Portman Hunted For Cuaran's Gravity

Natalie Portman is particularly hot-property at the moment. Audiences are still reeling from screenings of Black Swan, at the Venice and Telluride film fesitvals last week, and offers are flooding in. According to the Hollywood Reporter, and following months of deliberation during which Angelina Jolie, Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson were all considered, Portman has been approached for the lead role in Gravity, a psychological thriller co-written by Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón

If Portman accepts the offer she will play the lead in the epic survial story, in which a woman is stranded on a space station after satellite debris wipes out the rest of her crew. The solitary ordeal similar to those endured in Solaris or Moon will be an emotionally demanding role to portray, Cuaron must be assured that Portman has the capability after her performace in Black Swan.

Robert Downey Jr. has already committed to a supporting role and with filming for the $80 million 3D survial story is due to start in January, we're hoping Portman is impressed by the script and Cuaron finally has his leading lady confirmed.

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