Natalie Portman Being Courted By the Wachowskis for ‘Jupiter Ascending’

Posted on Thursday, January 5th, 2012 by Angie Han

Black Swan star Natalie Portman was hotter than hot coming out of last year’s Oscar season, a freshly minted Best Actress winner with one just-released film (No Strings Attached) and two more (Your Highness and Thor) lined up for the next few months. Since then, however, she’s been laying low, with no new projects on her upcoming slate. No, it wasn’t the supposed Oscar curse at work — Portman’s hiatus came courtesy of her son Aleph, who was born in June. (Damn kids.) Portman shot her last three films before her pregnancy, and has taken on no new roles since.

But now it appears Portman’s finally getting ready to head back to work, potentially with a movie every bit as gloriously bizarre as the one that won her the Oscar. Andy and Lana Wachowski reportedly want the actress for their upcoming Jupiter Ascending, and there’s a real possibility that Portman will accept.

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Wachowski Siblings’ ‘Jupiter Ascending’ to Enter Production in Spring 2012

Posted on Thursday, October 20th, 2011 by Angie Han

Matrix directors Andy and Lana Wachowski are currently busy shooting the David Mitchell adaptation Cloud Atlas (with co-director and co-writer Tom Twyker), but for their next project they’ll be returning to the kind of tentpole sci-fi that brought them so much success a few years ago. The siblings are set up to direct a mysterious film titled Jupiter Ascending for Warner Bros., and are currently looking to cast a big-name star for a spring start date. More details after the jump.

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More Details Emerge on the Wachowskis’ Film ‘Cobalt Neural 9,’ Which Could Be a Political Firebrand

Posted on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 by Russ Fischer

The only film more secretive than J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 may be the so-called Cobalt Neural 9, which we’ve been more expansively calling the ‘Wachowski Siblings Gay Iraq War Romance.’ We’ve known only the barest details about the film, but a big new report has come to light, claiming to offer a lot more details. Given what we’re being told about the movie now, it is a lot more extreme than I previously suspected. Extreme enough that I’ll be surprised to see it get made. Read More »

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