Update: Streisand Interested in Starring, Not Directing GYPSY; Producers on Board; Tom Hanks?

The New York Times has gotten more information on the story, talking to both Arthur Laurents and to Stephen Sondheim who told them that Warner Brothers and Joel Silver are on board as producers, and that he'd Laurents suggested Tom Hanks for Herbie, an idea that he says Barbra Streisand loved. Laurents also says that Streisand is no longer going to direct the film, as she once wanted to but instead will just play the…

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