June 24 2009
Hollywood, CA â€" There are very few singers who have been able to make the transition to the silver screen. Often attempts to transition the charisma employed on the concert stage to the movie set have fallen flat but occasionally some break through and deliver spectacular performances again and again. Bing Crosby, David
Bowie, Cher, Ice Cube, and most significantly Will Smith are all examples of musicians who have been able to parlay their success in on field into another but for every one success there seems to be twice as many failures. Some have to learn the hard way that charisma isn’t all there is to acting.
Like many massive music stars before her, Britney Spears has stepped her toe into the acting pool and come away a little chilled. Her debut feature, ‘Crossroads’ was a commercial and critical failure and has thus far inhibited her from making the attempt again. But, like Madonna and Whitney Houston before her, the troubled pop starlet is taking another shot at big screen stardom. Spears will star in an apparent sequel to ‘Crossroads’ in which she will invent a time machine and travel back to Nazi-era Germany, falling in love and learning life lessons along the way.
“Britney’s been on the list for this for some time but was considered too risky until recently,†an insider told MSNBC. “Her appearance in (the TV show) ‘How I Met Your Mother’ changed all that. She had poise, timing and a real flair. She’s living out the story, so to harness that on stage would be amazing for an audience to see â€" and cathartic for Britney, too.â€
The film is currently titled ‘The Yellow Star of Sophia and Eton’ but that is expected to change to something more catchy. No word yet on whether co-stars Taryn Manning or ‘Star Trek’ star Zoe Saldana will also be back for the film which, though details of the plot have not yet been released, is expected to be a direct sequel.
“I don’t think that anyone would have seen this coming. The first film was a typical coming of age story that really didn’t hint at the kind of complexity involved in a tale not only involving time travel but the delicate
nature of Nazi occupied Germany. From what we know she will fall in love with a young Jewish man in the past not only bring up the difficulties inherent in an illicit love affair, but the problems in interfering with the past. It’s a very bold move,†said Scrape TV Entertainment analyst Tracey Temple. “Add to that the financial volatility of creating a sequel to a movie that very few people have seen and you have either a very bold and brilliant move or a very misguided and ultimately money losing venture. Frankly, I’m surprised they didn’t just go with a reboot. Those movies seem to make money no matter what they are about or who is in them.â€
It is believed that the choice of Spears is due in part to the personal problems she has endured in recent years. Those experiences, such as not wearing underwear in public and shaving her head, are believed to add weight to performance dealing with Nazi’s, the Holocaust, and the rigours of time travel.
“The best thing about this story isn’t how it will turn out. The plot of the movie is almost incidental because we know that long distance relationships are hard to maintain, something even more difficult when you are travelling through time and space. The real story here is the resurrection of Britney Spears. Somehow it makes all the suffering the Jews endured during the war worth it,†continued Temple. “If we are witnessing the rebirth of the singer-turned-actress then the suffering of all those millions of people and the devastation that the war wrought is worth every ounce of blood and every bit of suffering the families endured.â€
Producers did not detail how they will be able to convey Spears’ ability to invent a time travel device, something the finest minds in human history have not yet been able to accomplish. Â
Samantha Dryden, Entertainment Correspondent
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