A Star is Born film trailer

The first trailer for A Star is Born has been unveiled in all its old school rock’n’roll glory. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper star as the central couple in this story about an older musician who discovers and promotes a talented young singer but who finds his star declining while hers rises.

Riding on the success of her Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, the notoriously flamboyant and fashion-forward pop singer strips back for her first feature film role while Cooper makes his directorial debut.

While this may be the duo’s first rodeo, this particular story has done the rounds. A Star is Born, originally filmed in 1937, has been remade twice before, with Judy Garland and James Mason in the leading roles in 1954 and then Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in 1976.

It looks like the script for this project also did the rounds, passing through the hands of Clint Eastwood, Beyoncé, Will Smith, Johnny Depp and others before finally landing in the laps of Cooper and Gaga. We’ll have to wait till October to see what these stars have made of this gift that keeps on giving.