Natalie Portman is Darren Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN!
MGM recently moved down a gear on Robocop IV that Darren Aronofsky had been busy developing for nearly 12 months, pushing back it's release date from 2010 to the summer of 2011. But with every black cloud there is a silver lining somewhere, as the delay has allowed The Wrestler director to enjoy a brief window of opportunity to resurrect a long gestered project.First announced in January 2007 as a Universal picture before they balked at the project, the supernatural thriller Black Swan has just attached Natalie Portman for the lead role, an actress Aronofsky has long courted. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he seems focused on this being his next movie if he can find studio backing before the end of the year.
"as a veteran ballerina who finds herself locked in a competitive situation with a rival dancer, with the stakes and twists increasing as the dancers approach a big performance. But it's unclear whether the rival is a supernatural apparition or if the protagonist is simply having delusions".Which makes me wonder if I had ever paid to see a movie about a ballerina before, I really don't think I have. John McLaughlin's script has been re-written by Aronofsky's development exec at Protozoa Pictures Mark Heyman and it's said a lot of studios are now interested in financing the film. Aronofsky is of course a much more promising choice for a studio after he proved himself with The Wrestler after many were doubting his credentials post-The Fountain failure. Sounds a little like an old school Roman Polanski thriller and any movie that cites The Others as an inspiration is fine by me.