Latest on the NINE film

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By Adam Hetrick

Daniel Day-Lewis may head the cast of the Rob Marshall-helmed screen
adaptation of the Maury Yeston-Arthur Kopit musical Nine. Variety
re****ts that the star is currently in talks to step into the role
recently vacated by an over-worked Javier Bardem, who was originally
slated to ****tray Italian filmmaker Guido Contini. The 1982 Broadway
musical was inspired by Federico Fellini's film "8 =BD." 

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Michael Tolkin has penned the
screenplay for the movie musical. The late Oscar-winning writer and
director Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient") was brought in to
rewrite Tolkin's screenplay shortly before his death in March.

Confirmed casting for the film includes Penelope Cruz (Carla), Marion
Cotillard (Luisa), Sophia Loren (Guido's Mother), Nicole Kidman and Judi
Dench. The Weinstein Company produces the venture; Yeston and Kopit are
on board as co-executive producers.

Daniel Day-Lewis earned Academy Awards for his work in the films "There
Will Be Blood" and "My Left Foot." 

Nine premiered on Broadway in 1982, and won five Tony Awards, including
Best Musical. In 2003 Broadway saw a revival reset in the early 1960s,
that would win two Tonys, including Best Revival.
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