Rob Marshall is just about to take the helm of Disney’s fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. If he takes the job, it will put the film back on track for a 2010 start with Johnny Depp, once again, as Captain Jack Sparrow.
According to Disney, even though Marshall has not confirmed his commitment, things are looking pretty good. So good in fact, the studio has begun casting new characters for the movie.
The studio wants to solidify the production of the Pirates film so they can have Depp star in it before he does The Lone Ranger for them. The Pirates franchise brings in a lot of money for Disney with the first three movies grossing $2.6 billion worldwide.
The fact that Marshall is even being considered the director for the fourthPirates is a surprise, yet a turn that may take the franchise down a more refreshing voyage. If anyone is familiar with Marshall’s work, a choreographer-turned-director, you know he made his feature directing debut with the Oscar-winning musical Chicago and followed by Memoirs of a Geisha, a film that underperformed at the box office, but I thought was well-crafted. Of late, Marshall has returned to the musical genre with Nine, starring a stellar cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson and Sophia Loren. Nine opens November 25, 2009, Thanksgiving weekend, by the Weinstein Co.
I am excited about Nine. The trailer is brilliant. The art direction alone is amazing.
The word is that Nine is vibrant and provocative musical following the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis). He has to come to terms with his creatived life and personal crisis of huge angst, while balancing the several women. The women are his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), and his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren). Rob Marshall (Chicago) directs the film. The original 1982 Broadway production of “Nine” won five Tony Awards including Best Musical.
Singer Fergie is in talks to star in Rob Marshall-directed musical Nine.
She joins a cast that includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cottilard, Penelope Cruz, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and Judi Dench.
The role signifies Grammy-winning singer’s first major role in a big-screen project. She had a small role in Grindhouse.
Fergie role will be Saraghina, a lusty woman who presents Guido (Day-Lewis) to the world of sexuality.
Kate Hudson is being reported to have joined the cast of Nine, an upcoming musical adaptation of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical. Hudson is best known for Almost Famous and Fool’s Gold.
Being directed by Rob Marshall, the film has Daniel Day-Lewis play world famous film director Guido Contini as he prepares his latest picture and balances the numerous women in his life played by the following: Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren and Penelope Cruz.
The film is scheduled to begin shooting on October 10.
Rob Marshall is just about to take the helm of Disney’s fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. If he takes the job, it will put the film back on track for a 2010 start with Johnny Depp, once again, as Captain Jack Sparrow.
Kate Hudson is being reported to have joined the cast of Nine, an upcoming musical adaptation of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical. Hudson is best known for Almost Famous and Fool’s Gold.