Updated: Marion Cotillard Confirmed To Be In Discussions For 'The Dark Knight Rises'

by Kevin Jagernauth
February 14, 2011 1:56 AM
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Nothing Confirmed Just Yet

Update: THR confirms that Marion Cotillard is in discussions for "The Dark Knight Rises" but that "nothing has been confirmed yet." Christopher Nolan is apparently on the hunt for a love interest for Bruce Wayne with Kate Winslet and the previously linked Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts all reading/meeting with the director in recent weeks. Should Cotillard sign on she would start shooting in June and wrap in November. So this writer's guess that it might be a smaller role is way off -- has Bruce Wayne found his love?

It was probably only a matter of time until this rumor cropped up somewhat legitimately (it has been knocking around for a while), but it's not everyday that something like this comes from a respected newspaper so it's worth mentioning.

French paper Le Figaro (via Bleeding Cool) are reporting that Marion Cotillard will be taking a role in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" set to shoot this summer. According to the paper, Cotillard, who is due to give birth this spring to her first child, is electing to only shoot one film in 2011 and it will be the comic franchise helmed by her "Inception" director Nolan. Here's the excerpt from the paper (translated):

Marion Cotillard in “Batman 3″. The actress, who is expecting a child in the spring with Guillaume Canet, will be scarce this year. She’ll do a single film and her choice fell on Batman 3. This blockbuster produced by Warner Bros.. enables her to work with the director Christopher Nolan, with whom she had turned very successful sci-fi Inception. Marion Cotillard will join the filming this summer in Los Angeles. She will share the bill with Anne Hathaway.

Nothing is certain and we certainly have to ask ourselves: if Cotillard is due in spring and is expecting her first child, will she really leave so soon afterward to make a blockbuster movie? We guess we'll soon find out. But if we had to make a wager, if she does have a role, we'd reckon it might be something smaller that she can shoot later in the film's production that won't keep her away from her new family for too long. It should also be noted that Cotillard recently left David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" citing a "scheduling conflict" -- could "The Dark Knight Rises" be that conflict? Both pictures are scheduled to start shooting in May....

Expect confirmation/denials from studio types soon.

More: Films, Actresses, Christopher Nolan, Super Hero Films, Marion Cotillard, The Dark Knight Rises

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carrie | February 14, 2011 7:17 AMReply

another french respected newspaper LE PARISIER confirmed the news and added Guillaume Canet had no projet between april 2011&january; 2012
carrie | February 14, 2011 3:26 AMReply

now i wait Dicaprio's involvement!
BuntyHoven | February 14, 2011 3:11 AMReply

Is JGL actually confirmed, or was that just an internet rumour? Haven't heard anything about it since the story broke.
KitC | February 14, 2011 2:56 AMReply

While he's at it, Nolan might as well see if he can fit in a role Ellen Page too.
Amir Syarif Siregar | February 14, 2011 2:37 AMReply

Take Kate Winslet and put this movie into Academy Awards' race, Mr Nolan!
Nancie | February 14, 2011 2:15 AMReply

Didn't Maggie Gyllenhaal also film Batman right after delivering her baby? Many women go right to work without taking maternity leave. If that's what Cotillard wants why shouldn't she do it?