• Now Ewan McGregor Is The Villain In 'Jane Got A Gun'

    Jane Got a Gun has changed so much in the last couple months that I don't have any idea what to expect at this point. Original director Lynne Ramsay departed right on the eve of shooting (and still hasn't spoken publicly about the reason for doing so) and that began a cycle of cast changes…

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  • Now Bradley Cooper Has Also Dropped Out Of 'Jane Got A Gun'

    I don't believe in curses, but if I did I'd be inclined to believe Jane Got a Gun was suffering from one. Bradley Cooper has just dropped out of the notoriously troubled Western, making him the third actor to do so in just two months. Joel Edgerton, Natalie Portman, and Noah Emmerich remain on board.…

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  • Noah Emmerich Rounds Out 'Jane Got A Gun' Cast

    For the past several weeks, the casting of Jane Got a Gun has played like an extra-handsome version of musical chairs. First Michael Fassbender and Joel Edgerton were in, then Fassbender departed and Edgerton took his place. Jude Law was brought in to take Edgerton's old slot, but then he left too. Tobey Maguire, Jake…

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  • Bradley Cooper Replaces Jude Law In 'Jane Got A Gun'

    The all-star lineup for Jane Got a Gun is changing again, hopefully for the last time. Bradley Cooper has just joined the Gavin O'Connor-directed Western in the villain role vacated last month by Jude Law -- who was himself a replacement for Joel Edgerton, who switched characters when Michael Fassbender departed. The troubled Western has…

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  • 'Warrior' Director Gavin O'Connor Steps In To Direct 'Jane Got A Gun'

    On Monday, Lynne Ramsay was set to begin shooting the western Jane Got a Gun, with Natalie Portman (who is also producing) as a woman who, with a former lover, defends her homestead and spouse against bandits that wounded her husband. Joel Edgerton and Jude Law are also in the cast, with Law replacing Michael…

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  • Michael Fassbender May Play Key Role Opposite Natalie Portman In 'Jane Got A Gun'

    Lynne Ramsay has made three very good films (most recently We Need to Talk About Kevin, which followed Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar) and now she's prepping a western called Jane Got a Gun. The film has Natalie Portman attached to play “a woman whose outlaw husband returns home barely alive and riddled with bullet wounds. She…

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  • The 2011 Black List: The Year's Best Unproduced Screenplays

    Each December since 2004, studio executive Franklin Leonard has compiled the best unproduced screenplays of the year, as voted by hundreds of execs, agency guys, and high-level assistants. Titled The Black List, the compendium highlights both established screenwriters and up-and-comers, and has served as a launching pad in the past for projects like Juno, Lars…

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