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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.

-Quint
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by Westonian
Jun 16th, 2009
02:05:24 AM
ps...
by Westonian
Jun 16th, 2009
02:06:25 AM
Sounds boring
by estacado1
Jun 16th, 2009
02:09:34 AM
Bale to star in Metal Gear Solid movie!
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Jun 16th, 2009
02:19:37 AM
So she thinks she can dance?
by Toilet_Terror
Jun 16th, 2009
02:25:51 AM
Natalie will never get naked
by ShabbyBlue
Jun 16th, 2009
02:27:51 AM
Call it art, make it pretentious schlock..Nat will show the good
by conspiracy
Jun 16th, 2009
02:37:27 AM
No, Summer Glau as a ballerina = win.
by Amy Chasing
Jun 16th, 2009
02:39:14 AM
Closer was a so-called "art film"
by ShabbyBlue
Jun 16th, 2009
02:39:34 AM
Portman still looks like a 12 year old boy.
by JuanSanchez
Jun 16th, 2009
02:47:51 AM
Summer Glau as anything = pour vomir
by ErnestBorgNine
Jun 16th, 2009
02:48:49 AM
Poison
by Cagliostro
Jun 16th, 2009
02:56:09 AM
Goddamn Browncoats!
by milla jovovich
Jun 16th, 2009
03:01:30 AM
Call me what you like, doesn't change the fact that
by Amy Chasing
Jun 16th, 2009
03:31:49 AM
natalie portman needs to get naked
by TheExterminator
Jun 16th, 2009
03:39:51 AM
Blame Star Wars for Portman
by Toilet_Terror
Jun 16th, 2009
03:50:22 AM
Also: screw Summer Glau
by Toilet_Terror
Jun 16th, 2009
03:55:15 AM
Authenticy please= Camel toes!
by Damien Chowder
Jun 16th, 2009
04:00:35 AM
Shabby
by filmcoyote
Jun 16th, 2009
04:01:11 AM
Filmcoyote
by ShabbyBlue
Jun 16th, 2009
04:08:23 AM
I've always wondered what happened to Leon's Portman.
by Amy Chasing
Jun 16th, 2009
04:12:38 AM
Yeah Closer was frustrating
by filmcoyote
Jun 16th, 2009
04:21:19 AM
Turdontherun
by Toilet_Terror
Jun 16th, 2009
04:28:40 AM
Screw Summer Glau?
by Literarywanderer
Jun 16th, 2009
05:20:40 AM
Toilet_Terror
by Literarywanderer
Jun 16th, 2009
05:21:20 AM
As for Portman...
by Literarywanderer
Jun 16th, 2009
05:23:09 AM
what the fuck happened to Aronofsky
by animas
Jun 16th, 2009
05:35:08 AM
portman suck
by gringostar
Jun 16th, 2009
06:17:35 AM
I meant Natalie Portman sucks.
by gringostar
Jun 16th, 2009
06:18:12 AM
Love it when two of my favourite things combine.
by Knuckleduster
Jun 16th, 2009
06:34:12 AM
Lot of hate on this site today.
by Knuckleduster
Jun 16th, 2009
06:37:46 AM
Natalie Portman is pretty
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jun 16th, 2009
06:59:01 AM
Correctiopn: SWANS = DANGEROUS ASSHOLE BIRDS
by LazyEagle
Jun 16th, 2009
07:09:29 AM
Isn't that a huge spoiler?????
by Stormshadow4life
Jun 16th, 2009
07:16:25 AM
I reckon....
by jaCKie_O
Jun 16th, 2009
07:30:50 AM
Reminds me of a Korean Horror movie
by onezeroone
Jun 16th, 2009
07:40:07 AM
Portman has already got her tits out
by FamousEccles
Jun 16th, 2009
07:56:41 AM
What the Fuck Happened to Aronofsky?
by Aquatarkusman
Jun 16th, 2009
08:05:11 AM
who cares?
by Series7
Jun 16th, 2009
08:15:20 AM
Black Swan
by FUCK_YOU_GEORGE_LUCAS
Jun 16th, 2009
08:52:48 AM
It's like The Turning Point
by CherryValance
Jun 16th, 2009
08:54:35 AM
Megajackpotwin
by Black Jack iii
Jun 16th, 2009
08:57:19 AM
"Ass to Ass"
by Cloaker Cobra
Jun 16th, 2009
09:00:36 AM
Man fuck Aronofsky
by George_Kaplan
Jun 16th, 2009
09:05:06 AM
The trouble with Portman
by RogueWarrior65
Jun 16th, 2009
09:05:41 AM
"one of them might not be anything more . . .
