Though we last head Aronofsky was shopping around a plan to cavort around in the woods with Angelina Jolie, EW is reporting that he has picked up a project entitled Jackie, about the grieving First Lady in the days after the JFK assassination.
The director will, for the second (cinematic) time, tap his wife Rachel Weisz to play the central role. This is all based on a script by unknown scribe Noah Oppenheim that has been making waves at CAA- the agency putting together the package. Words like “Spielberg” and “HBO” were apparently being tossed about in regards to the screenplay, before it has become a package through Protozoa Pictures (Aronofsky’s NY based production company).
I’m caring less and less which project of Aronofsky’s gets picked up- I just want the motherfucker behind a camera again, ASAP.
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Well, I hope Aronofsky can rise to the emotional challenge of this kind of material, because so far, I find his films to be emotionally distant, and lacking in genuine humanity. ESPECIALLY The Fountain, which was severely overstylized, to the point where the human elements were completely buried under some kind of intellectual exercise. I think he and Chris Nolan share a lot in common in that respect: their films show no trace of the directors' inner emotional lives. A film about a grieving Jackie Kennedy needs someone who is in touch with their feelings, not someone who is in love with their beautiful actress wife, and…erm…science…
Wait–you found The Wrestler, of all things, emotionally distant and lacking in genuine humanity? Seriously?
just tell me how this affects robocop!!!
Izzy was not a central role in The Fountain. An important role yes but not central. That movie was all Hugh Jackman.
I'd tap Rachel Weisz when I could too.
Emotional distance associated with the films of Arronofsky? Are we talking about the same director?
The struggle for finding order amidst the chaos resulting in severe schizophrenic disorder (Pi).
The need to get away from what you crave the most and which is slowly killing you (attention, drugs, money) and your failure (R4ADream).
Love that is slowly becoming an obsession to haunt you 4ever until you realize you have to let go and the result is peace (TF).
Standing on the shattered remains of your life – but proud to the core (TW).
IMHO Arronofsky is a director who is capable to communicate highly complex emotional states via the medium film. This is only possible because he knows his emotions so well – I suppose. But you can´t argue taste, can you? 🙂
hmmm.
Hmm…a story about Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky and you choose to go with a picture of Aronofsky?
Oh and sort out the fucking verification already. It's unprofessional.
Anything that keeps him away from Robocop is fine by me. Nothing against Aronofsky, I just think remaking (or 'rebooting,' if you insist) that wonderful film is completely pointless.
#9: I came here to say the same thing. That film is unfuckablewith (look it up).
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