Paramount has won the rights to the Leanne Shapton book Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, and plans to develop the story as a romantic comedy with Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman in the lead roles. Here's more:
The book takes the form of Sotheby's-like estate auction catalog, with 325 entries and photographs depicting items that reveal the private moments and the rise and fall of a four-year relationship between the fictitious couple Hal Morris (a 40ish photographer) and Lenore Doolan, (a New York Times food columnist in her late 20s).
The project will be developed as a romantic comedy, with Pitt to play Morris, and Portman to play Doolan.
According to Variety, "Portman brought the book to Pitt." In the book, author Leanne Shapton, an illustrator and art director of the NYT's Op-Ed page, uses all sorts of stuff — clothes, e-mails, heirlooms — "to convey the excitement, the hopes and dreams, and ultimately the heartache of a love affair that runs its course." I do hope they shorten the title for the movie.
What a totally interesting (and ridiculously good-looking) pair for this project! Do you think Pitt and Portman will be do well in a romantic comedy together?
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softer version of Jolie meets a older Pitt...hmmm...guess we'll see.
1well this could be the sure-fire way to get me to see brad pitt in a movie willingly. i ADORE natalie and i think that if she wants to work with him, then it can only be good...
2haha ilanac i so agree. i never willingly pay to see any brad pitt movie, however i do love natalie and i can't imagine either of them signing on unless it has major potential.
3I think they're both great so this could be fun!
4ooh, i like the sound of this. i love both of them. what a great pairing. i'm also interested in checking out the book!
5I'm surprised Pitt is doing a rom-com, but I love Natalie so I'll definitely check it out. Portman guarantees something more ambitious than the avarage Hudson/Barrymore/Diaz/McConaughey/Kutcher stuff.
6this has serious potential.
7hmmm while it is an interesting pair, I wonder how the chemistry between the will be. They are the right ages for the parts but Natalie looks really young so it might look creepy a bit... time will tell...
8I've been meaning to read this book and love the idea of the two of them together. I'm mucho excited!
9This is a good match up!
10I HATE Brad Pitt, but I love Natalie.
11Hate her love him. I may or may not see it.
12this is very intriguing!
13Uhhh . . . this is not a good idea. The medium of the book is what's interesting about it. Turning it into a film and therefore losing the auction catalog structure will completely destroy the meaning of the story. The medium itself is the message, and without the medium, it doesn't make sense.
14I'm curious to see them together, but I don't have high hopes... I mean, I'm sure it's a good project, it's just that I'm not a fan of Natalie's acting and Pitt is just so so... But if they have good chemistry, who knows...
15interesting pairing! love them both, but as hot as they are, who knows if they'll have the chemistry on set....
16I am excited.
17Agreed...I'm intrigued. Also, if I was Natalie Portman and got to do a rom com with a 40-something, I would also personally show the book to Brad Pitt to see if he was interested. Smart move.
18My plan is to be inspired by Angelina and steal Brad from her like she did from Jen Aniston!
19I'm digging it. I think whatever the outcome (whether the movie succeeds or tanks), just having those two as leads will be fascinating in and of itself.....love unlikely pairings in movies!!! This one's no exception.
20hmmm i dont know...i'd watch it, but she looks so young and he's looking older and older these days. may be kinda weird.
21I think it is so childish to hate a person one doesn't know? Ignorance or stupidity?? Both!!! I will surely see the movie just because I love movies and I like Brad Pitt who has incredibly matured as an actor. That will give me the chance to see Natalie for whom I have great respect. You can see by her interviews that she is an intelligent lady.
22I never would have thought of them in a movie together! I'm intrigued....
23I like them both, and they would make an interesting pairing...I definitely want to check out this movie.
24Well that certainly is an unexpected pairing... I'm not sure about the chemistry but heck I like them both so maybe when this really gets off the ground I might consider seeing it.
25What a weird pairing... I think I'm going to get that book though, it sounds good!
26I totally love Brad and am very jealous that it's not me I think he is going to fall in love and have many more babies.
27I totaly love brad!!!!!!¡¡ hate her. I'm so jealous she's smart & pretty.he gets better looking the older he gets I totaly want to meet him. Maybe some day I can act as his co star¡!!!!!¡¡
28I so want to act with him. That's my biggest dream. To be an actress and play in a movie with him. Maybe I could be his 13 year old kid or something.
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