by Nice Marmot
Jun 16th, 2009
09:19:32 AM
DerLanghaarige
by karmakitten13
Jun 16th, 2009
09:21:48 AM
It's like The Prestige, then
by The Chosen
Jun 16th, 2009
09:38:38 AM
Does this mean we'll get beautiful long-haired Natalie
by CreasyBear
Jun 16th, 2009
09:40:52 AM
Aronofsky was supposed to direct an episode of LOST
by turketron_2
Jun 16th, 2009
09:43:04 AM
write/direct i mean
by turketron_2
Jun 16th, 2009
09:43:35 AM
yeah, spoiler much
by geekofsellyoulloyd
Jun 16th, 2009
09:50:06 AM
BLACK SWAN is one of those titles that makes me...
by FlickaPoo
Jun 16th, 2009
09:50:38 AM
wait, i got it
by geekofsellyoulloyd
Jun 16th, 2009
09:52:11 AM
why not remake SUSPIRIA instead?
by JohnRyder
Jun 16th, 2009
09:55:37 AM
But it's possible that one of them might not be anything more th
by knowthyself
Jun 16th, 2009
10:17:16 AM
Hold me Annakin...
by ScottinDC
Jun 16th, 2009
10:20:41 AM
Natalie Portman is my girlfriend
by Silventhal
Jun 16th, 2009
10:27:25 AM
my theory is that Rachel Weisz ate his soul
by animas
Jun 16th, 2009
10:41:10 AM
la la la la la la la SUSPIRIA!!
by wowsah156
Jun 16th, 2009
10:45:02 AM
I will watch anything Darren Arfonsky makes!!!
by kbarber29
Jun 16th, 2009
10:58:58 AM
Natalie better start hitting the gym
by LordMadhammer
Jun 16th, 2009
11:28:34 AM
Spielberg has "cracked" the story of Indy 5...
by jones1899
Jun 16th, 2009
11:30:35 AM
"Damn, Natalie, you a crazy chick!"
by CreasyBear
Jun 16th, 2009
11:45:23 AM
What the fuck happened to Aronofsky's RoboCop?
by Dr. Samuel Loomis
Jun 16th, 2009
11:46:26 AM
jones1899
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
Jun 16th, 2009
11:49:08 AM
This is fucked up
by Tin Snoman
Jun 16th, 2009
11:49:25 AM
Natalie Portman...
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
Jun 16th, 2009
11:50:21 AM
jones1899
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
Jun 16th, 2009
11:53:19 AM
Natalie Portman in The Professional
by Jesiah
Jun 16th, 2009
12:01:46 PM
The Black Swan=classic pirate movie
by IMMORTAL-1
Jun 16th, 2009
12:23:06 PM
This will rock!
by Proman1984
Jun 16th, 2009
12:27:32 PM
Indy 5... do we really want to go there?
by BenBraddock
Jun 16th, 2009
12:28:03 PM
Talkbackers...
by OrsonSwells
Jun 16th, 2009
12:58:12 PM
TWO FUCKING DAYS LATE
by Glory_Fades_ImMaxFischer
Jun 16th, 2009
12:59:13 PM
Youngdog (SPOILERSSSS)
by SpawnofAchilles
Jun 16th, 2009
01:04:56 PM
What about Garden State?
by SeanMiller
Jun 16th, 2009
01:05:33 PM
The Prestige Pt.2: This time it's Ballet!
by Samuel Fulmer
Jun 16th, 2009
01:22:03 PM
Natalie Portman CAN'T ACT!
by odysseus
Jun 16th, 2009
01:29:39 PM
10 dollars Portman and Darren
by bobbofatz
Jun 16th, 2009
01:58:58 PM
Darren is already married
by Fa_Tass_DinoMolester
Jun 16th, 2009
02:04:37 PM
Portman comments unfair.
by gotilk
Jun 16th, 2009
02:21:01 PM
Aronofsky's WHERE THE HEART IS
by Sir Loin
Jun 16th, 2009
02:25:22 PM
V for Vendetta wasn't bad, except
by chrth
Jun 16th, 2009
02:29:37 PM
Wasn't Black Swan a book?
by chrth
Jun 16th, 2009
02:30:25 PM
amen gotilk
by Jesiah
Jun 16th, 2009
02:30:48 PM
Couldn't find a ballet Black Swan
by chrth
Jun 16th, 2009
02:33:08 PM
What has happened to Aronofsky since Requiem For A Dream?
