You might recall that Natalie was being heavily linked to the Wachowski's Jupiter Ascending sci-fi project. I had to be the barer of bad news by telling you guys that…

It’s been awhile since we talked about Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, but before we get to the update a super brief history of the project.

– Seth Grahame-Smith release the mashup novel, which takes Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice text and adds in zombie elements.
– Natalie comes on board to produce and star. David O’Russell is attached to write and direct.
– Russell writes a script but departs as director. Natalie bails on acting in it but remains on as a producer.
– Mike White is brought on to direct but leaves soon after, claiming scheduling problems.
– Craig Gillespie is next in the director’s chair while Marti Noxon does a rewrite of the script.
– Gillespie leaves the project and we still have no director or stars.

All of which leads us to Seth Grahame-Smith, who at one point was being considered as a potential director, talking about the project at Wondercon.
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Still nothing juicy in Natalie news, so here are a few mini news items to whet the appetite. - Isabelle Fuhrman is a young actress in Hunger Games and made…

The Playlist has a new article up, in which they break down the female actresses who have the biggest box office heat, while at the same time wondering if any of them are reliable in the “bums in seats” department.

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Today we have another really nice piece of artwork inspired by Natalie's first film, The Professional. Almost two decades on and still inspiring people. Not bad.

That's what we're now going to have to call Terrence Malick's Lawless, for the time being. It turns out that it was actually Malick who, being a big fan of…