Nicole Kidman Playing Dusty Springfield in Biopic, Says Michael Cunningham

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The Dailies: April 30, 2008
Published 4/30/2008 by Shawn Adler at MTV Movies Blog
... (Empire) - Super-rad! Jonah Hill in early negotiations to star opposite Shia LaBeouf in “Transformers 2.” (EW) - This link will self destruct in 5 seconds: Tom Cruise all but certain to return for fourth “Mission: Impossible!” (/film) - Knowing is half the battle. Producer discusses “G.I. Joe.” (Collider) - Nicole Kidman to play Dusty Springfield in musical biopic? Writer says yes. (New York Magazine) Share This

Nicole Kidman to Play Dusty Springfield?
Published 5/1/2008 by Jessica Barnes at Cinematical
... ), but is she really good enough to tackle the White Queen of Soul? Michael Cunningham, writer of The Hours and A Home at the End of the World, told NY Magazine that Kidman will star as singing legend Dusty Springfield in a music biopic that he is currently writing the screenplay for. ...

Stalked: Bardem,Kidman and Palmer
Published 5/1/2008 at Filmstalker
... play Dusty Springfield in a musical bio-pic. And Teresa Palmer has signed on for Transformers 2 . Javier Bardem has pulled out of the musical Nine and will take a year off. He was to play a main role in Rob Marshall's adaptation of the Broadway show, which itsef is based on the film 81/2 by Federico Fellini . The news comes from Coming Soon . Nicole Kidman could be coming to a theatre near you as Dusty Springfield . Word from NY Magazine through Cinematical is that Michael Cunningham , who also wrote ...

‘HOURS’ GUY WRITING ANOTHER MOVIE I WON'T SEE
Published 5/1/2008 at FilmDrunk.com
... Michael Cunningham, writer of The Hours (the novel) upon which the critically acclaimed best picture nominee starring Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep which no one saw was based, is currently writing a biopic about Dusty Springfield. He tells NYMag he wants Nicole Kidman for the lead. ...

Angela Bassett: Boarding The ER Ship To Troubletown [Hookers, Victims & Doormats*]
Published 5/1/2008 by Maria Mercedes Lara at Jezebel
... as well. • Nicole Kidman, Dusty Springfield Biopic : Novelist Michael Cunningham ( The Hours ) has revealed that Kidman will star in the upcoming Dusty Springfield biopic he's writing. The film will explore Springfield's tortured, drugged, and depressed years, as well as her successes. Verdict : No one does victims quite like Cunningham, and Springfield's biography is not lacking in victimized and depressed elements. • America Ferrera, ...

Nicole Gets Dusty
Published 5/6/2008 at movies filter
...   But Nicole as the great Dusty Springfield? Nicole is super talented, can do just about anything but I dunno...   From New York Magazine:   "Writer Michael Cunningham knows from brilliant, troubled ...