BY EMIL TIEDEMANN
Screen Gems has confirmed that 63-year-old Cher will star alongside 28-year-old Christina Aguilera in Burlesque, a contemporary musical feature film that begins production this November, with a release date set for sometime next year."[Cher] brings a soulfulness and gravitas to this character that will ground the story," gushed Clint Culpepper, the president of Screen Gems. Burlesque will mark the first time that the legendary entertainer will sing in a movie that she's also starring in.
The film will also be the first major role for Aguilera, who will play a small-town girl from Iowa who wants to leave her past behind for a future in a neo-burlesque club on L.A.'s Sunset Boulevard, which Cher's character owns. Aguilera had previously lent her voice to Shark Tale (2004) and appreared as herself on several TV shows, including Beverly Hills, 90210 (1999).
Cher, who has to work around her busy touring schedule and voicing a giraffe in the upcoming film The Zookeeper, has been a top-class actress for many years now, with a resume that includes Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), Mermaids (1990), and her Oscar-winning role in Moonstruck (1987) (pictured above).Burlesque will be helmed by actor-turned-director Steve Antin (The Good Mother), who had small roles in The Goonies (1985) and The Accused (1988). Film veteran Donald De Line (Pretty Woman, I Love You, Man) will serve as one of the film's producers.
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