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Natalie Portman and Darren Aronofsky to work together in BLACK SWAN?!?
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I have a fascination with unproduced projects (look for a new regular column coming soon) and it's really interesting to me to see one come off the shelf and get shuffled back into the fold.
Darren Aronofsky had a supernatural thriller called BLACK SWAN, set in the world of ballet, that didn't happen a couple years back. Now it's apparently making the rounds again, this time with Natalie Portman (le sigh) attached as the lead.
This Hollywood Reporter story from Steven Zeitchik tells us a little about the production, about a competition between two rival dancers that escalates out of control as the big show approaches. But it's possible that one of them might not be anything more than a figment of the others imagination.
Natalie Portman as a ballerina = win. Natalie Portman as a ballerina in a supernatural thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky = Mega Jackpot win.
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great...i'm last again
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its june 16th. Milf Day. Celebrate it.
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Only watchable if Natie gets nekkid.
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Until she's a washed up has-been desperate to reclaim her young Hollywood starlet fame, finally showing us the goods when she's in her 40s -- RE: Meg Ryan.
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Jun 16, 2009 2:37:27 AM CDT
Call it art, make it pretentious schlock..Nat will show the good
by conspiracy
Say what you will about broads like Mega Fox...at least they understand and are honest about the reasons for their existence in Hollywood.Now girls like Portman...ya gotta feed their "Strong, Educated Woman" egos. Ya gotta get them into the "I make art, I'm an artist" frame of mind. Make them think that laying naked and Spread; with a phallus shaped 11" Missile Pop wedged between said splayed thighs, is not only necessary but an integral part of their characters story arch and has to be done to visually convey the angst and desperation of the moment, and they'll deliver the goods.
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Natalie Portman as an actor = fail.
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And she filmed a topless scene in that, but chickened out about it at the last minute and convinced them to cut the scene. So I'll never get my hopes up again for Nat nudity in a film.
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But hey, let her do all the lame ass Joss Whedon shit she wants.
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12 year old boy film poison.
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always trying to hijack a talkback. Amy Chasing as a hijacker = fail.
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Summer Glau is a ballerina and IMHO can act as well as Portman. Might be nice to see Milla Jovovich as a ballerina if she can get away from doing Resident Evil films. But of that I think she would... fail.
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The real tragedies of the prequel trilogy: 1)Ewan McGregor wasted the best years of his career and will never be a real star, 2)It introduced the concept of wallpapering visual effects on the screen without real impact, and 3)Natalie Portman never learned how to act. She was set adrift in a greenscreen world without any real guidance and simply shut down and didn't develop her talent. Watch Leon again. She was a natural.
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How did this: http://tinyurl.com/djg5ad turn into this: http://tinyurl.com/2ngoh9 ???
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Natalie was quite tantalising in her modest nudity in Hotel Chevalier if you haven't seen that. Ryan didn't wait until her 40s. Yes, she went for it in a desperation bid in In The Cut but had in fact given breasts in Promised Land way way before.
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Why not; every other two-bit accusation has been laid at Lucas' door.Let it go, dickheads.
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Yup. Seen it. Still not good enough. She was a cocktease in Closer and Hotel Chavalier. Either show it all or don't tease us with the "artful" nudity.
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Guess she grew up. As a kid she played a kid well. But now I don't even buy her playing herself in that video by those Dick In A Box guys.
At least Glau was cast correctly in Terminator. To portray an android's posture and movement you can't really beat the posture and movement of a professional dancer. -
promised so much, offered so little!
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you don't seem to get it. Not everything is about George Lucas. I think you need to 'let it go'.
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I'll get right on that. Literally!!!
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Sure, not everything is about George Lucas, just don't tell that egotistical bastard that.
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I can't understand the critical love for her. Her performances are soulless. She should have chosen modeling over acting.
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he should have just retired after Requiem. fucking robocop and now this crap? what a waste.
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why is she getting work, she is a terrible actress with no presence.
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Aronofsky and Portman. That's like getting a blowjob while smoking a cigar. Good times.
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Ah heck, what else is new?
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I know, it's kinda off topic, but swans are arrogant pricks and they know it! You won't find bigger winged jerks anywhere (until you die and go to heaven)
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SO pretty. :sigh:
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They're the nastiest birds I've ever encountered, and can break limbs with the strength of their wings.
