Over the past few weeks there were quite a number of news about the cast members of the upcoming musical ‘Nine‘ directed by Rob Marshall. Here the news round-up: Unfortunately, Javier Bardem had to pull out due to exhaustion. Good news however is that the great Daniel Day-Lewis is confirmed to take over the role. Not only is he one of the most talented actors alive but he’s also an admirer of our Marion Cotillard.

In addition the cast includes Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench and the musical is scheduled to shoot this fall.

• News about rehearsals for Nine … kind of, posted on September 11, 2008
• London dinner for “Nine” ladies, posted on October 3, 2008
• ‘Nine’ Luncheon in New York, posted on December 15, 2009
• Marion on Time’s Top 10 Movie Performances List, posted on December 9, 2009
• Goodbye, posted on December 11, 2011

Awh, too bad for Javier, but maybe they’ll be better on-screen chemistry between Marion and Daniel since they’re admirers’ of each other