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"Barbara Streisand is looking to direct her first film in over 16 years. Skinny and Cat is a romantic drama examinating the relationship between late writer Erskine Caldwell and his wife, American photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White.   Colin Firth and Cate Blanchett are in line for starring roles, reports Reuters, but despite this the project is yet to be green-lit due to financing issues.  Streisand expressed her incredulity over the lack of funding last week to the Los Angeles Times, saying: &amp;quot;This is hard to raise money for? I&amp;#039;m just in shock.  &amp;quot;Hollywood has changed so much. It&amp;#039;s about a woman ahead of her time. It&amp;#039;s just a fascinating story that is very relevant to today. I may have to pick up the phone again.&amp;quot; The singer and actress, who made her directing debut in 1983 with Yentl, has not helmed a movie since 1996&amp;#039;s The Mirror Has Two Faces. Streisand is also working on a movie adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Gypsy, which she is set to produce and star in, with a script adapted from the stage version by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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