Updates: Bronte, Bond, and Beyond

by Tippi Blevins May 9, 2008 4:47 PM
Updates: Bronte, Bond, and Beyond

Bronte: Fresh from London via the Hollywood Reporter comes news of Natalie Portman's departure from Wuthering Heights. As mentioned last month in the Moviefile, Portman had been tapped for the role of Cathy Earnshaw in John Maybury's adaptation of Emily Bronte's brooding novel of love, revenge, and having the hots for your stepbrother. No reason was given for her splitting from the film, but according to the news, Portman's sudden exit left "financiers, sellers and producers" in a bit of a pickle this close to the Festival de Cannes, where the movie was supposed to be sold. Coincidentally, Portman is on the Feature Film Jury at the Festival, so they're bound to run into each other now and then. Awkward! But Maybury is saying that the English role should go to an Englishwoman, so maybe they did mean to hire Keira Knightley in the first place, after all.

Bond: Well, I was rooting for her, but it turns out Amy Winehouse won't be recording the theme for upcoming Bond flick, Quantum of Solace. According to the report in Variety, the song was pulled by her producer Mark Ronson, with the explanation that she's "not ready to record any music." She hardly has the time, anyway, what with spending over nine hours in an East London police station this week.

Beyond: Surprising absolutely no one, Uwe Boll is continuing his trend of blaming other people for his movies flopping. This time he's sued actor Billy Zane for reasons that don't entirely make sense to me. Something about distribution and BloodRayne's gross sucking more than a vampire after a long hunger strike.

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