Documentary About Her Life & Career
Beyoncé Knowles has donned many guises in her entertainment career -- musical superstar, fashion icon, actress (yeah, we'll even count her "Pink Panther" turn).
Now she's looking to add a rather different notch: documentary director.
Knowles and her representatives at agency ICM have in recent weeks been shopping a nonfiction film to Hollywood studios about the celebrity's life and career.
According to a person familiar with the package who was not authorized to talk about it publicly, the movie is as a mix of music and personal study, blending concert footage with confessional interview. Knowles not only stars in the project but is directing it, and will also serve as a producer. About 20 minutes of footage has been shown to distributors.
A representative at Knowles’ agency did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Knowles certainly would have a lot to discuss in the doc. In the last 18 months, she's released a top-selling album ("4"), split from her longtime manager (her father), and had a baby, Blue Ivy Carter, with husband Jay-Z, among other noteworthy events.
Although she's attached to star in a potential remake of "A Star Is Born," Knowles also has had a taste of the nonfiction film life. In June 2011, MTV aired "Beyoncé: Year of 4,” a "mini-documentary" that showed the artist taking time off and then returning to the recording studio.
Feature documentaries about musical superstars have come into vogue of late with movies from Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus. Though not always blockbusters (Perry’s “Part of Me” has grossed just $24 million since coming out last month), they continue to be appealing to the entertainment industry: The stars like the exposure in a new medium, while studios appreciate the movies' built-in appeal and comparatively low cost.
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Comment by IVA on August 3, 2012 at 5:33am -
Beyonce's Ex, http://www.8counts.net/iva.html
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Comment by T.T.S. on August 2, 2012 at 7:11pm -
I was about to say "why is she doing movies about her own life, that's like idolizing yourself and shoving your 'greatness' down peoples throat" BUT the minute I saw that these little wannabes and overhyped bozos like Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus already put out documentaries like this, I was like F*ck It. Beyoncé should be shown and heard even more compared to those smalltimers.
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Comment by SMP on August 2, 2012 at 6:31pm -
Well, I lied, I actually cared a bit as I posted here...lol, but that's about it.
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Comment by SMP on August 2, 2012 at 6:31pm
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Couldn't care less.
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Comment by Takyla (Tiki) Robinson on August 2, 2012 at 4:46pm -
That's good. She has done a lot in her life so why not. It will be something cool for little Blue Ivy to see about her mom when she is much older.
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Comment by AVITY on August 2, 2012 at 4:02pm -
Gud 4 her
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Comment by smokecologne on August 2, 2012 at 3:25pm -
NOBODY CARES
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Comment by DiorLetsGo on August 2, 2012 at 2:39pm -
Keep all that money for yourself--No need to hire any one and help out our struggling economy..."Beyonce To Direct, Star In A New Documentary About Her Life & Career" Great for her.
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