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Natalie Portman Ditches Wuthering Heights
Published 5/9/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
It appears Ms. Portman will be unable to star in the upcoming remake of Wuthering Heights. We get the skinny from the professionals at Variety: Natalie Portman has ankled from the planned adaptation of classic Emily Bronte novel “Wuthering Heights.” Her departure, which comes as a surprise given she was one of the project’s driving creative forces, is due to a scheduling conflict with another as-yet unannounced project, according to her publicist. Ecosse execs are currently pondering other choices for the role of Cathy, which Portman had been set to play. Well this certainly leaves a gap in the plans. A new ...

Portman Drops Out of "Wuthering Heights"
Published 5/12/2008 at FilmWad
Natalie Portman had been one of the driving creative forces behind the upcoming adaptations of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," but now it seems that a scheduling conflict has led her to drop out of the lead female part of Catherine Earnshaw. Variety reports that it is unclear at this point what film she'll be choosing over "Heights," but one project that is known to be coming up on her docket is her feature directorial debut "A Tale of Love and Darkness," based on the memoir of Israeli writer Amos Oz.  Director John Maybury ("The Edge of Love") is currently looking for a replacement for the actress, and is close to ...

Steven Spielberg Meets Honest Abe
Published 5/12/2008 at Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
... ?). Portman was one of the driving forces behind Heights, which makes her departure a little weird, like if Bush had resigned the night before we invaded Iraq. [Variety] ...

Natalie Portman Ditches 'Wuthering Heights'
Published 5/12/2008 by Elisabeth Rappe at Cinematical
Filed under: Classics, Independent, Romance, Casting, RumorMonger, Fandom, NewsstandBefore we Bronte devotees could really whine and cry about the casting (there's still Ellen Page in Jane Eyre for that), it ceases to be. According to Variety, Natalie Portman has dropped out of the upcoming Wuthering Heights, leaving the film rather lost without a Cathy Earnshaw. According to Portman's publicist, the actress had a scheduling conflict with another project, which has not yet been announced. So now, Ecross executives and director John Maybury are on the hunt for a new Cathy. ...