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A new project for Robert Pattinson...

Water For Elephant...

with Sean Penn and Reese Witherspoon...

Robert Pattinson and Sean Penn are circling Fox 2000's Depression-era drama "Water for Elephants."

Reese Witherspoon has already boarded to the film, which will be directed by Francis Lawrence. Scribe Richard LaGravenese is adapting for the bigscreen.

Based on Sara Gruen's best-selling historical tome of the same name, story centers on a Cornell U. veterinary student who leaves his studies after his parents are killed and joins up with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, working as a vet for the circus. Witherspoon will play Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August (Penn), the charismatic but twisted animal trainer.

Studio, which is eyeing a June start date, wouldn't confirm details of the project. Gil Netter, Erwin Stoff and Andrew Tennenbaum are producing.

"Twilight" star Pattinson has been on every studio's wish list. His deal is expected to close. Penn, who is in Haiti on a humanitarian mission, is the bigger question mark. He has an offer from the studio but is still mulling the role.

source:Variety

Twilight Saga franchise star Robert Pattinson has finally found a studio film to sink his teeth into. He's in talks to star in Water for Elephants, the Richard LaGravanese-scripted adaptation of the Sara Gruen novel that Fox 2000 is putting together with Francis Lawrence directing. Reese Witherspoon is already attached, and the studio is courting Sean Penn to return from a big screen sabbatical by playing the other lead in the Depression-era romantic triangle. The novel was a runaway bestseller, and in keeping with the eclectic output of Fox 2000's Elizabeth Gabler. Gil Netter, Erwin Stoff and Andrew Tennenbaum are producing.

Pattinson is in talks to play Jacob, a 21 year old who joins a second-rate traveling circus after he’s traumatized by the car crash death of both parents. He left just before he was to take his veterinary medicine exams at an Ivy League school, and finds his place in the circus by caring for the menagerie of mangy animals. He falls in love with Marlena, the show’s star performer (Witherspoon), and that's courting danger since she's married to the paranoid schizophrenic animal trainer who runs the show. That is the role that Penn is circling. Deals still have to be made, and putting three pricey stars in a period adult drama is a challenging proposition.

Pattinson, who between Twilight segments starred for Summit in Remember Me, has been cautious about choosing his next job, but the prospect of starring in another well-known literary adaptation, potentially alongside two Oscar winners, seems a strong move. The hope is to get the picture into production around June, before he returns for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

source:deadline.com

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Sean Penn et Robert Pattinson pourraient tourner pour la Fox 2000 le film "Water for Elephants" avec Reese Witherspoon déjà retenue, et Francis Lawrence dirigera le projet.

Le film est basé sur le best-seller historique du même nom de Sara Gruen. Le scénariste Richard LaGravenese adaptera l'oeuvre pour le grand écran.

Gil Netter, Erwin Stoff et Andrew Tennenbaum produisent.

Studio n'a pas voulu confirmer les détails du projet.

Se déroulant durant la Grande Dépression, le livre de Gruen raconte l'histoire d'un étudiant vétérinaire de l'Université Cornell qui quitte ses études après que ses parents sont tués, et se joint aux frères benzini pour le show le plus spectaculaire du monde , en travaillant comme vétérinaire pour le cirque.



le personnage que pourrait jouer Rob:

Pattinson est en négociations pour jouer Jacob( ) , 21 ans, qui se rejoint un cirque ambulant après qu' il est été traumatisé par la mort de ses deux parents. Il quitte l'université juste avant de passer ses examens en médecine vétérinaire à Ivy League école.Et trouve sa place dans le cirque en s'occupant de la ménagerie d'animaux galeux. Il tombe amoureux de Marlena, la vedette du show (Witherspoon), et court un risque de la courtiser depuis qu'elle est mariée à l'entraîneur d'animaux schizophrène et paranoïaque qui dirige le spectacle.