Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Pfeiffer is the new Swinton

thank you to a few readers who sent info on this in...

Aint-It-Cool-News gives early word on Neil Gaiman's "Stardust", a fantasy adventure film. If you haven't been living under a rock you know that genre is big these days after Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and Narnia. Official casting announcements are still forthcoming but word has it that Michelle Pfeiffer will be playing the lead villain of a trio, an evil witch transformed into a beautiful woman to hunt down the film's heroine (Claire Danes). This article says it's "a genuinely scary role as written." We all know that La Pfeiffer gives great evil. gives great beauty. gives great performance. So bring this on. Now.

Can't wait.

But, again, as with all news regarding the world's most beautiful actress... we'll have to believe it when we see it. She does have a way of scampering off of projects before they ever start filming. And seriously, what was she thinking to have let Prairie Home Companion (the new Robert Altman) slip away... We also know that the last time she was rumored to be attached to a Neil Gaiman project (Coraline) it didn't work out. I won't hold my breath but it's still exciting news.

4 comments:

NATHANIEL R said...

no hard info but the rumors from Denmark (susanne bier's vicinity) is that the film is completely dead.

Anonymous said...

Here's a quote from Matthew Vaughn: "I am delighted to be able to work with such a stellar cast in bringing the magic of STARDUST to the screen. I look forward to once again shooting in the UK," said Vaughn.

and the official press release: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060307/latu099.html?.v=44

Glenn Dunks said...

YAY!

Whose role did she have in Prairie btw?

NATHANIEL R said...

the role Virginia Madsen has now. "the angel of death" -whatever that will mean for the film i don't know.