Lucy Punch replaces Nicole Kidman

UK heroine Lucy Punch is going to replace Nicole Kidman in Woody Allen’s upcoming untitled film. She acted in the films like ‘The Class’ and ‘Hot Fuzz’. Punch will be next seen in the film “Young Americans,” starring Anna Faris and Topher Grace.

Currently, the script work of Woody’s film is under progress. The other cast includes Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas and Josh Brolin. The shooting of the film will be started in London. Mediapro, a Spain-based company responsible for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” is producing this flick.

Lucy Punch will play the role of a high-priced call girl similar to Ashley Dupre, who was at the center of the scandal that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Kidman moved out of this film because she is busy with another film “The Rabbit Hole”. The film is directed by John Cameron Mitchell and Kidman is acting in lead roles as well as s making this movie.

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Nicole Kidman’s nine avatars in ‘Nine’

The film ‘Nine’ is an upcoming musical film based on the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name ‘Nine’ is being directed by Rob Marshall of Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha fame. The script was written by Michael Tolkin. The films star cast includes Academy Award winners Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren and Oscar nominees Penélope Cruz, Stacy Ferguson and Kate Hudson.

The film is about a Guido Contini, a high-profile director struggling to satisfy all the women in his life, including his wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard) and mistress Carla (Penélope Cruz) and Claudia (Nicole Kidman) his muse and protégé.

The Weinstein Company is distributing the film, which is set to release on 25th November, 2009.

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