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jerk
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the comparison with the others has pretty much sunk this. She'll be dead, the other girl will be dead, or they're both dead. Boring.
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Whispering Corridors 3 : Wishing Stairs
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in the short film Hotel Chevalier - it was a Darjeeling Ltd. prequel
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Great question... were you in a coma when The Wrestler came out?
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Whats the last good thing Portman did? The Professional? Get me some robocop updates.
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this porn?
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wih supernatural stuff? I can't imagine what this is supposed to be really. One is just the figure of the other's imagination? I mean, if that's it, that idea's getting old already. And the ballet world isn't interesting as a movie backdrop even for those of us who like that stuff. I dunno. I'm not seeing it.
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indeed
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Natalie chose the wrong Aronofsky film, damn it. She would have worked out MUCH better then that vacant eyed mouth breather. Connelly is like Cameron Diaz--only hot when she had some weight on her.
And Darren certainly could have recovered Portman from the thespian purgatory Lucas banished her to. -
Requiem was the worst movie I've ever seen in my life. The Wrestler was great but I'm not convinced it wasn't a fluke. I'll see this but I wouldn't call it a "Mega Jackpot Win".
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Is that I'd have to denounce my political beliefs and blame George Bush for everything. One can only hope that Summer Glau is at least non-political.
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. . . than a figment of the others imagination" Maybe its me, but that sure seems like a cool surprise twist best left for the audience to learn towards the end of the film. Oh well, its Aranofsky and I hope its scary as hell. They could cast any chick in the lead, I'm not going to shoot one off in my pants over Portman like 99% of the other talk backers.
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Best commentary on the page.
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Only with ballerinas...
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instead of boy-Natalie? Kinda hoping for beautiful, feminine Natalie for this.
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It never happened though.
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REMAKE. Been there done that. Nancy Kerrigan vs. Tonya Harding. It came out in the early 1990's. Seen it already.
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...feel like I saw this movie already at some point. Sounds good though...
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I just realized what Aronosky is doing. its called Ballet Club, a remake of Fight Club.
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I watched CLOSER just because they said it had Portman nudity. none. Same about the Goya movie. none.
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Jun 16, 2009 10:17:16 AM CDT
But it's possible that one of them might not be anything more th
by knowthyself
...SPOILER?
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...like you did by the lake on Naboo!
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True story.
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women always destroy creativity/talent.
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la la lalalalalala suspiria. Ballerian in barbed wire!!!
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I bet you he can make poo entertaining! Pie was the best movie ever.
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she's thin but she ain't toned
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ent ertainment/8102103.stm
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"Yo, shut the fuck up and suck my dick!"
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I was so looking forward to that.
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"cracked is correct"...goddamit, not another one!
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fucked up
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...the worst actress of her or any generation. I've seen stuff on YouTube with better acting. Literally. What kind of person casts Natalie Portman, (emphasis on "man", BTW)...?!?!?!?!
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Just saw source of this "Indy 5" news was Shitty LaBeef...do you really think this slimy dweeb knows anything about anything? He's probably just anxious to start swinging with the computer-generated monkies again...
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My fave role of hers, one of my fave movies ever. And to see Gary Oldman go from the dirtiest law enforcement officer in The Professional to the most pure hearted police officer in The Dark Knight is awe-inspiring.
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Should be remade!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034522/
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Oh yeah!
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I don't think I do
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Fight ClubDead Man's ShoesA Beautiful MindThere, thats 2 great movies and 1 absolute ball-licker that have used the very same premise as a 'twist'. I'm sure there are more.Would anyone with too much time on their hands chip in with a list of 'oh they were dead all along' and 'it was aliens who did it' films to wrap this up?Oh, and if you have never seen DMS and I've spoilt the ending - tough shit. You should have seen it years ago.
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should be cast as ballerinas.
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some more for the list...
1. High (Haute Tension) great movie but twist is totally unnecessary
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Natalie was definitely channeling the Professional for her performance in Garden State. That was probably her best performance since the Professional. Also, did nobody like V for Vendetta?
