Cannes 2008: Nope to Pope Portente
New actress joins pontiff project.
It's only the first day of Cannes and yet the film announcements are coming thick and first. The latest concerns Pope Joan, and sees one German beauty departing the project only to be replaced by another.
Due to a scheduling conflict, Run Lola Run star Franke Portente will no longer play the 9th century female pontiff, with TV star Johanna Wokalek now taking on the role.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, it's also unclear whether John Goodman will be involved with the film. The Speed Racer star was originally cast as Pope Sergius in the period piece, only to pull out when production stalled last year. Constantin Film filed a $3m breach of contract lawsuit against Goodman, although the company says it is currently in talks with the actor and he could still join the cast.
Whatever the case, Miracle of Bern director Sonke Wortmann will take charge of Pope Joan this August for a 2009 release.
Due to a scheduling conflict, Run Lola Run star Franke Portente will no longer play the 9th century female pontiff, with TV star Johanna Wokalek now taking on the role.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, it's also unclear whether John Goodman will be involved with the film. The Speed Racer star was originally cast as Pope Sergius in the period piece, only to pull out when production stalled last year. Constantin Film filed a $3m breach of contract lawsuit against Goodman, although the company says it is currently in talks with the actor and he could still join the cast.
Whatever the case, Miracle of Bern director Sonke Wortmann will take charge of Pope Joan this August for a 2009 release.
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on May 15 2008 10:28 AM That sucks that Portente is gone, I really like her, hopefully she's off making something better. (Reply to this) |
on May 15 2008 12:28 PM are you retarded or just too lazy to do any research it's POTENTE not 'portente.' not only have you been saying this name wrong for many years in your own social circles, but now it's plastered across the world wide web on a movie site. this is just kind of sad. (Reply to this) |
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on May 15 2008 12:29 PM just to be clear, that wasn't for you, samurai, it was for the writer chris tilly. (Reply to this) |
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on May 16 2008 06:38 PM Damn...that is really, really humiliating for Chris Tilly... (Reply to this) |
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on May 17 2008 08:37 AM Well damn, I was right, I could have sworn it was Potente, but I was just feeling lazy at the time so I just went with the author. Which now just kinda makes me look retarted because I was talking about how much I like her. (Reply to this) |
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