by AsimovLives
Jun 16th, 2009
02:33:54 PM
Natalie Portmain, titsass, boobs, tits, vag blah,
by Dr.DirtyD
Jun 16th, 2009
02:34:01 PM
I used to love Natalie Portman
by AsimovLives
Jun 16th, 2009
02:38:21 PM
I always wandered if Owen got to really see Portman's mohawked k
by BanditDarville
Jun 16th, 2009
02:39:10 PM
"She was replaced by this succubus whioch looks like her"
by chrth
Jun 16th, 2009
02:40:56 PM
tit-nocchio, the wooden-maybe-dead-ballerina
by jackknifed_juggernaut
Jun 16th, 2009
02:41:55 PM
Amy Chasing...
by milla jovovich
Jun 16th, 2009
02:43:58 PM
gotilk
by AsimovLives
Jun 16th, 2009
02:45:52 PM
chrth
by AsimovLives
Jun 16th, 2009
02:48:02 PM
"yelling "no fat chicks" out your buddy's car window"
by Xiphos_2
Jun 16th, 2009
02:49:06 PM
AsimovLives: I am kidding
by chrth
Jun 16th, 2009
02:53:19 PM
tit-nocchio, the wooden-maybe-dead-ballerina
by jackknifed_juggernaut
Jun 16th, 2009
02:54:19 PM
WHAT THE??? IT'S NOT A REMAKE?
by uberman
Jun 16th, 2009
02:58:31 PM
chrth
by AsimovLives
Jun 16th, 2009
03:00:38 PM
Natalie Portman: I would totally BLACK her SWAN
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
04:48:40 PM
Hard to top...
by HapaPapa72
Jun 16th, 2009
04:56:52 PM
Though it was a remake of the pirate movie
by Charlie_Allnut
Jun 16th, 2009
05:09:37 PM
Puddleglum
by IForgotAbout19
Jun 16th, 2009
05:43:31 PM
I'd V her Vendetta
by IForgotAbout19
Jun 16th, 2009
05:43:54 PM
NATALIE PORTMAN
by frank cotton
Jun 16th, 2009
06:26:54 PM
back at you, IForgotAbout19
by finky089
Jun 16th, 2009
06:28:15 PM
I'd GARDEN her STATE
by finky089
Jun 16th, 2009
06:28:44 PM
I'd PRO her FESSIONAL
by finky089
Jun 16th, 2009
06:29:10 PM
Ah, so a trend is starting here. Me likes.
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
06:31:01 PM
natalie portman is a tool
by maitlanr
Jun 16th, 2009
06:43:59 PM
I'd put my shovel in her GARDEN STATE
by BanditDarville
Jun 16th, 2009
06:51:21 PM
I'd ANYWHERE her BUT(T) HERE
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
07:07:56 PM
Portman: I'd HOTEL her CHEVALIER!
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
07:12:22 PM
Portman: I'd ATTACK her MARS!
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
07:13:14 PM
Portman: I'd MENACE her PHANTOM!
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
07:14:07 PM
Portman: I'd BLUEBERRY her NIGHTS!
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
07:14:57 PM
Natalie Portman: I'd MAGORIUM her WONDER EMPORIUM
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
07:16:03 PM
Portman: I'd like to show her WHERE THE HEART IS!
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
07:17:02 PM
maitlanr, don't be a hater b/c she LIMITED your DARJEELING
by Puddleglum
Jun 16th, 2009
07:18:27 PM
Nice Marmot...
by Shaner Jedi
Jun 16th, 2009
07:32:35 PM
I'd Natalie her Portman
by Phillyflopper
Jun 16th, 2009
09:23:20 PM
milla jovovich
by Amy Chasing
Jun 16th, 2009
09:48:05 PM
Her head keeps growing, but her body stays the same
by BMacSmith
Jun 16th, 2009
10:20:41 PM
Sequel to "Pi"? (Highly improbable ....)
by ReportAbuse
Jun 17th, 2009
12:08:44 AM
I guess so, Amy...
by milla jovovich
Jun 17th, 2009
12:30:23 AM
Bride of Frankenstein Coming Back to Life
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Jun 17th, 2009
01:30:54 AM
The Tyrone Power pirate movie?
by Lyghthouse
Jun 17th, 2009
01:47:30 AM
milla - speak english. Owned myself? WTF?
by Amy Chasing
Jun 17th, 2009
02:41:38 AM
That's actually pretty funny, Amy Chasing!
by ErnestBorgNine
Jun 17th, 2009
03:07:23 AM
do I have to join the dots here...
by Amy Chasing
Jun 17th, 2009
03:16:26 AM
Jovovich
by ranma627
Jun 17th, 2009
03:47:34 AM
Now here's an American movie
by HagCeli
Jun 17th, 2009
06:30:09 AM
Summer Glau for co-protagonist.
by MrFloppy
Jun 18th, 2009
05:27:40 AM

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