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Considering it's been more than two years since composer Andrew Lloyd Weber first announced plans to bring his musical version of "Sunset Boulevard" to the big-screen, with nary an update since, should fans continue to hold out hope of seeing Norma Desmond get a second Hollywood close-up? Yes, but according to its lead, don't exactly hold your breath waiting for it.

"It's going very slowly," sighed Glenn Close, the five-time Oscar-nominated actress who played Desmond in the stage production and is also attached to portray her in the film adaptation. "I think a lot of people are scared [because] it's a musical."

Billy Wilder's original 1950 film noir starred Gloria Swanson as an aged femme fetale who entices desperate screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) into a whirlwind -- and soon spiraling -- life of surrealism and financial dependence.
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Tags andrew lloyd weber, ewan mcgregor, glenn close, gloria swanson, hugh jackman, joe gillis, norma desmond, sunset boulevard, william holden