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If you're unemployed why are you wasting your dole money on cinema tickets and DVDs?Shouldn't you be spending it on cheap booze and bus fares to the job centre? How much does it cost to run a website?Unless of course you actually do have a job and you pay tramps to watch films instead.
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Never seen Secret Window (unusual for me as I usually watch JD in anything) but thanks for saving me the time!Anyone seen Public Enemies yet?
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She's cute, but she defines wooden.
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hook up.
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to Rachel Weisz. Also, I'm pretty sure he's like, 15 years older than Portman.
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Is she great? No. Is she predictably good, not even remotely. The accent in V for Vendetta was gut-wrenching. I got that feeling you get in the pit of your tummy when you're watching a comic bomb 4 feet away from you. But to say she looks like a man? If you think she looks like a man or a boy, you have some serious sexuality issues. The reality translator would translate that statement to:
"If I don't bring home a stripper with DD fake boobs, my friends and family will think I'm a gay pedophile. WHY DIDN'T MY DADDY GIVE ME THE LOVE I DESERVED?? I even voted republican for him all those years!! Beyond a mosh pit and a douche-stache and tattoos of porn stars, how will I ever curb my true desire for cock?" All women are beautiful and WOMEN. They come in all shapes and sizes. And from what I've seen on average of the looks on some of you guys, I'd say you're about NOT EVER IN YOUR LIFETIME years away from bagging and tagging anything even remotely of that caliber. Wanna get closer? My advice?
Grow up just a little, emotionally. I don't mean stop painting miniatures kind of growing up, I mean the kind of growing up that means you understand the full impact of yelling "no fat chicks" out your buddy's car window as you drive by some poor girl with an extra 15 lbs on her. The kind of growing up that means you don't think highly feminine, slight, petite women look like your ultimate fantasy of the youngest Jonas brother. And if your daddy never hugged you, I'm sorry. Stop taking it out on the females in your life or in the world. He probably doesn't REALLY think you're gay after all anyway. And he walked out because your mom was INSANE, not because of you. All cleared up? Great, you just saved 1500 a month in therapy. -
...would have been all shades of awesome :D
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for the ridiculous plot hole you could drive a subway train loaded with bombs through that they added at the end. That sorta ruined the whole thing.
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Let me check Amazon
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If I saw you in real life, id tip my new era down in respect.
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Jun 16, 2009 2:33:54 PM CDT
What has happened to Aronofsky since Requiem For A Dream?
by asimovlives
He made two pretty good movies, The Fountain and The Wrestler, and most important of all and his true life masterpiece, he married Rachael Weisz. I'd say, something pretty important has happened to Darren Aronofsky since Requiem For A Dream.
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blah, blah:
I wish we where all talking about:
ANTICHRIST:CRUSHING YOUR BALLS 'O9 -
Now i can't be bothered with her anymore. The Natalie Portman that awed me with her sheer talent and screen presence in Leon (The Professional) is no more. She was replaced by this succubus whioch looks like her but has not the same talent, screen presence and sheer fire that the Natalie Portman of old used to have. Nowdays, everytime i see Portman onscreen, i see a bored actress going by the motions of the shooting schedule and can't wait for the day to end so she can go do much more pressing and important things, like grooming her ego.I used to love Portman. Now, if she decided to leave acting and cinema for good, i wouldn't even bat an eyelid. Good ridance, you free loader! What a disapointment!
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Jun 16, 2009 2:39:10 PM CDT
I always wandered if Owen got to really see Portman's mohawked k
by banditdarville
Even though she doesn't show her little equity returns in the movie, the scene where she tells Jude Law how Owen made her cum when he plowed her is hot. Oh, don't worry about a Suspiria remake. It'll show up sooner or later. Complete with lots of CGI maggots!
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Keira Knightly?
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i'll pass this time, thanks. i liked the movie the first three times i saw it.
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I WAS a ballerina, you idiot.
