Darren Aronofsky‘s passion project Noah hasn’t had the easiest time getting off the ground. Aside from taking a while to receive a green light, the film had to deal with loosing its first two leads, Christian Bale and Michael Fassbender. Eventually though, things picked up and Russell Crowe signed on to star. Now that production is starting to gain some steam, Paramount has set a release date for March 28th, 2014.
March is an odd time to release a film like this. It’s not being set up for Awards season nor is it being thrown into the summer blockbuster mix, which begs the question of what is Paramount’s angle with the film?
In other Noah news, Aronofsky’s Requiem For A Dream star Jennifer Connelly has begun negotiating a deal to star as the film’s female lead. The report comes from The Tracking Board and if the actress signs on, she’ll be reuniting with Russell Crowe, who she worked with on A Beautiful Mind.
That’s not all though, The Film Stage is also reporting that the studio is interested in Hanna star Saoirse Ronan for an undisclosed supporting role. Neither Connelly or Ronan are confirmed but they are both in talks and will likely sign on.
Pre-production production and principal photography starts in July so you can expect more updates in the near future. As always, we’ll keep you posted.
Carlow native actress Saoirse Ronan has revealed that she celebrated her eighteenth birthday in the “best way possible” – on set of her new movie The Host.
The hard-working teenager is so dedicated to her work, that she refused to take a day of to mark the momentous occasion.
Speaking to The Star newspaper she said: “I’m working. I am, I’m very happy. We are just on the way into work right now. We are about to start shooting.”
She later posted a twitter comment which read: “U2 rockin’ out on the ipod. Hair and make-up truck decorated with balloons and stars – what a great start to my 18th…Doing what I love!”
The Lovely Bones actress is playing the lead role of Melanie Stryder in the upcoming sci-fi movie, which co-stars Diane Kruger, Max Irons, William Hurt and Jake Abel.
The Host is based on the novel by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.
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Tune in to Access Hollywood and Yahoo! Movies this Thursday, March 22, for a look at the first trailer for THE HOST, the highly anticipated film based on the best-selling novel by TWILIGHT SAGA author Stephenie Meyer.
On the run for murder, two young “sisters” arrive penniless at an English seaside town. Clara is a fiercely modern woman who has her eyes on the future and no time for the past. Teenager Eleanor is shy and innocent. Yet, they both hide the same secrets: They are really mother and daughter, and they are both … vampires!
Eleanor is exhausted by 200 years on the run and desperate to settle down. But little does she know that her mother has been protecting her all of the years from their own kind, “The Brotherhood”. To escape them, they must either blend in or continue running away. But just as they think they may have escaped, their past rapidly catches up with them.
We could hardly believe it when Saoirse Ronan’s dad Paul told 98FM that his daughter will turn 18 in a few weeks. She was only 13 when the world took note of her fabulous performance in “Atonement” for which she was Oscar nominated and her career has skyrocketed since then. She was BAFTA nominated in 2008 for “Atonement” and then again 2 years later for “The Lovely Bones”.
Even though her big birthday is just around the corner on April 12th, her dad Paul told 98FM she won’t get much time off – she has a really busy movie year ahead. She is fully booked up for 2012. She is in Louisiana right now filming “The Host” directed by Andrew Nicholl. She just finished filming “Byzanthiam” with Neil Jordan and flew out to Louisiana after just 2 days off.
Last year, she had a long break – just doing promotion for “Hanna”, work for the ISPCC and a Vogue photoshoot so Saoirse was eager to get back to work.
She has another 3 films on the cards – one called “The Order of the Seven” – a retake on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It’s a Disney film around September/October and another one based in the UK that is yet to be finalised so she will have about 6 weeks off for the entire year.
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