Geez, speak of the devil. While we posted an open letter to Darren Aronofsky earlier today imploring him to think long and hard before signing on to "X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2," news arrives that one of the more interesting projects on his plate might be close to getting in front of cameras.
In an interview with Quien, screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga ("Babel," "Amores Perros") reveals that his previously announced adaptation of John Vaillant's forthcoming non-fiction book "The Tiger" for director Darren Aronofsky and star/producer Brad Pitt is set to begin location scouting later in the year.
"These days I'm traveling to New York to lend clarity to the last detail, in November would be doing a tour of Siberia to check locations," Arriaga said. However, most intriguingly, he indicates that the the film will shoot next year and Angelina Jolie will co-star with her partner, Brad Pitt.
The project, which will be Arriaga's first time writing a screenplay based on someone else's work, takes place in 1997 and follows an animal activist who must protect the small Siberian town he is in when a tiger begins attacking its inhabitants. "I decided to adapt this story because it is a great privilege to work with dedicated film like Darren Aronofsky and Brad Pitt," he said.
So, could this be why, despite offers for both 'Wolverine 2" and Warner Bros. "Tales Of The Gangster Squad," noise from the Aronofsky camp is quiet? We would guess that Aronofsky is probably getting the full picture of what shooting the "The Tiger" will require and more importantly, if he can put it all together, before making any decisions on the studio projects. "The Tiger" has been developing for a while and is set up as a co-production between Focus Features and Random House's film division.
At any rate, if Angelina Jolie is involved, and if it goes forward, she probably won't be able to commit to the film until late spring/early summer next year; she has already started shooting her untitled directorial debut. At the very least, what this indicates is that Aronofsky is still exploring one (and probably more) of the projects on the table at Protozoa before making his next move.
10/07/2010
Angelina Jolie To Star With Brad Pitt In Darren Aronofsky's 'Tiger'? Film To Shoot In 2011?
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this sound great but i am not a darren s fan.
Nice to see there's no love lost between Aronofsky and Pitt.
Urhm guys, I don't think the Quien article says anything about Angelina starring in this. Something was lost in translation. It says that this will be his [Arriaga's] next project with Angelina Jolie's partnet [Brad Pitt]. I would read it as Brad's life partner, not in this movie co-star. Especially considering Angelina is mentioned literally once in the entire article.
Sounds like Aronofskey's a glutton for Brad Pitt punishment. I wonder how close he'll get to shooting before Brad drops out of this one?
Damn, some of you people sound bitter. Are you Aussies or something? Aronofsky and Pitt made up a long time ago. In fact when Aronofsky was promoting The Wrestler in 2008 he was asked about what happened with The Fountain and he laughed and said he didn't blame Brad for dropping out because by the time they got ready to shoot the movie he'd made so many changes to it because of all the money the studio threw at him to do a "Brad Pitt movie" that it was no longer the same movie Pitt had signed on to do. Pitt wanted to film the original script, the studio wanted an extravaganza and Pitt elected to walk away. And don't even bother to bring up State Of Play. Pitt had script approval and Universal tried to railroad him into doing a script that Pitt felt still needed work. Uni elected not to wait for the writer's strike to end so more work could be done on the script - as was their right. And look what happened with both of these movies - The Fountain's budget was cut back to the original $40 million and Aronofsky said they ended filming the original script that Pitt had wanted to do in the first place. And State of Play, with Russell Crowe, tanked at the box office and Universal lost a buttload of money on it - and the following year they had to eat dirt because Tarantino wanted Pitt for Inglourious Basterds. In the end Pitt's instincts about both of those movies was better than the studios'.
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