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My only explanation for Portman being in V For Vendetta was they need a name bankable star for the movie, considering that the other main character never once shows his face. Portman was, literally, the face for the poster. And i can't totally on the accuracy of her accent in the movie, but from what i have read and heard from all the people in UK, she did a pretty bad job. The thing is, they had a perfect actress to play her role, one actress which is british, very pretty, and with a hell of a lof talented and she was already a name to go by as an important hopeful: Emilie Blunt.But i guess the studiuos wanted a bankable, better known name, so, there goes Portman and her Dick Van Dyke accent. The irony being, today Emilie Blunt is on the verge of real big stardom.I read that Portamn was one of Christopher Nolan's first choice for Rachael Dawes (together with Emilie Blunt). Portman refused the role and accepted V For Vendetta instead. And you know, it might had been for the best. Not because i'm trilled with Katie Holmes in that role, but because i would hate to have to endure watching Portman in what is now one of my favorite recent movies. She would ruin the enjoyment.
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Are you kidding? Keira Knightly is fucking Merryl Streep compared to Portman! I rather watch Keira's skelleton gracing the screens anyday of the week over Portman's unsufferable jewish princess ego! At the very least, Keira still knows how to act!
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I'm unclear, this is wrong then? fuck I never get the memos. When did this change?
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Always check before ranting, saves time
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i'll pass this time, thanks. i liked the movie the first three times i saw it.
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WHats Hollywood coming too? Are'nt the rights to 'Pettycoat Junction' up for grabs? Common, Hollywood. There's more remake gold out there in the pipeline for ya. You don't need fresh ideas-you need PRODUCT! Also, you can thank me later, but we have'nt seen a remake of 'Gommer Pile' yet. You can thank me later.
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My post was not to berate you, not at all my friend, but for me to point out how fucking disapointed and unsatisfied i am with the Natalie Portman of today. Again!
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Natalie as a stripper in Closer.
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I'm a little shocked that original material is being considered for the greenlight...
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BRAVO!
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she has the potential. maybe she just needs to work with LUC again
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Let's see what others we can coe up with, gang.
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Natalie Portman in ballerina costume = WIN.
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they walked her around harvard and now she thinks she has something to say
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You betcha!
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hmm, that doesn't work so well
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Grack grack. Gack gack grack GACK!
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even if she isn't an angel.
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I honestly have no idea what movie this is, but IMDB says she's in it.
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Hey now!
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aaaand, I'm spent. You're welcome.
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Jun 16, 2009 7:18:27 PM CDT
maitlanr, don't be a hater b/c she LIMITED your DARJEELING
by puddleglum
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no, I wont either. So it's 98% of the other talkbackers. :D
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Because someone had to say it. =P
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well aren't you the clever little one then love
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The older she gets, the less attractive she gets. Her head keeps growing, but her body stays a scrawny stick figure. its freaky.oh, and she cant act.
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The Black Swan theory refers to a large-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare event beyond the realm of normal expectations. Unlike the philosophical "black swan problem", the "Black Swan" theory (capitalized) refers only to events of large consequence and their dominant role in history. Black Swan events are a special category of what is called outliers. The theory was described by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2007 book The Black Swan. Taleb regards almost all major scientific discoveries, historical events, and artistic accomplishments as "black swans" — undirected and unpredicted. The term comes from the assumption that 'All swans are white'. In that context, a black swan was a symbol for something that could not exist. The 18th Century discovery of black swans in Western Australia metamorphosed the term to connote that the perceived impossibility actually came to pass. Taleb notes that John Stuart Mill first used the Black Swan narrative to discuss falsification.
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but then, you pretty much owned yourself, so I can't really take credit.
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ah fuck it, like they say, always let the asshole have the last word.
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You owned yourself, twice. When milla jovovich wrote that you "owned yourself," she (or he?) meant you "embarrassed and totally defeated" yourself. I think she's referring to your affirmation that Jovovich is not a ballerina or familiar with ballet, when she apparently was/is. Secondly, you claim that "they" say you should "always let the asshole have the last word." I think it's highly unlikely milla jovovich will be back, making you the asshole with the last word, in this equation, thus you owning yourself for the second time this evening. But I think you're both the same person using different talkback names, anyway. But thanks, hilarious!
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I never said Jovovich wasn't a ballerina. I said she would fail in getting away from Resident Evil films (considering number 4 is rumoured in preproduction).
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Recommending Milla Jovovich for anything is a mistake. She may be a pretty face but she can't act. Her only good role is one in which she was required to keep her stupid mouth shut, that being The Fifth Element.
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that sounds original and exciting for a change. Go, Darren. Go, Natalie! Show the world that Hollywood still has some creative juice left.
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